Two Step/Factor Authentication - Airmail for macOS
If you have an account enabled with the two step authentication method, then you may require an app
specific password to operate the account with Airmail as explained below.
iCloud Email Service
If you have an iCloud email address (with two step authentication enabled) and trying to add it to Airmail
using your regular password you will get the following error.
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Airmail supports various plugins which are documented below:
Read Receipts
Require Airmail 3 VERSION 370 or newer
You can download this plugin from this link.
Campaign Monitor
Using this plugin, you can savePopularThemes - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to change themes of message list. The theme can be selected from 7 different themes under Appearance tab of Airmail Preferences as shown below:
In the above screenshot when you’d click on theme you will see there are different type of themes that allows you to change the style of message style, window style and composer style. Also note that chPopularAdd an Office 365 Email Account - Airmail for macOS
Go to "Add your email account" window and then choose Office365 option.
Enter the details of your account in the window.
And then click on "Add".PopularRules in Airmail - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has the capability of creating multiple customized rules to suit any incoming or outbound filtering scenario. Basically, the rules in Airmail work similar to the rules in any other email client, using a series of IF/THEN options which can be tailored to suit your specific needs.
There are several possible rules that can be created by you to suit your needs, therefore, each part of the rules window is explained in the following article.
Rules are located in 'Airmail preferences RulesPopularCalendar Integrations in Airmail
Here, you can learn about Fantastical, BusyCal, Apple Calendar integrations for Airmail.
Airmail allows you to integrate to multiple calendar apps. Below, we have described each of the integration.
Fantastical Integration
Fantastical is a very elegant 3rd party app available for macOS, which is used by many power users to keep their calendar entries.
To integrate Airmail with Fantastical,
Make sure that you have Fantastical installed on your Mac.
Airmail Preferences Services >PopularPreferences - Appearance - Airmail for macOS
You can set custom appearance preferences in Airmail which are explained below. Airmail provides several
options to control its look and feel that allows a personal touch while also improving your workflow by
visually distinguishing messages from different accounts.
THEMES
Airmail provides several themes to choose from that alter the overall look and feel of the Airmail mePopularBackup and Restore - Airmail for macOS
Why is a backup required?
Airmail saves its data on the local disk of the device. It is generally not required to backup the data of Airmail if you are only using Google/iCloud/IMAP/Exchange accounts along with the iCloud to save your app settings. In this case, you can always add the accounts back to Airmail app very quickly using iCloud (https:/PopularSmart Folders - Airmail for macOS
Airmail 3 has now a new feature called ‘Smart Folders’. You can now save your searches as ‘Smart Folders’.
These ‘virtual’ folders just save your search with a particular criterion so that, you don’t have to search for
the same criterion again and again. ‘Virtual’ in this case means that they don’t have the messages’ copies
in them for real. They just fetch the search results in one place.
Smart folders can be made to appear in Sidebar just as the iOS Airmail app, for easy access. PleasPopularImport/Export Accounts in Airmail - Airmail for macOS
You can easily import your backed up mail account settings with these simple steps.
Open Airmail App
Click on File in the Menu Bar
Choose Import Account Settings
4. Choose the folder where you exported the mail account settings. You will recognise the files with the
.ams extension e.g. "contact@xyz.com.ams"PopularAdd New Account - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to add multiple accounts simultaneously (which is the basic requirement of an email
client to come into existence!)
If you are using Airmail for the first time, it automatically takes you to the "Add you email account" window
which looks as below
If you already have added an account in Airmail and want to add more accounts, please go to:PopularSignature - Add Multiple Signatures - Airmail for macOS
Go to Preferences Account settings (double tap the account listed) Signature tab to change or add
signatures to your outgoing email messages. Signatures are created on a per-account basis, so you can
configure each email account with multiple signatures.
Additionally, you can control whether a signature is automatically added to a message (again, on a peSome readersiCloud Sync - Airmail for macOS
Syncing your account settings with iCloud is the best way to keep your account settings safe. To enable this feature, please follow these simple steps
Open Airmail App
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Select the General Tab
There are 2 options tSome readersUninstall and Install Airmail - Airmail for macOS
Simple Uninstall and Reinstalling from the App Store
To accomplish this method, please move the app to trash from the applications folder as shown in the video below.
Then move to the App Store and re-install Airmail. If an App Store asks to pay again, make sure to log out
and login back to the App Store to avoid such situation.
Using this metSome readersSearch in Airmail - Airmail for macOS
The all-new search engine is much more efficient and enhanced than the old one now. It includes the
online search feature (searching for the results on the server database even if the database/messages are
not stored on Airmail locally).
The new search also allows you to use the Gmail Advanced Search Operators of which you can find a
reference from this link:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en
(Please note that fully supported Google Advanced Search Operators are ONLYSome readersContacts - Airmail for macOS
Airmail Address Book
If you send a message to, or reply to, someone who is not in your Address Book, that email address is stored in Airmail. At times, you may want to find or take other actions with this address, such as deleting it, and Airmail makes it easy to do this.
