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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How can I have sent emails copied into a folder in documents?
I would like to create a mail rule in apple mail to have sent emails to a particular person moved to a folder in my Documents folder. I see in mail there is a place where I can use a .scpt in the ...
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Mails sometimes duplicated when recieved in Mail.app
On one of my Mac computers, when I receive an email that gets moved to another folder with Mail.app's filtering rules, sometimes I end up with two copies on the email: one in the intended folder, and ...
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What are email addresses of the form “john_at_example_com_(random)_(string)@icloud.com”? [closed]
I occasionally receive emails from strange addresses to Hyde My Email.
The sender seems legitimate from the circumstances, but the email address is strange.
For example, [email protected] sends from an ...
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How to stop the calendar from sending emails to everyone?
I have a hotmail account configured in my calendar. Sometimes I receive ICS with events that include me and other participants (their emails). My problem is that if I try to delete the event, the ...
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One to 2 characters truncated on right margin of Apple Email messages when printed or saved as PDF
Some Apple mail client email messages truncate 1 to 2 characters on the right of the message when printed or saved as a PDF. Have tested from a Mac with a printer setup and a Mac that has never had an ...
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Mail does not show up on the iPhone, only online on the email's website or in other third party tools
In the iPhone Mail app, I got two mails of the same sender in my "Unknown" folder. I then moved them both to my "Inbox" folder since I trusted the sender. But looking up the inbox, ...
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iOS S/MIME Encryption Issues 16.6
I am having an issue where S/MIME on my iOS 16.6 device is half working. I am able to receive/read encrypted emails and can send signed messages without issue. I am also able to send encrypted emails, ...
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Change signature of open e-mail with Apple Script
I have the following Apple Script:
tell application "Mail"
make new outgoing message with properties {message signature:(signature named "MyTestSignature")}
activate
end ...
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Why do MacOS mail junk mail rules and filters not work on emails that fail Apple's DMARC policy?
While exploring why none of my MacOS mail junk Mal rules and filters do not work I contacted Apple support. Which a bit of prodding my question was forwarded to an engineering team and received the ...
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Apple Mail: display original sender instead of Siri's detected one
I need to change Apple Mail's Viewing > Use Smart Address setting via command line, to deploy via MDM.
Apparently, this setting is AddressDisplayMode and resides in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple....
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Mail crashed, now insists it's the first run, wants to import emails
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I couldn't find any other solution to this, so I went ahead and let it import. Seems OK, except of course that I know have a pile of "Recovered Messages" mailboxes with thousands of ...
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AppleScript to delete emails to specific recipient in macOS Mail
I am currently facing a challenge involving the Mail app on macOS (latest version).
I am looking for assistance in writing an AppleScript (or other viable method) to delete all emails sent to "...
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How to tell if Apple Hide My Email is being used?
I use Apple Hide My Email for My Email. When I look at an email sent using the feature, the From field reads my Apple ID and not the Hide My email address that I used.
How can I tell if the email was ...
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Setting up gmail alias in iOS Mail
I have a school email: [email protected] with a [email protected]. In gmail.com -> Settings -> Accounts and Import. I have the first set up as an alias and I can send and receive email as ...
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Is there any email app on macos that only lets you send email only? no receiving [duplicate]
I'm trying to find an application that solves this problem because i have focus issues when my gmail is spammed with 1000+ emails.
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I always send texts to my email for important information I need. I just realized they are not going to email. And no longer visible in text sents [closed]
So my sent texts have been deleted in my phone, although older messages remain. I have been sending texts samples to my yahoo email. It shows delivered but I can’t find them anywhere. I need those ...
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Cannot find mail folder
For some reason I cannot find my folder v10 folder where my mails are stored. I wanted to reindex my my mails als client is (again) stuck at "copying messages..." but in my ~/Library/mail ...
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Why doesn't Apple Mail let me move a message when viewing it in a Smart Mailbox?
I use Apple Mail as an IMAP client for my Gmail account. I have a few Smart Mailboxes that I use regularly, e.g. "Today", "Yesterday", etc.
If I'm browsing the contents of a smart ...
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Thunderbird deletes old messages without asking
I'm using Thunderbird 102.13.0. I recently noticed, that mail downloaded (via IMAP) to my Inbox, disappear, when they are more than 6 months old, and I really mean "disappear": They are not ...
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Private Relay Emails: actions and list different between iPhone Settings and iCloud.com
I set up a private relay Hide My Email address for a website which double-checks addresses and orders for purchases, using surveys sent to the address. I've received a few of them, and successfully ...
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Mac Mail Archive folder suddenly nonfunctional
Using gmail address through mac mail on imac OS 13.4.1, firefox browser.
A couple days ago, I am suddenly unable to "archive" items from the inbox. When I try, they just all pop back into ...
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If I change the email address associated with my Apple ID account will my friends have to make a new contact and lose our chat?
Ok so as the title suggests, I want to change the email address that is associated to my Apple ID account as it's something old and embarrassing that I don't want anymore, the issue is, I only use my ...
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Hide My Email and forwarded calendar invites - does meeting host see my real email when forwarding?
I recently signed up for a webinar using a "Hide My" email, and Apple forwarded the calendar invite to my real email address (Gmail). In the invitees list, I see my Hide My email, my real ...
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Remove checkmark from „Include Attachments With Replies“ in Apple Mail
I'm using a Mac with macOS Monterey 12.6.6 (21G646) and Apple Mail 16.0 (3696.120.41.1.3).
In Apple's Mail app under the Menu bar>Edit there's a setting Include Attachments With Replies
By default ...
