Questions tagged [mail.app]
Apple Mail, the email client application provided with macOS and iOS.
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Do I really have to configure my Mail.app accounts manually in all my devices?
I have configured all my email accounts (about 10 smtp/pop accounts on different servers) on my Mac.
I mean the accounts themselves, like their name, servers, ports, etc.
These accounts are not synced ...
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Relevant email suggestions in Apple Mail
I have the impression that the email suggestions presented by Apple Mail are much less relevant than they used to be. Specifically, I am encountering two problems:
It happens very often that I start ...
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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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Is there any way to view DKIM information on the iOS Mail App?
I don’t use my iPhone or iPad for most of my serious work, but one thin that bothers me is that it’s harder to check for fraudulent emails.
Is there a way to view DKIM information?
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Add an account to “Internet Accounts” that require a Yubikey
When adding a new "Internet Account" for a "Microsoft Exchange" work email I need to use a MFA Yubikey.
The current configuration doesn't allow using from an embedded browser, is ...
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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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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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Important Email Not Showing in Gmail App's 'All Inboxes' on iPhone, how can I fix it?
I use the Gmail app on my iPhone to manage emails from five different Gmail accounts. Generally, the app works well, allowing me to read all incoming emails in the "All Inboxes" section.
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How to remove emails addresses from Recents iOS Mail to which I have sent emails together
I am trying to reduce the number of email addresses in Recents list of the iOS Mail app. Let's say there is an email address, for example [email protected], such that I have only sent emails to that ...
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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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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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Block remote content for specific Mail account
Is there a way to block the loading of remote content in Apple Mail on macOS for a specific mail account?
I can only find the option to "Block All Remote Content" or use "Protect Mail ...
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Default font for composing messages on Apple Mail ( MacOS Sonoma )
How do I change the default font for composing messages in Apple Mail on MacOS 14 ?
In Mail -> Settings You can set default fonts, but that does not affect the font when composing messages.
In ...
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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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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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How not to download junk from Gmail
I have a Gmail account configured on Mail.app.
Over the years I have marked junk as junk, report as junk, and block on Gmail.
When I read that account using Mail.app, I still see the same junk in the ...
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Ensure macOS mail application is downloading and keeping locally all messages with IMAP
I have an IMAP email account.
I am reading my e-mails with macOS Mail application.
Emails are kept on server.
It seems they are also kept locally but I am not sure if it is a temporary cache.
Is there ...
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How to save emails that only remain on a disconnected device and were deleted in the cloud?
I use gmail as my main email and have my iPhone set to use gmail. A while ago I deleted a collection of emails and wished I hadn't from gmail itself.
The other day I realised that they are still in my ...
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Mailto-Link for Several Recipients
In HTML it is possible to create an e-mail link for several recipients via mailto:[email protected];[email protected][email protected]?subject=E-Mail%20List. I would like to create such a ...
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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:
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Relative Dates in MacOS Mail app
I would like to stop the display of relative dates in the MacOS Mail app. I know how to stop the display of relative dates in Finder. I have not seen any information for carrying that preference to ...
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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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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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How to add a word to the Mail "dictionary"
How to add a word to the mail app dictionary (ie. thinks it is misspelled but it is not). I have read that there should be a "Learn Spelling" option in the contextual menu. I can't find &...
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TLS Certificate for SMTP Server
I have an e-mail account that uses a TLS client certificate as an additional layer of security on both incoming and outgoing e-mails.
NOTE: This is different from simply encrypting the connection (...
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Individual accent colors for Mac OS Apps? [duplicate]
I'd like to change the individual accent colors of my apps in Mac OS (so that they arent all the same). I'd like to change my Mail app accent colors to blue specifically. Is there a way to do this ...
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Disallow clicking on links in email messages in Mail on macOS?
To protect from malicious emails I would like to disable all hyperlinks in received email messages in Apple Mail on macOS.
I know to not click on links in mail messages, but I'd like to make it ...
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In Apple Mail, how to disable weird search
When in Apple Mail, not while composing a message but while simply looking at your inbox, then touching a letter key or a number key will jump to another email. I don't know exactly how the next email ...
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Mac Mail sometimes sending messages as attachment rather than as body
Our company has a remote worker who uses Mac Mail. Most of the time, and that's the difficult part - it doesn't appear to be every time, when this person forwards email with attachments, the body of ...
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Mail App rules and iOS/iCloud clients
Suppose I configure a rule in the MacOS desktop mail App that puts messages from one sender into a special folder. I observe that this rule does not sync with the iCloud mail rules (which are also ...
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Mistake in writing rule; Mail trying to move all junk mail to inbox
Today I wrote a rule in Mail to move email of a certain address from Junk to Inbox. While writing I accidentally forgot to change If any of the following conditions are met: to If all of the following ...
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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?
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MacOS Sonoma: Editing draft email problem, no input possible
Since updating to Sonoma, I have a very weird and annoying problem editing draft emails:
I have a plain text draft email saved.
If i then open it to edit the contents, I can move the cursor around, ...
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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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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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Apple mail won't log in to gmail account from High Sierra. Cannot add Google account
Call the computer Elf. Elf runs High Sierra. This machine is locked at High Sierra because this is the latest version that will run Aperture, with something like 150,000 photos.
Apple mail will no ...
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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 can I stop Apple mail from converting strings containing "@" into mailto:?
How can I stop Apple mail from converting strings containing "@" into a mailto: link?
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Remind Me in Mail.app has "1" indicator, even though no messages
I’m stuck with a notification of “1” message in my “Remind Me” mailbox, even though there aren’t any messages in there.
Any one know how to fix this? I’ve tried syncing (Mailbox > Synchronize “...
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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 ...