Go to Menu Window and select ‘Address Book’ which will bring up the screen shown below. To find a contact you can search for ‘Name’ or ‘Email Address’.
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Airmail makes sending mail to a contact group very simple. These groups can either be in your Apple
Contacts App or your Google Contacts.
Let’s get started.
Create Contact Group
To use a contact group, you will first need to create a group with contacts in either your Apple Contacts App or with Google Contacts.
Sync Contact Group with Airmail App
It is important to note that Airmail syncs contacts from Google and the Apple Contacts app upon opening
the AirmaSome readersInbox Zero - Airmail for macOS
Inbox Zero is an email management concept aimed at keeping emailing as efficient as possible. This is a
short tutorial about it, however, there are a number of resources online if you’d like a more in depth
description.
Inbox Zero aims to keep your inbox empty, resulting in ‘Inbox Zero’. Inbox Zero revolves around 5 actions,
for each email you receive you must do one of the following actions. The actions are ordered based on
how often you should be doing them, but different people haveSome readersKeyboard Shortcuts - Airmail for macOS
Some readersTroubleshooting Connection Issues - Airmail for macOS
There are many factors that can influence your internet connection that can cause problems with with
Airmail operation.
Some of these factors include:
A VPN Connection
A Proxy Server
Internet Security Software
SIMBL
BarTender
Slow/Faulty Internet Connection
Firewalls
Temporary issues with hosting company
It is important to note that any software or connection that controls or attempts to control on your Internet
connection, can affect Airmail’s ability toSome readersSend Later - Airmail for macOS
Please note that Airmail sends the scheduled messages even if the app is not running.
To schedule a message at a later time please follow these steps.
Open up the ‘Composer’ (New Message) window and compose the message that you want to send at
a later point of time.
Set the point of time at which you want to sendSome readersSpamSieve - Airmail for macOS
Airmail does not have an inbuilt spam filter yet, it incorporates SpamSieve, a separate application which
must be purchased and installed - enabled by the user. The reason for this is because many email services,
like Gmail, have their own very good spam filters, so this option is left up to the Airmail user.
SpamSieve is a powerful Bayesian-based spam filter for filtering out the vast volumes of email space that
plague users. If SpamSieve is enabled in Airmail, it will automatically lSome readersTemplates - Airmail for macOS
How to create a template?
Go to Airmail Composer and compose a message as you do normally as shown in the screenshot below.
After you have composed your template, click on the 'Template' button from the toolbar of the Airmail Composer as shown in the screenshot below and choose 'Create Template'. Enter the desired name for the template and save it.Some readersEmails are moving to Archive or All Mail folder automatically
If emails are moving directly to Archive folder or All mail folder (Gmail account) there can be following reason behind this:
Particular contact is added in Blocked list
Go to Airmail preferences Favorites Blocked list enable and the list will appear in the side bar with other folders.
Please check if the contact is appearing under the Blocked list in side bar, if so, Control click the contact DeleFew readersCustomise View - Airmail for macOS
Airmail gives you 'Customized View' option in which you can show/hide the components of Airmail window
to suit your need. In the following picture, the components are explained as
Account List/Panel
Folder List/Panel
Message List/Panel
Message Preview Panel / Message Detail
You can toggle these panels ON/OFF using the three options, as shown in theFew readersMigrating to New HD - Airmail for macOS
When using the migration process, we have to copy the Airmail data from the Finder and therefore, there .
are chances that some part of it might get accidentally changed or removed resulting in the corruption of
data. So, the backing up of data is recommended before migrating, to save such instances.
For macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
If you’re moFew readersImport from Apple Mail
To import the 'On my mac' mailboxes from the Apple Mail app, please follow the steps below:
Make a local account by going to ‘Preferences Accounts +sign Add Local Account.
Go to ‘Preferences Accounts Local Account and choose Load message.
In the finder press, Command + Shift + G and enter ~/library/Mail
Choose V4 and the subsequent path.
Please note the 'subsequent pFew readersHide/Unhide - Folders/Labels - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to hide/unhide the folders/labels. This feature allows you to hide/unhide them only in
Airmail and this action will not make any effect on the web-client.
Right click any folder/label in the list and a dropdown menu will appear, choose hide folder to hide it.
You will notice that the hidden folders are now in a faded color. Please see theFew readersHow to speed up your Airmail app - Airmail for macOS
If you Airmail app is running slow, there are following methods to speed it up; either through account
specific settings (only applicable to a specific email account), or universal settings (applies to app in
general).
Universal App Settings
Open the Airmail app
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Go to the Advanced Tab
Advanced Graphics Option:
Deselect "Animations and Transparency" to disable Advanced Graphics. This will only take effect once
you restart the appFew readersAlias Account Tutorial - Airmail for macOS
Alias accounts allow you to essentially merge one or more email addresses.
To add an alias account, follow these steps.
