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How do I search Mail.app by country code?
I want to look at just the emails sent to me from the .ru (or any other domain code), and I'm not having ay luck. Searching from:.ru orfrom:".ru" doesn't work. A wildcard approach doesn't work either. ...
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Archive folder not appearing in IMAP account on Mail.app
I have a standard IMAP account configured in Mail.app (on Mountain Lion).
That account contains a folder called Archive, which does not appear on the list of folders on the left.
However, it does ...
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Mail App is using internet connection to capacity (Retina Macbook Pro Early 2013)
My internet connection is working to capacity while "Mail" is open. Of course, it was loading all my mails when I used it the first time, but now all mails are on the machine and still "MagicanPaster" ...
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how to auto download a certain attachment in mail
I have looked on stack exchange and other sites for a simple applescript. I have found more complex scripts that it's hard for me to understand (not knowing a lot about the applescript syntax). So, ...
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not using Apple Mail, but using Calendar
I use gmail through the web interface, but have Apple Calendar synchronising with google's calendar. I don't want to use Apple Mail for anything at all. Every time the calendar synchronises with ...
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Mountain Lion Mail using over 40GB of memory
Mail in Mountain Lion (10.8.3) seems to be having one heck of a memory leak.
As you can see, it's using over 44GB of memory and 200% CPU.
Machine specs:
Mac Pro
2 x 2.4 GHz 6-Core Xeon
64GB RAM
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Add to Existing Contact from Mail.app to Contacts.app
I am looking for an option to add the choice "Add to Existing Contact" from the Apple Mail.app From address field. As you all know, we have "Copy Address, Add to VIPs, New Email, Add to Contacts, and ...
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Mountain Lion email share option opens a secondary Mail application
I am having a weird issue when I use the share functionality baked into Mountain Lion. Whenever I have a file highlighted in finder and choose the email option to share a file with someone, it decides ...
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Is there a way to disable data detectors from Mail?
Is there a way to disable the data detector "feature" from Mail?
LE: OSX 10.8.3 / Mail 6.3 (1503)
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Mail.app: How can I archive the “smarts” of Smart Mailboxes?
I have certain Smart Mailboxes in Mail.app (Mountain Lion, Version 6.3 / 1503) which help me find invoices for my tax declaration. I only need them once a year and would like to archive them for the ...
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Mail.app button to explicitly move to Junk without built-in filtering
I'd like to create a button in Mountain Lion's Mail.app to move mail to an IMAP folder called Junk, much like the Archive button moves mail to my IMAP Archive folder. (This folder is automatically ...
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Smart Mailbox Folder not displaying mail
I've got two smart mailboxes named NEW eric@ and NEW ericgorr@ which contain only new message for corresponding email accounts. I have placed these two smart mailboxes into a smart mailbox folder ...
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Quickly mark all emails as read?
Is there a way to quickly mark all emails as read instead of going over each one of them manually ?
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Apple Mail conversation view - show original sender?
Is anyone aware of a way to get Apple Mail.app to display the original sender (or all senders) rather than just the latest sender in the From header when using conversation view? I'm referring to the ...
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IMAP folder named Notes does not appear in Mail.app
I have a folder on my IMAP server named « Notes ».
I have deactivated the use of the IMAP account by the Notes.app, but the folder is still not visible in Mail.app.
Is there a way to have this ...
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Google apps and Apple Mail
Apple Mail struggles when bringing in attachments from GMail run on Google apps.
The GMail account will show a 4mb attachment in a millisecond.
Apple Mail when importing the same attachment produces ...
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“Save As…” in Mail Not Sorting by Date Received
I am a recent convert to Mountain Lion (new iMac arrived a week ago). Been using the "Save As..." option in Mail.app for years now to save chunks of email as RTFs.
Previously (in Snow Leopard), using ...
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How to see the members of an Active Directory group in the Mail application
I'd like to find out how to check the members of a group defined in Active Directory from the Mail application in OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion). I have my corporate AD server defined as an LDAP server, ...
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Is there some way to keep the mail.app always opened? [closed]
Is there some way to the make mail.app open on boot, and maintain always opened? Like a service in linux. It would be perfect if it continues to run even when not showing on Dock or on "command+tab", ...
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Draft messages in Mountain Lion Mail do not include server draft messages
I had a clean install Mountain Lion on my Macbook Pro, early 2011.
Following suggestions in the forums, I carried my "Mail" folders (folders, preferences, etc) from my cloned backup of Snow Leopard.
...
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Can I enable conversation view in imap folders by default?
I am using 'show related messages' to enable conversation view in my apple mail inbox on mountain lion. I also have a bunch of imap folders, but this setting seems not to apply here. However, I can ...
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Can I edit the right click menu to remove certain options?
I'm using Sparrow as my default email app. I have also removed Mail.app from my Mac. Whenever I right click on a file or folder I see options to compress, and options to email the folder/file, but ...
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Are there add-ons for Mail?
Does Mail on Mac OS have any add-ons applicable ? Such as the ones possible in website-based Gmail application ?
I would like a feature that allows me to UNDO a sent message. Gmail has an addon which ...
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How to save sent messages in same folder as message being replied to?
One of my favorite features back when I used Outlook was the option to save sent emails in the same folder as the message being replied to. For example, if I had moved a message to folder A and was ...
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How can Apple Mail be configured to mimic Gmail's “Archiving” behaviour for a generic IMAP account?
It is straightforward to configure a Gmail account being accessed through Apple Mail to Archive messages when you "delete" them from the mail client. With generic IMAP accounts, however, the only ...
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Mail.app mailbox corruption
Once a week or so, Mail.app will not display the contents of a mail message. Selecting Mailbox -> Rebuild fixes bandaids the issue until next time.
