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  1. eRondeau

    World Record! Huge, Gigantic, Colossal Text File!

    Yesterday a friend asked if I could call her elderly mother who lives several hours away because her mom's iMac was really slow. A 2017 i5 8GB w/ 1TB HDD running MacOS Mojave. "All mom ever does is email". So I called mom, had her reboot, try Safe Mode, no change. Talked her through signing into...
  2. pedzsan

    Resolved VIPs in Mail

    I added American Express to my VIPs but noticed that there were other emails not in the VIP list. I finally found out that adding all of the American Express source email addresses to the same Contact resolves that problem. I also add multiple text phone numbers to the same contact so they all...
  3. I

    What is "All Mail", and where have my messages gone?

    I'm running Mail 13.4 on an elderly 2012 Mac mini, on Catalina 10.15.7. On the Mail window, on the ribbon on top right, there is a field that I can click to send messages to mailboxes. I've just noticed that the default has changed to "All Mail', and I've been clicking it for a few messages...
  4. mdelvecchio

    Permanetly saving Gmail to macOS Mail

    I am currently using the free edition of Google's G Suite for custom-domain email. However, Google is discontinuing this product and I do not wish to subscribe to their paid replacement plan. (I'm going to switch over to iCloud+ which now has support for custom domains!) As such, I want to...
  5. A

    iCloud iCloud Mail Storage Delete

    I noticed on both my MacBook Pro and iPhone, in the "iCloud Storage < Manage" section, it says I have 10-15kb of Mail storage being used, however, I am not using iCloud with any email accounts whatsoever. Logging into the iCloud website online shows no emails at all in any folders, everything is...
  6. I

    Carrier Using Mail on iPad Pro same as laptop

    Hello, I am using the iPad Pro for some time now and have no clue how to relay on mail app. i can’t copy mail in other mail as attachment. i can’t make a local folder to offload mail server storage. does anyone has idea how to manage those 2 things? or the next computer is not actually my next PC :)
  7. B

    New incoming emails from a Gmail address not showing in native iOS email app

    New incoming emails from a Gmail address not showing in native iOS email app. On 2 iPads and an iPhone the newest emails are not showing. If you search for them, they will show up but they don’t automatically populate. I deleted the account yesterday and then added it back and the new ones...
  8. C

    confused about Mail and image loading

    Dear All, I cannot explain what happened a day ago, and I hope that someone can help: I know for sure that I had remote image loading disabled, for my iPhone 11, running iOS 15.1. but a day ago I accidentally clicked on a spam mail, and I briefly saw that it showed an image. after that, Mail...
  9. outskirtsofinfinity

    macOS Mail app "rules" question

    I created a "rule" in Mail app (v15) to have all my substack subscriptions go to a Substack folder on my iCloud mail. It's my only rule. The Active checkbox is checked. I log out of the Mac at the end of the day. When I arrive to work the next day, I log in, and notice there are 10-15 substack...
  10. rctneil

    Shortcuts to erase junk and deleted messages in Mail

    Hey, As I hate the numbers next to all my Junk and Deleted folders for all my mailboxes in Mac Mail, i'd like a shortcut that effectively does the following: Open Mail Clicks the "Mailbox" menu Clicks the "Erase Junk Mail" option Click "Erase" in the popup. Clicks the "Mailbox" menu Hovers...
  11. K

    iPad Using OpenPGP with a mail program (Apple Mail)

    Following: my colleague and I send important data to each other. She has an iPad. Using OpenPGP is pretty easy on Linux with Thunderbird. It even works on Windows (using Thunderbird). But you can't install Thunderbird on an iPad. The only solutions I have found yet are programs you have to...
  12. Y

    iPad IOS MAIL APP JUNK BOX

    Hi there I hope this post is in the correct section. I’m needing help with my ‘real’ mail that gets sent straight to the junk folder, I have tried sending each message back to the inbox but time and time again the same messages, in this case eBay are still being sent to the junk box. It’s...
  13. tekfranz

    iCloud iCloud.com Server Side Rules not Working

    I haven't had any trouble making server-side rules in iCloud until the recent iCloud.comupdate. I have over a hundred rules and now I added a new one and it is not triggering. I even moved it to the beginning of the list. Anyone else having this issue?
  14. torbjornhb

    Mail takes forever to load...

    Anyone else experience that it takes very long time to load mail? The red icon that indicates the number of emails appears, but nothing is displayed in the app. The Gmail app displays the mail immediately, but it may take 5-10 minutes for it to appear in your Apple mail app. By the way, running...
  15. M

    Mail app shows 1 unread mail badge when all mails are read

    I've been having this issue for about a year now (both on Big Sur and Monterey), where sometimes when I get an email and read it, the badge will still say I have an unread email. It's an iCloud account I use. Have tried removing the iCloud account from my Mac user and adding it again. This did...
  16. 0

    Gmail Starred Email Not Syncing with MacOS and iOS Mail Flags

    Hi All, Over the last couple of iOS and MacOS versions I've noticed that emails that I unflag in my Gmail (personal and Business) accounts aren't syncing correctly across experiences. I've noticed it's the worst in iOS where I've unflagged dozens of emails through Mail on my MBP or through...
  17. mac_in_tosh

    Restoring a deleted Mail folder using Time Machine

    I am using Mac Mail to access email on AOL Mail. I recently logged in to AOL Mail directly on the web and in a momentary lapse of judgment deleted the contents of the Sent folder. The next time I used Mac Mail, I found that the Sent folder there is empty as well. Not remembering everything that...
  18. H

    Your network settings prevent content from loading privately

    I just started seeing this error message appearing in my Apple mail. I had started using the privacy setting in mail to load remote content and it was working fine until this afternoon. I’m looking up possible resolutions and found that the options in settings have also changed. Now I am...
  19. Yoms

    Mail.app does not update unread badge count (unless app is restarted)

    Hi all, I have a ProtonMail account and use the Proton's Bridge.app in order to configure Mail.app with IMAP settings. MacBook Pro 2018 running Mac OS Big Sur 11.6 Mail.app does not update the dock icon badge count (red circle) unless I quit the Mail.app and restart it. For instance: I receive...
  20. T

    Mail - Any keyboard shortcut that allows you to move message?

    In outlook you can press a key command that brings up a window to type a folder name and it will drill into the folders as you type so you can easily select a folder. I prefer to use the native apps because they feel faster. Any keyboard shortcut for mail that does this or something similar?