Tags : Apple Mail

Fixing Apple Mail – Rebuilding and Reindexing

Recently we received reports of Mail corruption. Its a corruption of a very succinct nature because on the surface Apple Mail still appears to look normal but upon inspection of the individual emails themselves, the details of the Sender is mismatched from the contents or email Subject. Its effectively as though someone took the Sender, […]Read More

Replying With Attachments Using Apple Mail

Apple Mail 6.6’s default behaviour when we reply emails is to strip the original attachment that arrived with our email and reply with only the filename of the attachment in angle brackets. For example, the original attachment was named “expense_report_2014.xls” then our reply would usually contain the quoted text from the original email and just […]Read More

Apple Mail 2.0.5, Sending Windows Friendly Attachments From A Mac

Apple Mail 2.0.5 which ships with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, now comes with a built-in feature that simplifies sending Windows friendly attachments through email. ‘Windows-friendly’ refers to the removal of resource files in attachments sent from a Mac system. Mac systems are based on UNIX file systems which uses forked files whilst Windows systems don’t. The […]Read More

Apple Mail, Backing Up Emails

Regular users of Apple Mail will quickly realise that a function exists to import mailboxes but no corresponding functions exist to export them. Here’s advice on the best way to back up your important emails on Apple Mail. This article has been written because you asked, Mervyn. We hope it helps. Apple Mail’s Organisation Structure […]Read More

Email Servers, POP vs IMAP, Setting POP Access For Your

Most of us have more than a single email account and these days, email skills seem to be paramount over whatever you’ve learnt in any tertiary education establishment. When we talk about email, strange terms emerge, eg POP, IMAP and web-based email. We interact with all of these daily but yet most of us might […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther Enabling BCC Mail Headers In Apple

‘BCC’ or otherwise known as ‘Blind Carbon Copy‘ or ‘Blind Courtesy Copy‘ is a must-have if you’re working in any corporation or running your own business. Or simply, privacy conscious. By default Apple Mail doesn’t have BCC Headers activated and I faulted it for that fact for the longest time. New to the corporate-email-game? BCC Headers typically […]Read More