Open Airmail Preferences using the ‘Airmail’ menu at the top left of your screen, as shown below.
2. On the left side of the Accounts page a list of your email accounts appears. Select the email account
you’d like to add an alias to.Few readersGmail Categories
The Gmail categories are basically virtual folders/sections to categorize the messages in different sections like Primary, Social, Promotions etc.
Airmail Inbox will not show only the Primary emails (Airmail Inbox will contain all the messages from all the categories) in it and you can not avoid this behavior and to accomplish this - you will have to choose the Primary folder in the sidebar.
To enable these cateFew readersDelete Addresses from Airmail
You can delete all addresses appearing in Composer as auto suggestion and sync the Mac Contacts, Gmail account ones and Exchange account ones as a fresh start.
To do so, go to Airmail Window menu show Airmail data General Addresses addresses.db file move it to Trash and then restart the app
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You can make Airmail as the default mail client for your OS X device.
To make Airmail your default mail client go to Apple Mail app preferences and set default mail reader as Airmail as shown below.
If the above process does not work, please follow the steps:
You can reset Apple's Preferences Database.
Open Terminal (Cmd+Space Bar and enter Terminal)
CoFew readersAdding Images or Attachments to a Message - Airmail for macOS
There are two ways to add attachments to a message in Airmail, either by “Drag & Drop” (the easiest
method) or by selecting an attachment on your computer using Finder and adding it to the message.
Drag & Drop
To use this method, open a new message window (or reply to an existing message) and drag and drop any
attachment and it will show inFew readersDefault Composer - Airmail for macOS
In Airmail, there are three types of text editor which are - Rich Editor, Plain Text and Markdown. Changing .
the type of composer will just affect Airmail and will not make any changes system-wide. However, you’ll
need to make changes 'per account' in your preference option which will allow you to carry out your own
composer style for a particular account.
In the following screenshot there is an optFew readersCreate a Label or Folder or Subfolder - Airmail for macOS
How to create a label in a Gmail account?
Airmail allows you to create a label in your account. Please note 'New Label' feature is available only in
Gmail accounts and the option will be in the 'Folders' menu only when a Gmail account is selected.
In the picture below, 'Mark' is a Gmail account.
To do this you have to choose 'New Label' as shown in the picture beloFew readersBadge Icon - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has two choices for 'Badge Icon Number'. The function of 'Badge' is - it fetches the number of
unread messages which is used as a more preferred option and the second option is ‘count’, which would
display a count of your all emails in inbox and not just unread mails. Also, you can choose either unread
count or inbox count and by default Airmail has the unread count enabled for 'Badge'.
Whenever you receive new message from another sender Airmail will automatically update your doFew readersHTML Source Signature - Airmail for macOS
In Airmail you can use images and other various of objectives in the signature which are in HTML codes or
supported for HTML. If you already have created signature using Apple Mail or any third-party editor, you .
can simply copy them in rich-text and paste in the signature field without using HTML which is the quickest
way to add the signature.
In the following tutorial below there are two ways to add signature to Airmail and in the Screencast we
include how to add signature using thiFew readersToDo, Done, Memo - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has special features that are similar to task management but more simple, to keep your emails on
track without losing them in long inboxes while receiving lots of mails. Generally, Airmail will create these
folders ion the Account server interface by default upon setting up the account.
How it works?
Basically Airmail will create you those folders by default while you’re setting up the account with Airmail
and it is a default feature of Airmail. However, you will see theFew readersSync Contacts - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to re-sync/update your contacts to Airmail if in some case, Airmail does not update itself
(Airmail updates the contacts on each re-start). However, Airmail has an option for enabling you to update
the contacts manually yourself. See the following screenshot with blue box below:
Once you’ve pressed the button Airmail will automatically fetch the new and upFew readersQuick Filter Menu - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has a "Quick Filter Menu" which is located just above the messages list.
This menu allows the section of multiple filters.
Enable the Filter Menu
If the menu is not visible, it can be enabled oFew readersUnsubscribe - Airmail for macOS
You will find the option as shown in the picture below
You can add the Unsubscribe button in menu buttons and it will appear on the top of preview panel for quick access.
Please go to Airmail presences Actions Menu buttons 1/2/3/4 Unsubscribe
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Gmail supports two protocols POP3 and IMAP. But Airmail definitely recommends IMAP over POP3 protocol for better support and performance. Following the screenshot below, which shows you in the blue box that you’ll need to have IMAP option enabled in your Gmail Settings in order to get IMAP working with Airmail.
In the screenshot you could also see “Folder Size LimFew readersArchive an email - Airmail for macOS
To archive a message, simply right-click a message and choose ‘Archive’ as shown below.
Alternatively you can use the 'Swipe to Archive’ gesture. To do this, put your cursor over the message and
swipe two fingers from the left to the right of your trackpad. You should see a grey area appear on the left
side of the message, keep swiping your fingers until theFew readersDownload Old Messages - Airmail for macOS
Download Old Messages in Airmail is a feature that allows you to determine the volume of messages in
relation to the time period that you want to keep in Airmail. This option is useful if you want to save the disk
space and do not want the complete database to be downloaded locally from the servers.
