Questions tagged [email]
Email is short for electronic mail. There are tags for popular mail clients including the mail tag in case your question is related to a specific program and not email in general.
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iCloud+ share custom email between two accounts?
I have setup a custom email domain on iCloud+, for myself and my spouse. We currently have the accounts
{my name}@{custom domain}, associated with my iCloud account, and
{spouse's name}@{custom ...
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Renamed flags on Apple Mail in Mac do not show up in Apple Mail in iOS
I have couple of emails that I flagged with Orange flag on Apple Mail in Mac. I renamed the Orange flag to something more meaningful. I am now able to search the flag with the new name on Apple Mail ...
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Apple re-routing my private e-mail to their servers
Today I was checking my server logs and noticed that images in e-mails that I had sent to myself from my own web app were not being served by the web app server that hosts those images but instead ...
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iCloud Mail: how to do keyword search
In iCloud Mail (web access not mail.app) I want to search and apply rules for emails with the word script in the subject though not words with script in it like subscription or prescription. I have ...
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Deleting All Mail Not In Particular Mailboxes
I've organised all emails in my iCloud account that are important to me in particular mailboxes/ folders. I now want to delete all emails that are in the inbox but not in one of these folders. What's ...
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Apple Mail on macOS: Possible to add padding to message pane? The message has literally 0 padding when it's text only
One of the most frustrated things when I switched to Mail.app on macOS is that I noticed that when you receive a text-only email there is zero padding in the message pane, so the text is literally ...
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What to do when Mail is stuck on "Loading..." a message in a conversation?
Sometimes Apple Mail gets stuck in this situation:
The messages load fine on iOS, iPadOS (both v17), and on iCloud.com.
On the Mac (M3 Max, Sonoma 14.5) some conversations get into this state.
Any ...
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How to use AppleScript to find all emails from the same sender?
My goal is to search mail for all messages in the inbox from a sender, simply by selecting one email and enabling the script. I have succeeded in writing a script that opens all messages from a ...
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Would using a Virtual Machine (e.g. Parallels Desktop) allow me to bypass the authorization request for email--tracking software?
I am looking for a way to use an email-tracking software such as Mailbutler on MacOS Sonoma.
So far, I have been unsuccessful, because Mailbutler keeps asking me for authorization on my Sonoma and ...
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Apple Mail: single zip attachment exceeds server limit for number of files
I'm trying to send an email with one attachment: a zip file. I'm getting an error back from the iCloud mail server that the number of files or folders in the attachment exceeds the limits.
The zip ...
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Since Sonoma my modified email signature are overwritten by apple mail
I was used to edit mail signature files in mac os but since Sonoma apple mail keeps overwriting the files althought i locked them. I changed the file on disked with bb-edit after having closed mail en ...
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How to stop Apple Mail from resizing image attachments
I recently had to take a photo of a signed form with my iPhone and I sent it to my Mac and then I sent it to someone in Apple Mail, and unbeknownst to me it made it pixellated and unreadable.
It took ...
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How can I copy email from my iPhone when it's offline
I really messed up. My main email account is a Gmail instance operated by my University as a benefit for alumni. In the process of cleaning out the 20,000 mail message "Archived" into the &...
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macOS keeps logging me out of Google accounts used in Mail
Yesterday I suddenly started to get the following error a couple of times per day:
I haven't made any changes to my Google account in quite a while and I don't have any similar issues outside of the ...
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Get new mail notifications in Outlook just for a specific mailbox
How can I enable new mail notifications just for a specific mailbox in Outlook Version 16.85 for Mac?
In Settings > Rules, there are no rules available regarding alerts (like "Desktop Alert&...
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ATT internet service incompatible with Macbook email
My elderly neighbor is having trouble with email on a new macBook.
Internet service is from AT&T in California.
ATT apparently farmed out personal email service to Yahoo.
So when you receive or ...
