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Apple Mail (or Mail.App) is the email client included with Mac OS X, developed by Apple.

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Automatically add incoming .ics calendar invites to my iCloud calendar

Is there a way for Mail on my Mac to automatically add .ics calendar invites to my iCloud calendar? I am used to Outlook automatically showing calendar invites as tentative in my calendar, but with ...
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How do I find out what macOS app is using a shortcut

So on macOS I want to setup Mail to have command+shift+R to reply all but it isn’t letting me. Looks like another app or something is conflicting with that combination. I don’t see it in the ...
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How to find unsuccessful sent mail in Apple Mail (iCloud email account)?

I failed to send a mail because of a 30MB attachment. I tried to resend it, but I cannot find it anywhere -- drafts, sent, junk. Outbox doesn't appear. Is there a way to find unsuccessful sent mail? I ...
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I have received a E-mail and the ‘To:’ address is not mine

I have just opened my Mail app on my phone and have noticed a strange email at the top of my mailbox. I am from the UK and the sender of the strange e-mail was from a .de Address. I have no reason to ...
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What's the best way to draft emails in Gmail that use variables from Sheets? [closed]

I'm want to draft emails in Gmail that incorporate variables from Sheets. Is there a free tool that does this, or am I better off writing a script? Crucially, I need to look over the draft emails ...
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How to prevent addresses being automatically added to Address Book in the Mac OS X Mail.app?

Is there any way to disable the feature where Mail.app on OS X 10.6 will automatically add addresses into the address book when replying to an email from someone not in your address book already? I ...
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Can't send mail with Apple Mail with Outlook.com due to SMTP

To preface, I know for a fact that the password I am using is correct as per outlook.com's instructions and every tutorial I can get my hands on. It should be my password I use to enter the account, ...
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MacOS 14.1 autocompleting in American (I'm in the UK)

This issue affects all native text apps (Notes, TextEdit and Mail). It does NOT affect Safari. Nor does it affect Notes and Mail on iPadOS (17.1) (that's still in the UK) I can't recall when I first ...
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Apple Mail shows less emails than EMLX files were imported

I moved to another MacBook (both devices have macOS 10.14 Mojave installed). I am currently trying to import my whole Mail Library to Apple Mail on the new device by extracting each mailbox (.mbox-...
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Apple Mail constantly prompts for Exchange password of defunct e-mail address

I have setup a university issued Microsoft Exchange e-mail address in my Internet Accounts on MacOS 12.6.3. Once I left the institution, this e-mail address is no longer active. Since I want to keep ...
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How to retrieve / reconstitute legible email data locally when STMP mail server copies are unavailable?

I have a situation where someone bulk deleted ~3000 emails from their AOL account. We've exhausted every avenue with the mail server copies. Thankfully, it seems like a local copy of that missing data ...
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I'd like to answer multiple mails in my Mac with the same message

I need to answer multiple emails easily, just selecting them then clicking some button (I don't think it's possible to do it "normally"). The email to answer with contains links embedded. I ...
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Email macro on Mail for MacOS

I get receipts to my email which need to go to my book keeping. I would love to semi-automate this process, by adding a button for me somewhere where I can go "THAT's a receipt, email to the ...
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Managing MS Exchange server-side email rules on Mac OS X?

Has anybody found an easy way to manage server-side rules from Mac OS X? Here's a brief list of what I know doesn't work: Entourage 2008 - it supports client rules, but not server rules. No good, ...
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Can't sync iCloud mail

I'm trying to set the Mail app to sync my iCloud email but it won't. I am using an app-specific password. My iCloud account's calendar and contacts have been successfully connected and synced but only ...
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Display the total number of emails in a folder instead of the number of unread emails?

On Apple Mail's left menu, I would like the total number of emails (both read and unread) in each folder to be displayed instead of the number of unread emails. I haven't found any setting nor third ...
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Mailboxes on new server don't have INBOX prefix. How can I add it?