To find this option, go to 'Airmail Preferences Account More' and here you willFew readersAirmail Icon - Dock/Menu Bar - Airmail for macOS
You can disable Airmail from being shown in the Menu Bar/Dock. Go to Preference General and then you could see the option as shown in the picture below.
In the above screenshot you could see a blue box mark, it’s where you could choose either Dock or
Menubar and also you can choose Airmail being shown on both Dock as well as Menu bar.Few readersMarkdown Composer - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to use Markdown formation in the composer window. Airmail also designed to work on .
Markdown formation which makes the writers and developers to send emails on custom body to make it
look more stylish where the receiver will be able to view the style of Markdown in rich-text.
Airmail supports full formations that works on Markdown there are no limitations just works like on other
editors for Markdown also you will able to use HTML formation alongside Markdown withoutFew readersTransfer emails to folder of another account
How to move emails of one account to another account folder using a shortcut key?
If you often move the emails to a particular folder of another account then you can create a rule to do so and set a shortcut key with the rule.
Please make sure to disable the Rule and it will not apply on the incoming emails, only when you use the shortcut key.
Please see this screenshot as an example:
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A snooze feature allows you to snooze an email, which means it will disappear from your inbox temporarily,
but return at the time you have chosen. It is a great tool to declutter your inbox without forgetting to answer
those important emails.
How to set default values for different snooze options?
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Click on the Snoozes Tab which is as below
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Airmail has a feature called 'Sending Delay' which is similar to Gmail’s 'Undo' feature. With 'Sending Delay',
you can set your outgoing messages to get delayed by the fixed value of time before they get sent.
Go to Preferences Composing and select the desired value of 'Sending Delay'
Where to find the messages when they are 'Pending' due to the setFew readersSounds - Enable/Disable - Airmail for macOS
You can disable interaction sounds for Airmail, such as receiving and sending sounds and also other
actions' sounds. In the following screenshot there is an option 'Sounds' which you can select or deselect
as per your choice.Few readersGroup by Subject - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to arrange the messages by subject, which will in turn convert them into conversation
view. However, the replies of conversation will only be included if the Subject has not been changed.
The action of this feature will only be performed within Airmail and this will not the server message list or
other email clients using the same account. There is an option in Preferences Appearance as shown in
the picture below. Please note that you have to quit and restart the apFew readersTodoist - Airmail for macOS
Airmail App allows for integration with Todoist. Airmail sends a message to Todoist, and creates a link back
to that email from the entry in Todoist.
How to enable the Todoist Integration?
Please go to Airmail Preferences Services and login your Todoist account to enable the integration with
Airmail in order to use it.
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Please follow these steps to find the attachment in conversation quickly:
Go to Airmail preferences Appearance Expand conversations disable
Go to View menu Expand quotes disable
You will see the thread with first email expanded and all others are collapsed, please check the attachment icon and expand the particular message in thread.
Check this screenshot:
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This article will provide you steps to add the Google account into the Airmail app with two step verification.
If the two step verification is enabled on your Gmail account, you have to create the App specific password on the Gmail web settings as mentioned in the link here https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
The steps to create the App password on the Gmail web settings are-
Go to your Google Account.
On the left navigation panel, click Security.
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In Airmail you can delete single message without deleting the entire conversation. The deletion of message from a conversation will remove only the selected message and if it’s chosen from the message list on the left, this will result in deletion of entire conversation.
In the following screenshot there is an option that allows you to delete the message in a conversation:
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In Airmail you can prioritise messages for your receiver which means the high priority marked as important .
mail and warns the receiver to pay attention as well there are different level of priority which are Normal,
High and Low the choice is yours and you can decide whichever you would like to choose Airmail will
perform it and warn the receiver with priority.
However prioritising messages does not effect the spam system, If you have your email listed as spammer
your mails will noFew readersAutoload Remote Images
Airmail allows you to enable/disable autoloading of remote images.
To find the option, go to Airmail preferences Appearance as shown in the picture below and then quit and relaunch Airmail to save the change.
When Autoload Remote Images is disabled -
You caFew readersTrial - Beta for MacOS
You can Download the latest Beta as test app, is full functional and often include the most advanced fixes and features.
Airmail Mac and iOS join the Discord
Click here to download
Please note - The trial app is same as the MacOS App Store production version which you can purchase from the App Store and has all of its features.
The only difference is, It will expire after 4 weeks time AND it is a completely separate app from the pFew readersSave Email as PDF
Airmail allows you to save the emails as PDFs. This can be done from the message preview/reading pane. Please refer to the screenshot below to create a PDF.
