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Use a Mail rule to help identify relevant messages

August 14, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Macworld.)

If you’re looking for ways to get more control over your Mail inbox, consider taking advantage of a built-in feature in Mail’s rules to help you identify those messages that need your immediate attention. As you’re probably aware, you can use Mail’s Rules to set up rules that filter your e-mail, based on conditions you specify. By using one of the Apple-provided conditions, you can set up a rule to help you (visually and/or audibly) identify e-mails from people you are actively corresponding with.

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Make iPhone, Apple Mail, and GMail POP work together

March 26, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Max OSX Hints.)

I was really sick of POP GMail and the iPhone not just working. I found several types of hints online, and none would really work for my situation. I use POP on GMail so that I can get mail on my Mac and leave a copy on GMail’s server for archive and search purposes, which I do endlessly. The subtle implication here is that I have about 2,500 messsages in there.

So I set up the iPhone and was all excited when it just took my accounts from iTunes and set them up. But I noticed one thing: even if I had Recent on, for some reason, my Mac and my iPhone would race to download a message and if one got it, sometimes the other did, and sometimes it didn’t. I confirmed this to happen to other people via many furious and frazzled searches waaaay past my bedtime.

Another thing I found was that I’m not a super great typer on the iPhone yet, and there were some messages I’d want to read on the iPhone but respond to on my Mac. In short, for a lot of reasons, it wouldn’t…

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Email Apps: Bookmark Your Email with Gmail or Mail.app

December 19, 2007 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Lifehacker.)

Apple guy John Gruber uncovers an undocumented feature in Leopard: the ability to link any Mail.app email message from any other Mac application using the message: link protocol. This feature is perfect for referencing a message in a to-do, or in your notes, and it’s available in the new version of Gmail, too. When you open any message in the new Gmail, its unique URL shows up in the address bar. Just copy and paste it to any document or other webapp and you’ve got a permalink to an email for quick reference later.

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Leopard Mail’s drag-n-drop double act

December 5, 2007 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | 1 comment

(Via Hawk Wings.)

Like many people (but apparently not all), when I drag an item from the Finder to Mail.app’s Dock icon, it launches two messages, the first without the attachment, the second one with it.

Obviously, this is annoying and I have always regarded it as just that. However, today, a poster on the Apple Discussion Forums  points out an even more annoying aspect of this new “feature” in Leopard Mail:

If I drag a file from Finder to Mail icon in Dock, Mail opens and creates two windows. I write my message in the window in front.

Then I get interrupted, and when I come back I need to write another message to a different recipient before I complete the first message. I use the second window for this message (convenient as it is already there…) I place a different file in this message and send it. My first message window then disappears!

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Apple Mail Bug Rises From The Dead To Menace Leopard Users

November 21, 2007 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via myapplemenu.)

by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek

An attacker exploiting the security flaw could create an e-mail attachment that appears to be, for example, a JPEG image file, but executes malicious code when clicked on, without the warning dialogue that should be present.

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Gmail IMAP, Mail.app and iPhone Mail in harmony

November 18, 2007 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Hawk Wings.)

GmailHmmm…. Late to the party on this one, but still worth posting.

Derek Punsalan has posted a comprehensive guide to getting Gmail’s new IMAP service, Apple Mail and the iPhone’s Mail.app working together in perfect harmony.

He explains how to mail the special folders in Mail.app (Sent, Draft, Trash) to the correct ones in your Gmail account, and then how to match them in the Gmail account on your iPhone.

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