My web host moved my account from a cPanel system to a DirectAdmin system. They seem to have messed up my mailbox hierarchy in the move. In Apple Mail I've always had the IMAP prefix set to INBOX. But ...
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Font changes when sending from Mac Mail to Windows Outlook

How do I get the font to display properly when sending email to my Windows Outlook colleagues from Mac Mail? Currently it just picks any font up as Times New Roman on their machine even though I have ...
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Odd blank screen for Mail account login after unlocking keychain

I have Mac OS X and I accidentally locked the keychain and after a while I unlocked it again but now the mail app is not signing in with my Gmail account. Why is that? When I enter my password it is ...
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The "Forward Message" step in a Macintosh Mail rule doesn't forward the mail?

I set up a rule on our MacIntosh in my wife's mail account to take several steps if mail is received from a particular sender: Move the message to a particular folder Forward the message to my ...
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How can I move a mailbox from Apple Mail to Dropbox?

I am using OS X Yosemite and Apple Mail. I am a realtor and I create a new mailbox in Mail.app for each transaction. When a deal is complete, I would like to move the mailbox to the cloud for ...
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macOS Mail delay when fetching from Yahoo via IMAP – related to “NO [LIMIT] CAPABILITY Rate limit hit” message?

I have long used Apple’s standard Mail.app client for OS X and macOS, since it is, to me, overall by far the best mail client in existence. For several years now, however, it’s annoyed me that it’s ...
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SSL Certificate not updating in Mac Mail

I have a Let's Encrypt daemon running which updates the domain ssl certificates on a regular basis. I've set up my mail address and it worked happily for a long time but now Mac Mail is not updating ...
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import pst/ost file in os x mail

I've just moved from Windows to OS X. I have lots of emails stored in Outlook pst and ost format. How can I import this mails into the Mac Mail App? The mails should be stored localy on the Mac. I ...
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How to Sync Apple Mail account with Outlook account

I have an @me.com account that I would like synced (shared the same inbox and folders) with an @outlook account? This is so I can have Cortana read my iCloud emails to me. Is there any way to do this?
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How can I disable Mail.app when I click on an email address on mac?

By default, clicking on an email address from another mac app (such as Slack) launches the Mail.app application in a compose view to that email address. I would like to disable this - I never use ...
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Math rendering in Apple Mail

Is there any way to render mathematical expressions in Apple Mail? I am not looking for full LaTeX functionality but just to render short expressions like $x^2 + y^2 = \pi$ etc. Math formulas in email ...
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Make Chrome open Apple Mail for email links?

When clicking email links in Chrome the default was for Mac Mail to be opened. I accidentally made gmail the default, and when I remove this email links don't open at all. So much for "don't be evil"...
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Some Mac applications crash frequently, with "__THE_SYSTEM_HAS_NO_PORT_SETS_AVAILABLE__" in backtrace

Recently I'm finding that some Mac OS X applications are crashing frequently with backtraces like the following: Process: Mail [39226] Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/...
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How to open/browse an mbox file?

Specifically an Apple Mail .mbox file. I'm looking for a way to browse the emails it contains short of just importing it back into Apple Mail and cluttering up my currents emails. I don't mind having ...
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How does Apple Mail (macOS Sierra) access Gmail?

Ever since Apple Mail gained the ability to add "Google" mail account types, it has become a lot easier to access a Gmail address from a Mac. My question is how does it do it? I assumed it used IMAP ...
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Weird "FROM" after migrating from on-premise Exchange to Microsoft 365 hosted Exchange

I migrated my on-premise Exchange 2010 to Microsoft 365 hosted Exchange. I exported my mailstore to PST from Outlook, created a new Outlook profile with the hosted account, and imported the PST. ...
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MacOS Mojave - Mail auto-appearing

I have a problem with Mail app. A few hours after quitting the app with Cmd+Q, the app starts up again suddenly, without being manually opened. It is connected with a Gmail account. Does anyone know ...
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Transferring from Outlook to Apple Mail (OLM to Mbox)

I recently had to transfer my emails from Outlook to Mail on OSX/Mac. All the articles I found online seem to be recommending utilities that cost money and I'd like to know if this can be done without ...
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How to fix incorrect dates in Apple Mail after migrating from IMAP to Exchange?

