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(officially known as simply ‘mail’)
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*’apple mail’ is an ‘e-mail client’ included by ‘apple incorporated’ with its operating systems [‘macOS’ / ‘iOS’ / ‘watchOS’]*
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Smart search corrections
Intelligent search improves your results by correcting typos and using synonyms for your search terms.
Smart search suggestions
See a richer view of shared content and more from the moment you begin to search for email messages.
Missing recipients and attachments
Get notified if you forget to include an important part of your message, like an attachment or a recipient.1
Undo send
Easily unsend an email message that you just sent before it reaches the recipient’s inbox.2
Scheduled send
Schedule email to be sent at the perfect moment.
Follow-up
Move sent email messages to the top of your inbox so you can quickly send a follow‑up.1
Remind me
Never forget about an email that you opened but didn’t get back to. Select a date and time to be reminded to have messages resurface in your inbox.
Rich link
Add rich links that give your email messages more context and details at a glance.
BIMI support
Easily identify authenticated email messages with BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification) verified brand iconography.
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Apple Mail grew out of NeXTMail, which was originally developed by NeXT as part of its NeXTSTEP operating system, after Apple’s acquisition of NeXT in 1997.
The current version of Apple Mail utilizes SMTP for message sending, POP3, Exchange and IMAP for message retrieval and S/MIME for end-to-end message encryption.[2][3]
It is also preconfigured to work with popular email providers, such as Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, Gmail, Outlook and iCloud (formerly MobileMe) and it supports Exchange
iOS features a mobile version of Apple Mail with added Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support, though it notoriously missed the functionality of attaching files to reply emails until the release of iOS 9.[5]
EAS is not supported in the macOS version of Apple’s Mail app, the main issue being that sent messages will incorrectly be duplicated in the sent messages folder, which then propagates via sync to all other devices including iOS.
Features of Apple Mail include
the ability to configure the software to receive all of a user’s email accounts in the one list,
ability to file emails into folders,
ability to search for emails,
and ability to automatically append signatures to outgoing emails
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It also integrates with the Contacts list, Calendar, Maps and other apps.
History[edit]
NeXTMail[edit]
Apple Mail was originally developed by NeXT as NeXTMail, the email application for its NeXTSTEP operating system. It supported rich text formatting with images and voice messaging, and MIME emails. It also supported plain text (TUI) to allow for backwards compatibility.
When Apple began to adapt NeXTSTEP to become Mac OS X, both the operating system and the application went through various stages as it was developed. In a beta version (codenamed “Rhapsody”) and various other early pre-releases of Mac OS X, Mail was known as MailViewer. However, with the third developer release of Mac OS X, the application had returned to being known simply as Mail.
First release[edit]
Apple Mail was included in all versions of macOS up to and including Mac OS X Panther, which was released on October 24, 2003. It was integrated with other Apple applications such as Address Book, iChat, and iCal. Some of its features that remain in the most recent version of Mail include rules for mailboxes, junk mail filtering and multiple account management.
Mac OS X Tiger[edit]
In Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4), Mail version 2 included a proprietary single-message-per-file format (with the filename extension .emlx) to permit indexing by Spotlight. Additional features were:
“Smart mailboxes” that used Spotlight technology to sort mail into folders.
the ability to flag messages with a low, normal or high priority and to use these priorities in mailbox rules and smart mailboxes.
tools for resizing photos before they are sent to avoid oversized email attachments.
the ability to view emailed pictures as a full-screen slideshow.
parental controls to specify who is allowed to send email to children.
HTML message composition.
The new version also changed the UI for the buttons in the toolbar. Whereas previous buttons had free-standing defined shapes, the new buttons featured shapes within a lozenge-shaped capsule.[6] According to many users, and even Apple’s own human interface guidelines at the time, this was worse for usability.[7] An open-source third-party application that reverted the icons to their former shapes was available. Nevertheless, Apple updated their guidelines to include capsule-shaped buttons, and the new UI persisted.[8]
Mac OS X Leopard[edit]
In Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5), Mail version 3 included personalized stationery, handled in standard HTML format. In addition, it offered notes and to-dos (which could be synced with iCal) as well as a built-in RSS reader. It also introduced IMAP IDLE support for account inboxes.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard[edit]
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) brought Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support.
Mac OS X Lion[edit]
In Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7), Mail featured a redesigned iPad-like user interface with full-screen capabilities, an updated message search interface, support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Yahoo! Mail (via IMAP). Also added was the capability to group messages by subject in a similar fashion to Mail on iOS 4. The bounce function, where unwanted emails could be bounced back to the sender, was dropped, as was support for Exchange push email.
OS X Mountain Lion[edit]
In OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8), Mail received VIP tagging, Safari-style inline search for words within an email message, the ability to sync with iCloud and new sharing features. Notes was split off into a stand-alone application. The RSS reader and to-dos were discontinued.
OS X Mavericks[edit]
In OS X Mavericks (version 10.9), Mail ceased support for plain-text MIME multipart/alternative messages and solely retained the HTML or rich-text version.
OS X Yosemite[edit]
In OS X Yosemite (version 10.10), Mail introduced Markup (inline annotation of PDF or image files) and Mail Drop (automatically uploads attachments to iCloud, and sends a link in the message instead of the whole file).
OS X El Capitan[edit]
In OS X El Capitan (version 10.11), a filter was added to the message list to filter by various options such as Unread, Flagged, or messages with attachments. The conversation display was also redesigned and various disk space saving optimizations were implemented. Streaming notification support for Exchange accounts was also added.
macOS Mojave[edit]
Support for macOS’s new “dark mode” was added to Mail.
macOS Catalina[edit]
Added support for Block Sender, Unsubscribe, Mute Thread and layout options.
macOS Big Sur[edit]
In macOS Big Sur, the Mail logo was changed to be more consistent with the iOS version, depicting a white envelope on a blue background.
See also[edit]
NeXTMail
GNUMail
Comparison of email clients
Comparison of feed aggregators
References[edit]
^ “Mail”. App Store. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ “Mac OS X 10.3: Mail – How to Use a Secure Email Signing Certificate (Digital ID)”. support.apple.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ “Use S/MIME to send encrypted messages in an Exchange environment in iOS”. apple.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ “Set up iCloud, Twitter, Facebook, and other Internet accounts”. support.apple.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ Clover, Juli (June 8, 2015). “iOS 9 Tidbits: Battery Saving Features, Search for Settings, Keyboard Changes, Email Attachments, and More”. MacRumors. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
^ “inessential: What I think happened to Mail”. inessential.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ “Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger”. arstechnica.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ “Guides and Sample Code”. developer.apple.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
External links[edit]
Mail.app 3.0 screen shot of 2007
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apple_Mail
Apple Mail
Contributors to Wikimedia projects7-9 minutes 8/5/2003
“AppleMail” redirects here. For the piece of System 7 software, see PowerTalk.
Apple Mail.png Mail (iOS).svg
Developer(s) Apple Inc.
Stable release
iOS 1.3.3 / September 19, 2019; 22 months ago[1]
Operating system macOS, iOS, watchOS, and iPadOS
Type Email client
License Proprietary software
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