We can create shortcuts manually to convert an email into PDF file. Please check the following screenshots:
Menu Buttons
Please go to Airmail preferences Actions Menu Buttons 1/2/3/4 and selectFew readersBounce - Airmail for macOS
Bouncing an email sends a message to the email senders' server, which essentially says that your address
doesn’t exist. This can be used to prevent your email account getting spammed as spammers will often
remove you from an emailing list if your email account doesn’t exist.
To bounce an email, use the following steps:
Select the email you’d like to bounce by clicking on it.
Click on 'Messages' menu from the Menu Bar and choose ‘Bounce’ as shown below
(Shortcut: shift + cmd + BFew readersQuick Reply - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to respond quickly as possible, Airmail has a feature called “Quick Reply” When you .
receive mails you can respond faster rather than opening a reply window. 'Click and hold' on the reply
button Quick Reply or just press the shortcut key 'Q'.
Please also see - How to make ‘Quick Reply’ the default behaviour in Airmail? (https://helpFew readersVIP Contacts - Airmail for macOS
Airmail now gives you the ability to mark the desired contacts as VIPs and you can find all the received
messages from a VIP contacts at one place by a simple click on the Folder Panel present in Airmail Sidebar.
VIPs are synced over iCloud with other devices(for example with Airmail on iPhone/iPad). Please follow the
picture below.
You can see all the messFew readersPreferences - Actions - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has a new ‘Actions’ tab in Airmail Preferences. ‘Actions’ allow you to customize your actions and
their order as per your liking. You can also enable the gmail shortcuts from selecting the option for ‘Gmail
Shortcuts’. Please refer to this link for Gmail shortcuts https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594?hl=en
You can now customize the swipe actions for the left and the right sFew readersTrash and Spam Folders in Search Results - Airmail for macOS
Airmail provide the option of allowing 'Search' to include your “Trash” and “Spam” folders if you want.
To do this go to 'Preferences Advanced' and choose your requirement as shown in the picture belowFew readersAppleScript Mac
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The Global Address List is automatically enabled on your account, but you can make sure with these steps:
Open Airmail.
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Click on the settings icon next to the MS Exchange account.
Click on the 'Composer' tab
Make sure the "Global Address List" is ticked.
Click on "Save".Few readersFollow up Reminders
Airmail now allows you to set reminders ("remind me if no reply") on the outgoing messages. You will get
notification if the recipient does not reply to your email on the scheduled time.
It reminds you at that set time if the message is not replied to before the specified time.
You can toggle this feature ON from the composer itself as shown in the picture below.
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Airmail has a ‘Favourites’ tab in Airmail Preferences. ‘Favourites’ now allow you to select the folders and
labels that should appear in the ‘Folder Panel’ in the sidebar as marked in the picture below.
You can also access the quick folder view from the ‘three dash’ icon in the folder panel, to gain a quick
access to any folder of any account, which is preseFew readersOmnifocus - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to use OmniFocus to remind you to reply or act upon a message.
Ensure that you install and open OmniFocus at least once before opening Airmail and then go to
Airmail Preferences Services and enable Omnifocus as shown in the picture below.
2. Right click an email and choose 'Send to' and then choose 'Create OmniFocus Task' (We recommenFew readersRedirect - Airmail for macOS
Redirecting a message is similar to forwarding a message, however, it will appear as if you sent it.
This means rather than indenting the message and adding the sender information to the email, only the
email content is used in the message. If you redirect an email that had people CC’d in to the email they will
also appear in the CC field.
To redirect a message, you can click on 'Messages' from the 'Airmail Menu Bar' and select 'RFew readersAdding a GoDaddy Account - Airmail for macOS
Please go to "Add your email account" window and then follow the steps to add a GoDaddy email account
using IMAP.
Click on the dropdown menu and choose IMAP.
Now type in the details of your GoDaddy Account using the reference from picture below.
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The 'Save Sent Mail in the Sent Folder' function is designed to create extra copies of your sent message. But this does not mean that the mails are sent twice to the receiver and this function only creates extra copy and stores them on the server 'Sent Folder', in case the server refuses to store your sent mail in the folder.
How can I disable the function of creating duplicate copies?
If you are getting duplicate copieFew readersReset Icons - Airmail for macOS
You can clean the image cache this will entirely refresh the new images for the cleared cache. You need to go to Preference Advanced Reset Icons.
Cleaning the image cache will enable you to fetch new images and remove the old ones that were corrupted during downloading of the message bodies. Therefore this action is performed for all accounts under Airmail datFew readersAirmail Share Extensions - Airmail for macOS
There are two sharing extensions:
Airmail Composer
Airmail Share
We will discuss them in-depth shortly.
First, it is necessary to enable these extensions
Enable Airmail Share Extensions
Click on the Apple in the menu bar and select System Preferences
In the 3rd row, click on the Extensions icon.
In the left column click on Share Menu.
Select the Airmail Composer and Airmail Share extenFew readersAttachment - Default Saving Location - Airmail for macOS
Airmail allows you to change your attachment download destination folder instead of a default saving
location. In the following screenshot, blue box contains an option to choose the destination folder.