I only have one account in Mail.app, pointing to ...
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How can prevent certain senders from going to Junk Mail without creating contact?
I am running Mountain Lion 10.8 and use Mail.app for my email mostly. I recently purchased a product from Amazon, somewhere I order from frequently, and noticed that I didn't receive the usual sales ...
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Mail.app connection errors (offline) after sleep
My 10.8.2 MacBook Air is having constant connection errors in Mail.app when the computer has been sent to sleep or hibernate.
A small alert triangle appears next to all account names (I have several) ...
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Mail.app: How can I set a different default signature for each address?
I have my Gmail account setup in Mail 6.2 (Mountain Lion). From that account I can send mail with one of five different addresses (4 other accounts forwarding onto Gmail). Is there a way I can set up ...
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Mountain Lion Mail remove duplicate From addresses
In Mountain Lion Mail 6.2., in Compose New Message window, how do I delete some of the From address choices from the dropdown?
Picked up a new one in the upgrade to Mountain Lion & gained a ...
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Removing the font toolbar in a new message
In the mac (mountain lion) mail.app (v 6.2), when composing a new message, im looking to hide the default font/styling bar that appears beneath the standard toolbar at the top of the window.
I've ...
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Mail.app inbox becomes blank after a few minutes of use
On a newly installed and fully updated Mountain Lion system, I see the following problem:
After a few minutes of using Mail.app (or even just letting it sit in the dock), the inbox becomes empty. ...
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Can I export my account configuration from Mail app and import it into Outlook?
I am meeting an unexpected issue where Mail app connects just fine to my Exchange 2007 server given my email address, login and password (autodiscovery), but Outlook 2011 fails to connect. If I try to ...
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Mountain Lion Mail.app messages syncing preferences
When I clean installed ML I set up the mail app to connect with my web based IMAP/SMTP email accounts. I was surprised and pleased that it seemed to download all my email as I had been forced to use ...
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Configure your mail with mail.app on Mountain Lion
I have Macbook Air 2012 model (128 GB SSD) with Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and I am having difficulties trying to configure the mail.app. When I first tried to set-up my gmail account it started to sync ...
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Why won't Mountain Lion Mail connect to Custom Dovecot IMAP server where Lion Mail connects just fine?
I am trying to set up a new Mountain Lion install on a mac mini to connect using Mail version 6.2 with IMAP to my custom Dovecot mail server which is on an old G5 on my network.
My Macbook Air ...
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How to stop the Mail app from running every 10 minutes on the Mac?
I have Mountain Lion on an 27" iMac, and recently, for some reason, the Mail app launches every 10 minutes or so, and I have to quit it every time.
In the Preferences of Mail, I already tried every ...
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Automatically Save Attachments in Mail.app in 10.8 Mountain Lion
I am trying to automatically save all email sent to one address (let's call it test@example.com) to this folder /Users/luomat/Dropbox/Incoming/e2w/ (where /Users/luomat = $HOME).
Here is the rule ...
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Mail.app won't launch Skim in Mountain Lion
I have been using Skim for a while as my standard PDF reader. After migrating to a new MacBook Air with Mountain Lion (currently running 10.8.2), I can no longer launch Skim from Mail.app.
This same ...
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Contents of gmail “Spam” folder appearing in search results
I updated Mail.app that comes with Mountain Lion and it seems to be unable to identify "Spam" folder located in my Gmail account as a spam folder.
Consequently, it treats "Spam" as a regular mail ...
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Mail.app behaving strange when sending mail
When I send an email to somebody I get this dialog:
Link to image (I'm a new user)
But when I click on "Connection Doctor" and then "Try With Selected Server" it works.
How can I fix this?
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How do I delete attachments from mails I sent
In Mountain Lion’s Mail app, I can delete attachments from mails others have sent me, but not from the mails I sent to others.
In the mailbox, the messages I have sent are not marked with the small ...
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Two Email Accounts in Mail.app / Can I disable notifications for one of them?
Hopefully this is an easy one! :-) I am working in Mail.app these days in Mountain Lion and I have two mail accounts within. I'd like to disable all notifications for one of those accounts. This means ...
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Disable outgoing mail for an account?
I have an account that I want to receive but never send email from in Mail.app. Is there a simple way to disable this one account?
I'm running Mountain Lion.
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Can not open Mail app since I updated the last version of Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I just update my version of Mountain Lion and then when I try to open my Mail app I receive this message :
I tried to reinstall Mail but I actually don't know how to do it.
Anyone know what is the ...
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Can Apple Mail be optimized to perform well when I have 30k messages in my inboxes?
I have about 31,300 emails in 4 different inboxes in Mail. Sadly to say, it is extremely slow.
Is there any tips or trips to optimize Mail? And no, I don't want to delete any, I need them for work.
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How to encrypt IMAP folder on Mountain Lion? [closed]
Sup y'all.
I need to encrypt one of my IMAP folders (in Mac Mail.) In my HP Windows computer, I just right-click and hit 'encrypt.' What's the deal, fam?
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Mountain Lion Mail: Only sync last month (or limited amount of time)
I just synced my Mountain Lion Mail app with my Exchange work email account in order to have it locally on my machine (rather than continuously going through the web interface). However, now Mail ...
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Cannot open Mail Preferences in Mountain Lion
I have a user that whenever she tries to open mail preferences it consistently locks up with the pinwheel icon and requires her to force quit mail. Mac mail was fine until a gmail account was added to ...
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Is there a way to see which contacts are “VIPs” outside of Mail.app?
Obviously, with Mountain Lion, users may define VIPs in Apple’s Mail.app. I would like to see which contacts are marked as VIPs outside of Mail – for example in Contacts.app (smart list??), or in ...