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In iOS Mail how do I undo “See More”
I’m reviewing a long email thread and wanted to see where this email thread with a common subject line had split out. I am using the “See More” button for the email to expand things to see how the ...
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Access E-Mails of Inactive Accounts in Mail
Before macOS Ventura, it was possible to still access the e-mails of inactive accounts in Mail by simply turning then on in the settings. Back then, the accounts were checked after that, and ...
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How do I change the display name on iCloud email?
I'm using the Mail app on iOS 17.4.1, w/ an iCloud email address.
I do not want to change the email address associated with the Apple ID, only the display name on outbound emails.
For example, here is ...
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How to restore mail account settings to replacement iphone?
Have a first generation iPhone SE that I am completely happy with, except that it's battery is starting to fail and is very clearly at the end of its functional life. Rather than get a new phone or ...
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Email tracking for Sonoma without approval request
I am looking for an email service which provides an email tracking feature and works on Sonoma. I used to use the excellent Mailbutler before upgrading to Sonoma, however since the upgrade to Sonoma, ...
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Sending some links through email fail to go through to recipient
I noticed that sending certain links through email do not get received by the recipient. I tried to narrow down the issue, and it seems to be on the Apple side. This does not happen with every link I ...
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How to build a "complete" email from Contacts
When I want to send an email to one of my contacts, let's say:
Steve Jobs
work [email protected]
from the Contacts application, it does only fill the To: field as follows:
<steve.jobs@apple....
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How can I fix an iCloud mail SMTP 554 5.7.1 Access Denied error?
This on a 15" M2 MBA on MacOS 14.4.1
Just recently I started getting a 554 5.7.1 SMTP error when sending iCloud mail. The Connection Doctor log says:
READ Mar 26 04:50:47.891 [...
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Stop Mail app from importing mails from transfer so we can use app from scratch
My husband took over my 2017 Macbook Air 13 inch three months ago. We transferred everything from his 2011 iMac via Time Machine.
We just tried to open the Mail app today (he normally uses Gmail). ...
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Where do emails go if a rule sends them to "No mailbox selected"
For some reason a Mail rule was unintentionally set to send emails to "No mailbox selected".
This rule has been repaired; however, I do not know where those emails are now!
Does anyone know ...
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Custom email domain with icloud+ - how to have it as a separate account in Mail?
I have a custom domain (ravnand.dk) where I have migrated emails to iCloud+
This appears to work nicely, but it seems that all the iCloud related mails end in the same inbox in the Mail app which I do ...
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How to send a mail later in mac Mail app, before macOS Ventura macOS 13
I wish to compose and send email later in macOS Mail.app, before macOS Ventura macOS 13.
Currently i can't see any mail app utility to achieve this. As explained here, Send later is not available ...
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Import a .HTML file as email signature in Apple Mail
We have email signatures as .html file (containing embedded images in base64).
We can import these files easily, for example, in Thunberbird, with "Attach the signature from a file instead", ...
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Outlook for Mac suddenly not syncing
I have been using Microsoft Outlook on my Mac for more than a year without issues. I have a few accounts synced and never had any trouble. Out of the blue, Outlook does not fetch one of my gmail ...
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Using SOCKS and system Firewall blocks IMAP/SMTP
When I use the internal service of my university, I need to be inside the university network. So I have been using the SOCKS proxy and an SSH login server of my university for many years when I am out ...
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How to disable (or, remove) "From email" linking and versions associated with a macOS Apple Mail "Save Attachment…" PDF?
How to disable (or remove) "From email" linking and versions associated with a macOS Mail "Save Attachment…" PDF via a setting? or by some scripting/automation approach?
The action ...
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Apple Mail shows different amount of emails in inbox than server or outlook
I've found a post on the apple support community about this, but it had no solution.
I have two inboxes in apple mail and outlook.
One main inbox and one archive on a local NAS.
The amount between ...