Once you have chosen your own attachment saving location, Airmail will automatically save your new
attachment files to this location. This can also save multipFew readersSafe Mode - Airmail for macOS
As of Airmail you have a feature called “Safe Mode”. This feature allows you to run Airmail in Safe Boot
without restarting your computer and Airmail will disable entire accounts in order to launch in Safe Mode. If
you notice that Airmail is crashing upon launch this feature allows you to bypass the crashing and after
bypassing the crashing issue, you can able to disable certain options or provide us crash logs.
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This article describes how to use Airmail to send messages to DEVONthink
Airmail adds the much awaited DEVONthink integration which allows you to send a message straight into the DEVONthink Inbox.
How to enable the DEVONthink integration?
You can enable the integration in Airmail Preferences Services as shown in the screenshot below
How to senFew readersSend and Archive - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has this feature to send your mails and archive them upon sending the message. This will let you .
remove the particular conversation from the Inbox to reduce the clutter after you have replied to it. This
helps in achieving Zero Inbox.
You will need to enable it in your Airmail’s preferences. You can see the option in Preference Composing
and then tick 'Use Send and Archive' option as illustrated below:
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In Airmail it’s easy to create a reminder that syncs to Apple Reminders so you’ll have the reminder on your
Mac and iOS devices. There are following methods for creating a reminder.
Just right-click on any message in your inbox and you’ll see the dropdown menu - OR - Just right click any .
message in Airmail message list and choose 'Send to' - OR- Just select a message and use the
shortcut key 'Z'. (https://help.airmailapp.com/en-us/article/shortcut-send-to-services-airmail-for-macos-1Few readersHow to Adjust Airmail Sync Frequency - Airmail for macOS
If you’re changing folder names or moving messages frequently in web-client you’ll notice that Airmail .
delays from being updated. This is due to the refresh timing being different for Airmail and Web-Client. But
definitely you will able to set refresh time for every accounts in Airmail which would keep the folders up-to-
date on time.
Each account in Airmail can be individually configured for the inbox sync interval, as well as the foldeFew readersTrello - Airmail for macOS
How to enable Trello integration ?
In Airmail, Please go to Preferences Services Trello Link Trello
How to send a message to Trello?
Select a message Right Click Send to Send to Trello. You can also select a message and pressFew readersInline Images - Composer - Airmail for macOS
Inline attaching images allows you and the receiver to view the images without having to open them in an
external program, such as Preview.
Open an email and enter the subject, destination and message. Find the image(s) you’d like to attach
to the email in Finder or another app (e.g. your web browser).
Then drag and drop the image above the horizontal line which displays in the bottom section of the
composer as shown in the picture below:
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You can easily empty the trash folder from Airmail without going to web version. Please go to trash folder
from side bar and you can see the empty trash option at the bottom:
A pop up will appear for confirmation click on OK
TFew readersRemapping Shortcuts Keyboard - Airmail for macOS
Airmail has a bunch of shortcuts available in the menu title. If you’re feeling uncomfortable with the current
shortcuts, there is a way available to remap them. In the following screenshot you can see that its shown in
'System Preferences Keyboard Keyboard Shortcuts':
Choose a menu title you wished to Remap
Enter your desired shortcuts for Airmail.Few readersDelete Attachment from Mac - Airmail for macOS
If you received an attachment that you want to delete, you can easily delete it, freeing up valuable disk
space.
First, open the email that contains the attachment. You should see it at the bottom of the email.
Right click the attachment icon and click ‘Show in Finder’.
You should then see the attachment in Finder. Simply select the attachment and then movFew readersDisable Notifications - Airmail for macOS
You can disable the notifications for Airmail in two ways.
System Preferences
Notifications for Airmail can be disabled from System Preferences which is illustrated in screenshot below:
2. Airmail Preferences
Notifications for Airmail can also be disabled from Airmail itself by clicking Preferences General Notifications and the same has been ilFew readersDisable Conversations - Airmail for macOS
If you do not like to have Gmail-like conversations in your Inbox, Airmail has a way to disable this feature
and uses receiving and sent mails in a separate thread. Also, this action of disabling/enabling ‘Use
Conversations’ does not make any effect in the server and it functions within Airmail’s Database only.
In the following screenshot you need to uncheck ‘Use Conversations’:
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If you’re changing folder names or moving messages frequently in web-client you’ll notice that Airmail
delays from being updated which is the refresh timing is different from Airmail and Web-Client.
But definitely you will able to set refresh time for per accounts in Airmail that keeps the folders up-to-date
on time.
In the following screenshot below there is an option in the Preference which you need to change it for per
accounts:
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How to enable Asana integration ?
In Airmail, please go to Preferences >Services >Asana >Link.
How to send a message to Asana?
Select a message Right Click Send to Asana.
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You can easily create Bullet and Number list while composing email in Airmail.