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Sorting mail.app subfolders
My iMac (macOS Monterey 12.6.6) runs Mail.app 16.0. Mail.app has a number of subfolders within a user-created folder called "Old Trips.” Each subfolder contains emails relating to a specific ...
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Private Relay addresses from "Sign in with Apple" can't receive emails? (!)
I've tried using Sign in with Apple to sign up with a web service, and I get assigned a @privaterelay.appleid.com address to use with that service as my username/login.
When I try to actually email ...
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Where is the Send button?
I'm running Ventura 13.3.1 on a 2021-22 MacBook Pro, and ever since the upgrade, I've had to resort to using the keyboard command to send mail. Not a huge issue, but lots of users seem to be having ...
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Duplicate (multiple) .emlx copies of the same email messages
I have just updated my iMac (mid 2015) from Yosemite to Big Sur and I am still going through import and clean up of years and years of email messages, coming from various older Macs I owned in the ...
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How to send simple one line emails on macOS from command line to/from gmail? [duplicate]
My need is simple, I want something with this functionality:
echo 'hello' | mail -s 'test' [email protected]
The above currently works and mail is able to send to an icloud email and sends via some ...
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In macOS mail, is it possible to automatically mark archived messages as read?
I am aware that the macOS mail app has "rules", but I cannot seem to find an option that targets messages in a specific mailbox (except for the spam box).
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How do I import smart card certs to use with Microsoft Outlook?
My goal is to send a signed email using a smart card (CAC). On support.microsoft.com, I found a help page that shows how to use sign the email using a cert, but I can't figure out how to select the ...
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Mac Mail sometimes sending my message as attachment rather than as body
I have a Gmail supported business account, but all logins are done through Gmail, and I use Mac Mail on Ventura 13.3.1.
I have had a number of people tell me that sometimes when my mails arrive in ...
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Why won't my Apple Mail forward rule forward a Proton Mail email message?
On macOS 13.1 (Ventura) I have an Apple Mail rule that is setup to Forward a received email to a specific email address. In addition to forward, it will set the color of the message.
I have tested the ...
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How to access email password not saved in keychain? [duplicate]
Is there any way to access the password for an email address that is stored in Mac's Mail app but that is not saved in Keychain?
(Both Passwords and Keychain Access seem not to have saved this ...
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Mail randomly closes "open email windows"
Running on the following:
macOS Ventura 13.2.1
Mail 16.0 (3731.400.51.1.1)
MacBook Pro M1
The following screen clip illustrates my issue.
As part of my email workflow I have Mail's "Viewer&...
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iforgot keeps sending emails to icloud.com address which I'm trying to recover in the first place
This is silly beyond words. I'm trying to restore my apple account with email at icloud.com via iforgot.apple.com. After they verify my phone number and I enter the code, they say that another ...
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iCloud mail advanced filter rules
is there a way to add filter rules for an iCloud for example, if the Sender is [email protected] and Subject contains "test" then move the mail in "test" and flag it as Spam.
I ...
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Using AppleScript to import emails from Canary Mail to DEVONthink 3
I'm trying to use AppleScript to import emails from Canary Mail into DEVONthink 3 on my Mac.
When I run the script below I get the error message:
Expected “,” but found identifier.
I have also tried ...
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Shortcuts Quick Action to share document by email with fixed message
I found this easy to do with Automator, but couldn’t convert an Automator Quick Action or work out how to do this in Shortcuts.
How can I create a Quick Action in Shortcuts to share a file by email ...
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Stop iCalendar from automatically accepting any incoming meeting
For the past two days, I've been struggling with this issue.
Every meeting invite I have received on my company email gets automatically accepted on the native Calendar app and it wasn't like that ...
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How to get the sender of the first message in a thread
Let's assume I am selecting several messages in MacMail and that each message consists of a thread of messages between 3 different people (the initial sender, watson and me). How can I get in each ...
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“This message has no content” on the new outlook
Every email i send in the new outlook is saved in the “sent” folder but it can’t be opened. It only shows a blank page and “This message has no content” for the preview…
This is a standard IMAP ...
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Mail Settings are disabled
I'm trying to follow the instructions here to set my email app to open Gmail in my browser.
But the Settings are disabled (see screenshot).
How can I set my email app to Gmail?
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Apple Mail wrong receive date for emails after moving the emails
We used an Exchange 2013 inbox managed by a hoster. Because of the discontinued support from Microsoft, we were kind of forced to switch to Exchange 2019.
I added both accounts to Apple Mail and moved ...
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Mac Mail Sent Email Folder is a mess
How can I tidy up my sent email folder in Mac Mail automatically ? I would like to move all sent emails to a relevant IMAP-folder I generated for a topic.
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Remind Me disabled for email in its own window?
When I have an email open in its own window in the Mail app on Mac, and I go to the menu bar, Message > Remind Me, all the options are greyed out. The only way for me to set a reminder is to go ...
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Prevent macOS Mail from moving the the "next" message after deleting [duplicate]
Is there a "hidden preference" to prevent macOS Mail to shift focus to the "next" message after I delete or move a message? After a moment, that "next" message is ...
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Email notification loss after system update
My Email notification used to work perfectly (with a beep). But after I updated the system, the Email notification disappeared (without any beep), even though the Email notification is still turned on....
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Extract emails directly from Apple mail app on iPad (without syncing to mail server)
My friend's email was hacked, the password changed, and all emails and folders deleted. They are only Apple users - Mac, iPad, iPhone.
After fixing the email password and hack, this empty mailbox was ...
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Is it possible to receive notifications for incoming email on Mac without Mail.app being open?
I use the Gmail web page for email, but I would like to receive Mac system notifications for incoming email.
I don't want to enable notifications for Safari for lots of reasons, so I thought I'd just ...
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