My company has just transitioned from an IMAP provider to a Microsoft Exchange server. As part of the transition, I moved all of my old messages from the various IMAP folders into corresponding ...
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Apple-Mail: Migrating offline IMAP account contents to new server

Scenario: The old IMAP Server is no longer reachable. There's one Mac that has had access to all company accounts and holds copies of all emails, fully sync until the minute the old mail servers have ...
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Mac mail high sierra treating attachments oddly

I use gmail via imap. I get emails with attached images. In gmail I have an imap folder where the emails land, and I also have a rule in mail that copies the messages to a mail folder on my mac. The ...
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How do I ignore calendar events if sent to a certain group or from a certain user?

Is there a way to filter calendar requests that are sent to certain mail groups even if they are marked required, e.g., [email protected] by making an Outlook 365 server side rule? I administrate ...
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Some windows' content on external screen displays all black when screen is connected via HDMI but not VGA

I have replaced the VGA cable as well as the display adaptor between my MacBook (Fall 2011 with HighSierra v. 10.13.6) and my Samsung external screen with an HDMI one. After that, some of my emails ...
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How can I add a comment when I decline an invite in iCal or Apple Mail?

I'm using iCal to manage my calendar on an Exchange server. In outlook, when I accepted or declined a meeting, I was able to add a comment telling the sender why I couldn't make the meeting. With iCal,...
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Save email as html in apple mail

Is there an easy way to take an HTML email that is in AppleMail and save it out as an HTML file that can be used for email updates? I know in Outlook you can save as html file but looking to do this ...
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How to use G-Suite's shared mailbox (Groups) as sent-from addresses in native mail clients Outlook and Apple Mail?

I set up GSuite and created a Google Group called "info" which is linked to the [email protected] e-mail address. What we want to achieve We are a team of three (each with their seperate ...
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Download contents of Gmail to Mail.app (Mac), POP3 or IMAP

I have a Gmail account I no longer use, the contents of which I would like to fully download to the macOS Mail.app. How do I go about it? I could use the standard way of adding a Google account, ...
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Apple Mail doesn't apply rules unless I choose "Apply Rules" manually

I'm using Apple Mail with IMAP account. I have several filtering rules defined. The problem is that Mail doesn't apply them automatically to incoming email. Even spam isn't filtered automatically. ...
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Write an email with attachment with Mail.app from terminal

I would like to start writing an email with Mail.app from Terminal, and add an attachment. Something like this: macbook:~ me$ /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail -s the_subject -to email@...
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macOS Mail not working for one user after upgrade to 10.14 Mojave

I recently upgraded to Mojave from Mountain Lion on a Mac Mini Late 2011. After upgrade, the Mail app would not connect to the mail server any more. I followed a few online articles and dragged the /...
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Download gmail into mac mail, clear gmail

I want to have all past gmail emails completely downloaded in Mail on mac (Current Version, Mac High Sierra) and then cleared from the gmail server. Gmail is currently FULL , so it needs to be cleared ...
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In MacOS (Sierra) where are the mail rules stored?

I rely on mail rules to implement a white-list function and since I am busy I have quite a few rules. The dialog box (in Mail Preferences) is inadequate for the task. So what I want to do is export ...
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Apple Mail Can't Send Email with Gmail IMAP

I've got a client that I've set up G Suite for. They have multiple accounts (10) that they need to use regularly, so we set them up with Apple Mail to manage their emails. They seem to be able to ...
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Apple Mail: Automatically pre-fill BCC field with address

Our company uses a CRM which features an e-mail integration functionality - CCing or BCCing a specific address will cause that e-mail to be captured into the system. We have set up our mail server to ...

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