Please refer to these screenshots to do so:
Please tap on the Bullet icon as explained below:
Please select Bullet or Number mark from the drop down:
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If you are using a language such as Arabic or Hebrew, it is important to be able to write from right to left of
the page.
First, open an email. Enter the subject, add recipient, however, do not start writing the email yet.
Open the ‘Composer’ menu in the top left of the screen, the open the 'Text’ menu, followed by the
'Writing Direction’ menu and click on 'Right to Left’ under 'Paragraph’. If desired you can also change your
text selection direction.
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The Full Screen mode has been with Mac OS X for a few years now, but Mac OS X El Capitan introduced
the new Split-Screen mode. Airmail is compatible with fullscreen and split screen modes.
Using Airmail in Full Screen mode.
Click on the green full screen icon in the top left corner of the Airmail window.
This will open Airmail into a new full screen desktop space. You will notice you menubar and dock is
no longer visible, but is accessible when you hover over the top or bottFew readersUsing the “Delete” Key with Messages - Airmail for macOS
To intentionally use the “Delete” key to delete a message and move it to the “Trash” folder, go to
Preferences Actions and set the Backspace field as 'Move to Trash' or as any of your desired action as
indicated in the screenshot below:Few readersGoogle Drive - Airmail for macOS
Airmail can integrate with Google Drive. To enable the Google Drive integration, please go to Airmail
Preferences Services and then 'Link Google Drive' as shown in the picture below.
You can save the files on Google Drive (as .pdf files) and attach the files from Google Drive in the Airmail
composer.
How to save a message to Google Drive from AirmFew readersData Detectors - Airmail for macOS
Airmail makes it easy for you to selectively choose what information you would like hyperlinked in your
displayed emails. The choices Airmail provides are URL links, dates, and phone numbers, or even a
combination of these. To select which ones you would like to see, go to Preferences Advanced and
click on the ‘Detect in messages’ drop-down window as in the screenshot below.
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To Transfer a Message from one email account in Airmail to another email account, right-click on the
message within a folder, then select “Folder” “Transfer to Account” “Destination Account Name” >
“Destination Folder”. This will “move” the message (not clone it) and it will no longer be available in the
original email account. This action works for all email accounts, including local accounts.
To Clone a Message from one email account in Airmail to another emailFew readersDropbox - Airmail for macOS
Airmail can integrate with Dropbox. To enable the Dropbox integration, please go to Airmail Preferences >
Services and then 'Link Dropbox' as shown in the picture below.
You can save the files on Dropbox (as .pdf files) and attach the files from Dropbox in the Airmail comFew readersReverse Sort Order - Airmail for macOS
In Airmail you can use the oldest message on top and the newest message at the bottom. If you are .
reading mails from the oldest then we may suggest you to enable the option that allows you to reverse the
order your mails and you can also archive them if you don’t wish to keep them in the Inbox.
The option to reverse sort order is located under Window in the Menu Title/Bar.
On the following screenshot below there is an option for sorting mails in reverse order:
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This article here describes about how to send a message from Airmail to create a new note in Bear.
Bear is a simple and elegant tool to organize your notes. Airmail adds the Bear integration to let you create a new note for the message that you send to Bear.
How to enable the Bear integration?
You can enable the integration in Airmail Preferences Services as shown in the screenshot below
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Cardhop is a contact app which allows you to create and sync the contacts with Airmail app. You can link this app on the Airmail easily under the Airmail Services tab.
How to enable the Cardhop integration?
Open Airmail preferences and go to Services tab to enable the Cardhop integration.
How to Sync contacts from Cardhop app into the Airmail?
ForFew readersHow to Use 2Do with Airmail
2Do is a popular Mac task manager with which Airmail integrates to provide you the powerful feature of making 2Do entries for your messages. 2Do is purchasable in the Mac App Store and the iOS App Store and syncs between the two platforms.
How to enable 2Do in Airmail?
Go to Airmail Preferences Services and enable 2Do there.
How to send a message to 2Do?
To use Airmail with 2Do, simply right-click on any email in your inbox, or right click on any message body and click on thFew readersCustom Sort Messages - Airmail for macOS
You can now access to a powerful message sort on the message list menu, to revert back use the sort by
date.Few readersShortcut - Send to services - Airmail for macOS
To quickly access the Share menu shortcut, simply press the letter ‘z’ in the message list.
In the message list, press the letter ‘z’,
This will open the share menu.
Choose a sharing option.Few readersAddress View - Airmail for macOS
If you send a message to, or reply to, someone who is not in your Address Book that email address is
stored in Airmail. At some time you may want to find or take other actions with this address, such as
deleting it, and Airmail makes it easy to do this.
Go to Menu Window and select Address View which brings up the Address View screen below. To find a
contact you can search for Name or Email Address.
