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'''Apple Mail''' is an [[e-mail client]] for [[Apple Corp|Apple's]] [[OS X]] [[operating system]]
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'''Apple Mail''' (also known as '''Mail.app''') is an [[e-mail client]] for [[Apple|Apple's]] [[OS X]] [[operating system]].
  
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===Configuring Macintosh OS X Mail (IMAP)===
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==GusMail users==
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Please see our [/gts/Google_Mail#Configuring_Apple_Mail Google Mail] web page for instructions on setting up GusMail on Apple Mail.
  
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From the '''Mail''' menu select '''Preferences'''
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==Setting up Mail On iPhone==
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Please see the [[Google Mail]] web page.
  
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[[Image:Mmacacc.gif]]
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==Sending attachments==
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[[Windows]] computers may not receive your attachments correctly. To ensure everybody receives your e-mail attachments, you need to follow these steps.
  
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Click the '''Server Settings''' button
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#Open up Apple Mail
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#From your [[menu bar]], select '''Edit > Attachments'''.
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#Ensure that '''"Always send Windows friendly attachments"''' is selected.
  
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==Filtering==
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Apple uses the term '''Rules''' for filtering your mail.  
  
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On the '''Advanced Tab'''
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[[Image:Macmailssl.gif]]
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==Signatures==
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To manage your signatures, you need to bring up the signatures management dialog:
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#When you are in Mac Mail, click on '''Mail > Preferences'''.
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#Click on Signatures on the Preferences toolbar.
  
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===Editing an existing account===
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===Creating===
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#To create a new signature, click the (+) in the signatures management dialog.
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#In order to access your new signature from the drop-down menu when creating a new message, click on the new signature and drag it to any accounts you want to be able to use it. In most cases, you will click and drag it to '''IMAP account'''.
  
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This is basic setup for accounts using Apple Mail for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.
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===Editing===
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First, open up Mail.  Then in the Mail menu go to Preferences. The shortcut to preferences in most programs on Mac OS X is Apple-comma.  Once you are in the preferences page, click the accounts tab.  Choose their 鶹Ƶ account.  If you need to create a new account, please see the creating a new account section.
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#To edit an existing signature, select the signature you want to edit and change the text in the box to the right of it.  
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[[Image:AppleMail1.png]]
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#To edit the name of the signature, double-click Signature #1, etc, and rename it.
  
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Account information should match this (with the name and username of whose computer you are working on in place of mine, of course).
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==Subscribing to folders==
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All folders should be subscribed to automatically. If necessary, close Mail.app and open it up again.
  
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==Configuring Directory Services (LDAP)==
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===OS X Yosemite===
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#Launch the Contacts app
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#Go to the Contacts menu, and then click '''Add Account'''
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#Choose '''Other contacts account...'''
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#Choose '''LDAP''' in the drop down menu.
  
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[[Image:AppleMail2.png]]
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==Known Problems==
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===Deleted messages reappear===
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In the Outgoing Mail Server menu, you should select the Add Server option.
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There is a known issue with the way Mac Mail handles IMAP accounts. Whenever there is any type of mail server troubles or hiccups, messages come back to your Inbox. There is nothing we/you can do to prevent this. Your only option would be to switch [[e-mail clients]], such as [[Mozilla Thunderbird]].
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===Attachments don't show up properly===
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Sometimes if attachment don't show up properly in Mac Mail, but they show up fine on a different Mac Mail installed on a home computer, try rebuilding the inbox by going to the '''mailbox''' menu and then click '''rebuild'''.
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{{Tech help}}
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This is how the outgoing mail server should be configured.  Once you have completed, click OK then switch to the Advanced tab.
 
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This is how the advanced tab should look exactly.  Once you have finished this, you can close the preferences window.  If you changed settings you will be prompted to save them. Click OK.  The Mail client should be properly configured now!
 
  
 
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[[Category:E-mail]]
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[[Category:E-mail clients]]

Latest revision as of 15:12, 13 May 2020

Apple Mail (also known as Mail.app) is an e-mail client for Apple's OS X operating system.

GusMail users

Please see our Google Mail web page for instructions on setting up GusMail on Apple Mail.

Setting up Mail On iPhone

Please see the Google Mail web page.

Sending attachments

Windows computers may not receive your attachments correctly. To ensure everybody receives your e-mail attachments, you need to follow these steps.

  1. Open up Apple Mail
  2. From your menu bar, select Edit > Attachments.
  3. Ensure that "Always send Windows friendly attachments" is selected.

Filtering

Apple uses the term Rules for filtering your mail.

This section of this article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.

Signatures

To manage your signatures, you need to bring up the signatures management dialog:

  1. When you are in Mac Mail, click on Mail > Preferences.
  2. Click on Signatures on the Preferences toolbar.

Creating

  1. To create a new signature, click the (+) in the signatures management dialog.
  2. In order to access your new signature from the drop-down menu when creating a new message, click on the new signature and drag it to any accounts you want to be able to use it. In most cases, you will click and drag it to IMAP account.

Editing

  1. To edit an existing signature, select the signature you want to edit and change the text in the box to the right of it.
  2. To edit the name of the signature, double-click Signature #1, etc, and rename it.

Subscribing to folders

All folders should be subscribed to automatically. If necessary, close Mail.app and open it up again.

Configuring Directory Services (LDAP)

OS X Yosemite

  1. Launch the Contacts app
  2. Go to the Contacts menu, and then click Add Account
  3. Choose Other contacts account...
  4. Choose LDAP in the drop down menu.

Known Problems

Deleted messages reappear

There is a known issue with the way Mac Mail handles IMAP accounts. Whenever there is any type of mail server troubles or hiccups, messages come back to your Inbox. There is nothing we/you can do to prevent this. Your only option would be to switch e-mail clients, such as Mozilla Thunderbird.

Attachments don't show up properly

Sometimes if attachment don't show up properly in Mac Mail, but they show up fine on a different Mac Mail installed on a home computer, try rebuilding the inbox by going to the mailbox menu and then click rebuild.

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