Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger
Work efficiently and avoid seemingly inexplicable problems in Apple's Mail program with the only book available about Apple Mail in Tiger!
Best-selling author Joe Kissell spent untold hours testing to understand how Mail in works and what to do when it doesn't act as expected. You'll learn about the different email protocols Mail supports, the best ways to set up new accounts, how to import messages and addresses, and how to manage Mail's parental controls.
That's only the tip of the iceberg, as Joe next teaches you how to customize your incoming mail view for fast browsing of messages, control the styles you see in incoming messages, display slideshows of attached photos, reply to meeting invitations, find messages using Spotlight, and organize mail into smart mailboxes. Then, he turns to outgoing mail, showing you smart ways to address messages, tricks for sending attachments, how to add clickable URLs, and using Mail's new HTML support.
Version info: This book is updated for Mail 2.1.1, which is bundled with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. If you're still using 10.3 Panther, see Take Control of Email with Apple Mail. If you've updated to 10.5 Leopard (Mail 3), see Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard. There's also Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard (Mail 4) for 10.6 Snow Leopard.
In addition, you'll find seven key bits of advice about rules, five ways to improve the Previous Recipients list used for spam filtering and address completion, and six suggestions for Spotlight-enabled smart mailboxes. If you're having trouble, Joe offers solutions to numerous problems, including what to do if you can't send or receive mail, step-by-step instructions for fixing damaged mailboxes, and how to make Spotlight see messages it isn't finding properly.
Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions such as:
- Can Mail download messages from Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, Gmail, and AOL?
- How can I import messages and addresses from other email programs?
- Why (and where!) did all of my IMAP mail suddenly disappear?
- Is there a better or faster way to address my outgoing messages?
- Is there a way to force Mail to display only plain text and not HTML?
- Which folders should I copy to back up my email?
- Are there third-party tools that extend Mail's capabilities?
"I love this ebook! It's easy to read, easy to navigate, and darned informative. I thought I knew everything about Mail but I've already found several tips that help me use it better." -Katie Weller
Book Info
- 174 pages
- Version 1.1
- Updated 20-Sep-07
- 2.0 MB download
- ISBN: 1933671025
- Free sample with Table of Contents, Intro, Quick Start, and section starts.
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About the Author
 Joe Kissell has written numerous books about the Macintosh, including many popular Take Control ebooks. He's also Senior Editor of TidBITS, contributes frequently to Macworld, and previously spent ten years in the Mac software industry.
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Update Plans
We have no plans to update this particular book, but note that we have additional titles that cover later versions of Apple Mail.
—Adam Khan
June 22, 2010 --
The new version of MobileMe Mail is out of beta, so whether you read your email on the MobileMe Web site or you have a MobileMe-based email account, you'll have a smoother email experience if you review the new options and consider how they may affect the way you handle your email. I explain why the new version of MobileMe is interesting, run through the major new features, and offer helpful tips for using the new version in the TidBITS article MobileMe Mail Adds Server-side Rules, SSL, and More.
—Tonya Engst
June 11, 2010 --
Apple recently announced the beta of an update to its Web-based mail service, MobileMe Mail. The beta offers widescreen and compact views, single-click archiving, a message-formatting toolbar, increased security via SSL, server-based rules, and overall enhanced performance. The beta is open to all MobileMe users, and you can switch back to the previous version at any time. To sign up, log in to MobileMe Mail and click the link to request an invitation in the lower left of the page.
—Tonya Engst
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May 11, 2010 --
Find out what Joe thinks about changes in the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard version of Apple Mail and with the topic of email generally. In MacVoices #1076, Joe joins host Chuck Joiner to chat about what's new in the world of handling spam, how to use Google Apps to manage multiple email addresses within a single Gmail account, compromises and changes that Apple made to Mail in order to turn it into an app for an iDevice, and more.
Joe also talks about what's new in his Mail-related ebooks that were released in May of 2010—Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail, and Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
—Tonya Engst
March 24, 2010 --
In MacVoices #1065, Joe Kissell talks with host Chuck Joiner about two core email concepts - the POP and IMAP protocols. In particular, he explains how IMAP makes it possible to work with your email messages from more than one computer in a fluid, sensible manner. He also gives tips for switching from POP to IMAP and for using IMAP in popular email systems, including Gmail and MobileMe accounts, the Mail program on a Macintosh, the Mail app on an iPhone or iPod touch, and he discusses how the Gmail approach to storing, searching, and labeling email messages can sometimes be "hyper-weird." Joe also talks about how spam filtering can work with IMAP accounts.
—Tonya Engst
January 14, 2010 --
The Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard version of Apple Mail has been out for a while. Here's a quick look at what's changed between the 10.5 Leopard version and the Snow Leopard version:
- Mail now natively supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
- You can re-arrange items in the sidebar.
- Performance has been improved significantly, especially when displaying the contents of mailboxes, searching, and moving messages.
- Data detectors can now recognize flight numbers.
- HTML message editing has been improved in several respects.
—Tonya Engst
July 23, 2008 --
Apple has posted a KnowledgeBase article about setting up Mail to use a me.com email address. In the article, scroll down a little in order to locate info about the Tiger version of Mail. If you have a POP account, be sure to read the entire Step 3 before doing any of that step.
—Tonya Engst
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