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The Google Apps Directory is automatically enabled on your account, but you can make sure with these
steps:
Open Airmail App
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Click on the settings icon next to the MS Exchange account
Click on the Composer tab
Make sure the Directory Search is ticked
6. Click on Save
Using Google Apps Directory
OnceFew readersSignatures Within Composer - Airmail for macOS
Airmail now allows you to use multi-signatures where you can choose from the list of signatures such as for
Work, Personal or any other purposes.
Just simply choose signature from composer and it will show you the list of available signatures that were
configured in the Signature Panel from the Preference as shown in the picture below:
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Airmail makes full use of the OS X environment to utilise the latest features, such as the Today view in the
Notification Centre.
Enable the Today Extension
Click on the on the Notification Centre icon in the top right corner of the screen
Then click on Edit
Click on the green plus sign, next to the Airmail Today
Click on the Done butFew readersShortcut - Select Messages from the Same Sender - Airmail for macOS
Click on a message to identify a sender.
Press the equal sign "="
All the message in the list with the same sender will be highlighted in grey.
You can easily notice in the message list above that - notifications@... is the sender of which all messages
are highlighted here.Few readersUsing the Console Log to Debug an Issue - Airmail for macOS
Occasionally, in a support ticket request, an Airmail support staff member may ask you for the Console Log
for Airmail so we can debug the problem you have reported. Following is a simple procedure to obtain this
log and send it to us.
First, open the Console by clicking on “Spotlight” in the Menu Bar, type in “console” and hit “Return”.
This will open the Console.
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This article helps you if you are not able to make rules in Airmail due to the rules window is empty or not
displaying properly. One example of how can it look like in such a case is shown in the picture below.
If you experience such issue, please follow the steps below to make rules window workable again:
Go to Airmail Data as shown in the picture below.
!Few readersWunderlist - Airmail for macOS
Wunderlist is a beautifully designed to-do list app for your Mac, that makes it easy and fun to get stuff done.
Airmail offers integration with Wunderlist. Please note that Wunderlist integration can only be enabled only
when the app is installed.
How to enable Wunderlist integration ?
At first, please ensure that you have Wunderlist installed on your Device and it has been opened at least
once before using it with Airmail. Then in Airmail, please go to Preferences Services WFew readersHow to Get the Console Log - Airmail for macOS
Occasionally, in a support ticket request, an Airmail support staff member may ask you for the Console Log
for Airmail so we can debug the problem you have reported. Following is a simple procedure to obtain this
log and send it to us.
First, open the Console by clicking on “Spotlight” in the Menu Bar, type in “console” and hit “Return”.
This will open the Console.
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Airmail can integrate with the One Drive. To enable the One Drive integration, please go to
Airmail Preferences Services One Drive and then click on 'Link One Drive' as shown in the picture below.
You can save the files and create links on One Drive (as .pdf files) and attach the files from One Drive in the
Airmail composer.
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Airmail offers numerous ways to tune its behaviour and performance. Please note that these are 'App Wide'
options vs. "Account Specific" ones.Few readersCustom Time Slice filter - Airmail for macOS
You can now filter messages by a specific time start and end range, or pick only messages of a specific
day. To select a range hold 'Shift' while choosing.Few readersOperations Window - Airmail for macOS
The operations window is in Window Operations. In the operations, you can see the progression of your actions which are shown as failed/completed/pending while Airmail operates your tasks with the server.
You can see them as shown in the picture below:
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Airmail has gesturing features implemented that enables you to swipe left and right quickly on Inbox folder and other main folders without fuss. This also best thing to improve the daily productivity for all type of user.
Screenshot & Instruction
Two finger swipe right to left for moving the message into trash
Two finger swipe left to righFew readersFTP for Attachments - Airmail for macOS
If you own, or have access to, an FTP server, it’s easy to use Airmail to automatically upload and store your
message attachments there. First, go to any “Preferences” page and at the top-right, click on “FTP” which
will present the screen below.
Add your complete server path to the folder from where you want to attach the attachments, your
Username and PasFew readersFull Subject - Airmail for macOS
When you have long subjects for some messages, it can not be seen completely in normal view. All you
need to do is, hover your mouse over the subject in order to see the entire subject:
Following screenshot below its preview of Render Window with mouse hover in the subject:
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The Activities is located in Window Activities, In Activities you can see the progression of your emails
that were performing for Airmail such as syncing, downloading messages etc.
In the screenshot above it shows you theFew readersHow to disable Advanced Graphics - Airmail for macOS
Airmail uses a feature called Advanced Graphics, to enhance the visual aspect of the app. However on
older computers, this can slow the computer down.
To turn off this feature, please follow the following steps:
Open Airmail App
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Click on the Advanced Tab
Click on the select box to deselect Advanced Graphics
Quit andFew readersDroplr - Airmail for macOS
Airmail can integrate with Droplr. To enable the Droplr integration, please go to Airmail Preferences >
Services and then 'Sign in Droplr' as shown in the picture below.
You can save the files and create links(drops) on Droplr (as .pdf files) and attach the files from Droplr in the
Airmail composer.
How to save a message to Droplr from Airmail?
PlFew readers