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  1. glawrie

    Mail.app crashing ... ?

    I'm on PB3 and the mail.app on my system is crashing routinely. I don't have any extensions / add-ons installed, and computer itself (MacPro 5,1) likewise is pretty vanilla. When mail crashes it leaves an error in system.log saying "Service exited due to SIGBUS", and a full crash log entry but...
  2. HowEver

    Email app for elderly/kids? Limited vision.

    Hi, asking for an older relative with limited vision: Is there an email app that has larger icons, larger fonts and is easier to use? This relative can see, but not well. I turned on voice for her so the screen is read to her, but finding buttons is really difficult in the Mac email client...
  3. R

    I got an email from the future...how did that happen?

    I received an email this AM which, according to the timestamp in the Finder when doing a Spotlight search was 8:04...but the time was 8:01 when I checked. The Mac's time is correct; 8:01. And the internal date on the email is correct (i.e., in the past). So why does Spotlight (and Finder, I...
  4. B

    How do I hide my e-mail as a dock?

    I saw a video on YouTube where a guy moused over the left side of his OS and he had a dock that popped out that was just his e-mail. He had the bottom dock too and I wanted to do the same with my e-mail. Does anyone know how to do this?
  5. L

    Mail help!

    Hey there. I've been making a mess out of my apple mail for years being lazy to learn how to best organize and deal with tons and tons of mail. Now I'm at a crisis point trying to deal with multiple accounts and storying emails both "on my mac" and "iCloud". Does anyone know the best resource...
  6. M

    Mac Mail search behaving oddly

    Hi all, Long time lurker first time poster! I have a guy in my work who is seeing strange behaviour whilst searching for mail using the Apple Mail client. He has gmail configured and all his mail appear as is. When he searches for email and types the users first name e.g. 'john'. It will...
  7. Z

    Mail (TimeMachine and Inbox file size)

    Is it possible to see the full file capacity of received files in my inbox in Mail? Does Time Machine backup Inbox received files?
  8. maj88

    iOS vs GSuite - iPhone Sync

    Guys, I have just moved my company from old hosting to GSuite by Google. I'm very used to the native Mail App, which I use on both MBP and iPhone. On my laptop everything went flawlessly, however on my iPhone I am struggling. Firstly, I have added GMail account in Settings. All looked fine...
  9. S

    getting Mail files/downloads to really erase

    The other day I deleted my two email accounts from Mail (one gmail & one iCloud). At the time, About This Mac was showing that I was using 27 GB for Mail files. I also did a Finder search for Mail Downloads and deleted all old downloads.Or so I thought. Three days later and About This Mac is...
  10. R

    Desktop notification when a specific e-mail arrives?

    When I'm expecting a specific e-mail to arrive but don't want to keep the Mail app open, is there a way to set up a desktop notification for it? The rule in Mail itself only works once you open the app, which makes it quite pointless. I suspect this to require at least some kind of third party...
  11. M

    Question about mail app

    Hi, I'm using the standard mail app and have my ISP assigned email set up. I'll be changing ISP soon, so will be changing email address. Questions: 1) Will all my contacts/emails and folders I've created to file emails into, stay there once that email accounts shuts? 2) How do I prevent a...
  12. S

    Does Mail group emails in a thread even if the subject is similar and not exact?

    What rules does Mail use to group email messages in a thread? I like using threaded conversation but here's the problem I'm having: My company sends me work requests which I reply to. They are always from the same sender. The subject line is similar but not exact. It always starts with "Work...
  13. T

    Email client where you can specify storage location

    Hi guys, bit frustrating I need to raise this question, as it seems such a simple ask. Looking for a decent mail client, which allows me to specify where it stores it's data. For obvious reasons, I don't want to keep large email archives on my macbook's drive. Outlook for mac or mac mail...
  14. U

    Mail don't search anything! no results at all.

    hi, I search something in Mail and not results at all! pic: https://imgur.com/a/BWvpx any help?
  15. 6

    Can I make offline backups of email accounts in Mail?

    I use the Mail app in macOS High Sierra. I want to make a backup copy of my emails that I could store on external hard drives and then “drag and drop” back into the Mail app in the future should I ever need to access theme again. After I have backups of these emails, I want to delete them from...
  16. L

    Signature in Mail

    I wonder whether one can make the signature optional -- to select if she/he wants it or not on per-message basis?
  17. L

    Signature in Mail

    I wonder whether one can make the signature optional -- to select if she/he wants it or not on per-message basis?
  18. U

    iPhone iOS 11.3 beta 2- Very essential feature of iOS 10.x disabled in iOS 11.x

    Since iOS 11, scheduled fetch and notifications are happening only for mails received in main Inbox and not for mails received in favorited folders on non push mail account when the sender/ recipient is not configured as VIP in native mail app. This leaves most received mails out of the purview...
  19. iPodClassic1

    Mail freezes on El Capitan after minor update

    Hi, after a security update on El Capitan , Apple Mail freezes when I delete a batch of emails (around 10-20 emails) and on the status bar, lower left corner, reads "Moving messages 1 outo f 10". It stays there yet I can read and do stuff with the app, I just can't receive any emails and send...
  20. tootalltom

    Can't move Mail folders in sidebar

    I'm suddenly unable to drag and drop mail folders to rearrange their sequence. The blue indicator bar appears and moves when I drag but the folder doesn't move when I attempt to drop it in the new location. I can drag and drop a folder into another folder to nest it but when I drag it out and...