MARK EMAIL AS UNREAD ON MAC
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Hello,
I'm using Mail on MAC and I haven't found how to get a preview of the email in the reading pane without marking the email as read??
As soon as I click on a message (without opening it => just to get the preview in the bottom pane) the message is automatically marked as read... Having used Outlook Express on PC for a long time at work, I know it's possible, but on MAIL for MAC????
I'm using Mail on MAC and I haven't found how to get a preview of the email in the reading pane without marking the email as read??
As soon as I click on a message (without opening it => just to get the preview in the bottom pane) the message is automatically marked as read... Having used Outlook Express on PC for a long time at work, I know it's possible, but on MAIL for MAC????
Configuration: Mac OS 10.5 Leopard on MACBOOK PRO 2.66GHZ. Safari 525.28.3
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I will show you a trick that will allow you to fully read an email without opening it.
Personally, I never open emails without knowing their origin, because downloading images and certain HTML codes allows spammers and other advertisers to know that your address is active.
So, the trick requires being on Mac OS 10.5 on one hand, and not leaving your mail "lying around" in the inbox of your account
This trick may seem tedious, but in reality it is simple and quick to use once the right alias is created.
It is important to know that all mail from a POP account is retrieved on the Mac in your personal library in a folder named Mail.
Then, in this famous Mail folder, there is a multitude of folders and subfolders depending on what you have created as personal inboxes.
But, as long as you haven't read, and therefore have not displaced your new mail, it is in the inbox of the specific POP account.
Thus, I myself have several inboxes at Free and several inboxes at La Poste.
For each of my accounts, there is a hierarchy, at the end of which I find a folder named "Messages." Each POP account has a hierarchy with this famous "Messages" folder at the end.
For example:
Hard Drive / Users / Username / Library / Mail / POP-xxxxxxx@pop.laposte.net / INBOX.mbox / Messages / ... and here are all the messages not yet displaced into a personal inbox.
In this case, xxxxxxx is your email address of the concerned account. The INBOX.mbox / Messages box contains the mails not yet displaced.
So, the trick is childishly simple; you just need to create an alias of the desired Messages folder. Move this folder, in the dock bar for example, rename it if needed to clarify things, and then go into this folder, not double-clicking on the messages inside, which would cause the mails to open in Mail, but simply using the space bar to activate "Quick Look" ... you can read your mails quietly, and Mail has no idea ...
Hence the usefulness of not leaving read messages lying around in this box, otherwise you won't know what's new. In the "Messages" folder, set the default display to list format rather than icon, to facilitate scrolling in "Quick Look."
Good luck ...
Best regards
PS: It is even possible to place the Messages folder directly in the Dock, without an Alias, but this then prevents renaming it, making it less practical than using aliases placed, for example, in a dedicated folder, even in the Documents folder.
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac-G5 - 2ghz - 2Go - Mac OS 10.5.7
Personally, I never open emails without knowing their origin, because downloading images and certain HTML codes allows spammers and other advertisers to know that your address is active.
So, the trick requires being on Mac OS 10.5 on one hand, and not leaving your mail "lying around" in the inbox of your account
This trick may seem tedious, but in reality it is simple and quick to use once the right alias is created.
It is important to know that all mail from a POP account is retrieved on the Mac in your personal library in a folder named Mail.
Then, in this famous Mail folder, there is a multitude of folders and subfolders depending on what you have created as personal inboxes.
But, as long as you haven't read, and therefore have not displaced your new mail, it is in the inbox of the specific POP account.
Thus, I myself have several inboxes at Free and several inboxes at La Poste.
For each of my accounts, there is a hierarchy, at the end of which I find a folder named "Messages." Each POP account has a hierarchy with this famous "Messages" folder at the end.
For example:
Hard Drive / Users / Username / Library / Mail / POP-xxxxxxx@pop.laposte.net / INBOX.mbox / Messages / ... and here are all the messages not yet displaced into a personal inbox.
In this case, xxxxxxx is your email address of the concerned account. The INBOX.mbox / Messages box contains the mails not yet displaced.
So, the trick is childishly simple; you just need to create an alias of the desired Messages folder. Move this folder, in the dock bar for example, rename it if needed to clarify things, and then go into this folder, not double-clicking on the messages inside, which would cause the mails to open in Mail, but simply using the space bar to activate "Quick Look" ... you can read your mails quietly, and Mail has no idea ...
Hence the usefulness of not leaving read messages lying around in this box, otherwise you won't know what's new. In the "Messages" folder, set the default display to list format rather than icon, to facilitate scrolling in "Quick Look."
Good luck ...
Best regards
PS: It is even possible to place the Messages folder directly in the Dock, without an Alias, but this then prevents renaming it, making it less practical than using aliases placed, for example, in a dedicated folder, even in the Documents folder.
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac-G5 - 2ghz - 2Go - Mac OS 10.5.7
Fred
This trick is GENIUS! Well done, I'm impressed...
Hello,
No, that's not possible. Mail considers that an email you have read, even partially, is read.
However, nothing prevents you from marking it as "unread" afterwards.
Best regards
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac-G5 - 2ghz - 2Go - Mac OS 10.5.7
No, that's not possible. Mail considers that an email you have read, even partially, is read.
However, nothing prevents you from marking it as "unread" afterwards.
Best regards
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac-G5 - 2ghz - 2Go - Mac OS 10.5.7
Hello everyone, I'm facing the same issue. It's indeed not very convenient to do this (@nobody) by manually searching for the read email to mark it as unread again. I hope that since 2009 the developers have fixed the problem, or that someone has created a plug-in... Any updates? If anyone has news or advice, I’m all ears!!
What great advice, thank you! This tip will be very useful at home...
It is indeed very logical and easy to implement once you know where to look!
However, I won't be able to apply it to my professional setup because I'm still on 10.4 at work!
It's true that the glance feature is very handy on this version of OSX.
Thanks again, Francis.
See you!
It is indeed very logical and easy to implement once you know where to look!
However, I won't be able to apply it to my professional setup because I'm still on 10.4 at work!
It's true that the glance feature is very handy on this version of OSX.
Thanks again, Francis.
See you!