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Not Receiving E-mail Notifications on iPhone
I've been having an issue for a while now in that I have not been getting e-mail notifications on my iPhone [and my Apple Watch by extension] - this includes both the Outlook and Gmail apps, and I do ...
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Delete emails from specific senders after 30 days using Shortcuts
I have some senders (like Amazon) whose emails lose relevance after 30 days for me. I am trying to write a Shortcuts that can search for emails from those senders and delete them after 30 days. I ...
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Mac Mail doesn't work right on Sonoma
Since updating to Sonoma (one computer from Ventura, the other from Catalina), I have had two problems.
Most important. On both computers many emails arrive in Mac Mail (16.0) with the body empty. ...
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How do I start receiving emails again?
I got a notification that my iCloud subscription has ended and that my storage is full. I paid for my storage on that day and I need my emails but ever since I paid for my storage I still haven’t ...
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Why does an email signature image look blurry on iCloud Mail but for the exact same file, looks crisp on Outlook & Gmail?
For reference, I've created an email signature image saved as PNG, this file consists of a logo and some text, for which the logo was a vector (copied and pasted across from one .ai file to another ....
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Email forwarding on MacOS w Homebrew
On my Debian boxes, I installed postfix which forwards my local mails (ie from cron) to my service account on my mailserver. So postfix is configured to use my mailserver as a relay. This works pretty ...
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How to stop receiving spam emails from Apple?
Over the last couple of weeks, I have received several spam emails from Apple trying to get me to sign up for Apple Arcade or Apple Fitness+. It's very disheartening but not at all surprising that a ...
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Would these MacBook messaging issues be related to my accounts being compromised?
A few months ago I was on my Mac computer and noticed that when I went to text myself (I do this from time to time to save messages or photos I want to keep or come back to etc) that the “To” field at ...
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Change iCloud account name in iPhone Mail app
Version: iOS 17.1.2
This was already posted at How can you change the iCloud account name on iOS 10? but the answer didn't help.
I'm looking for a way to change my iCloud account name in my iPhone's ...
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Applescript to suppress double mails from different email addresses in smart mailbox "All Incoming"
In my mail provider, I have two email accounts: one I use for my public email address: myname@publicemailname and one for my private email address: myname@privateemailname. (The myname@publicemailname ...
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Email addresses in Mail.app displayed as string of numbers!
I'm on a MBP running Sonoma 14.1.1
Using Mail.app with Gmail IMAP.
In Mail.app, when viewing an email, the To: email addresses are showing up with a string of numbers.
For example instead of:
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Hey there I’m sorry to bother but I need some help with my other appl iPhone ID password.the thing is the number is no longer active and I email [duplicate]
Can anyone help me change my password on my other iPhone I forgot my Apple ID password and I’m no longer using the email even the phone number is not active
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Free mail client with "mark mail as read manually" option on macOS Sonoma?
I am looking for a free email client that has a "mark mail as read manually" option.
Back on macOS Ventura, I used to use the Mail Act-On plugin with Apple's native Mail app. This plugin had ...
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How do I connect Mail.app to my local `mbox` account
I am on macOS Ventura.
I receive mail in my local mbox from cron jobs. I would like to view them, mark them as read/unread, and delete them through the GUI - ideally using the Mail.app.
Is this no ...
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Need help locating a missing email on Apple Mail
Not sure how this has happened, but maybe I deleted it... Im trying to find an email I sent back in May. Im using Apple Mail on Ventura. Ive searched various ways inside of Mail, but can only find ...
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Apple Mail (MacBook Air) not receiving emails
An email account is not authenticating using apple mail / MacOS,but works perfectly in MS Outlook / Windows. Have tried removing account and reinstating - still doesn't work.
What could be causing ...
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Are deleted 'Hide My Email' addresses reused ever?
I'm starting to use 'Hide My Email' on pretty much every account that's not, for example, a utility company and while I'm loving the service I'm unable to find details about what happens when you ...
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