Plugins - Airmail for macOS
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 saveVery popularTwo 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.
 account is the same as an Microsoft Exchange Account. To add an O365 account,
follow these steps
Go to "Add your email account" window and then choose Exchange.
Enter the details of your account in the window.
And then click on "Add" and the account will be added in Airmail.
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:Very popularImport/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"Very popularSearch 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 ONLYVery popularInbox 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 haveVery popularContacts - 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’.
 - Airmail for macOS
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 AirmaPopularSignature - 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 pePopularSend Later - Airmail for macOS
Airmail now has a new option to schedule messages to send automatically at the chosen/scheduled time.
This is only available for Gmail and Exchange email accounts. 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 senPopularKeyboard Shortcuts - Airmail for macOS
PopulariCloud 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 tPopularTemplates - 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.
![PopularSpamSieve - 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 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 theSome 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 pSome 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 > DeleSome 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 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 theSome 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 moSome readersSetting Airmail as the Default Email Client - Airmail for macOS
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)
CoSome 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 cateSome 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.Some 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 app
![]Some 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
. 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 feSome 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 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 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 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 readersSnooze - Airmail for macOS
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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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.
![](https://storage.cFew readersSending Delay - Airmail for macOS
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 readersSave Sent Mail - Airmail for macOS
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 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 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 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 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 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
![](https://storageFew 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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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 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 readersDelete a single message in a conversation - Airmail for macOS
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:
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 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 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 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.
. Please follow the
picture below.
You can see all the messFew 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.
 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:
 and attach the files from Google Drive in the Airmail
composer.
How to save a message to Google Drive from AirmFew readersRefresh - 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 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:
 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 readersIntegration - DEVONthink
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 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 readersIntegration - Bear
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
 and attach the files from Dropbox in the Airmail comFew readersCardhop Integration
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 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:
Click on the Services tab
Choose the LDAP Service
5. Type in all the relevant details. These details can be obtained from the company’s
network administrators.
Using LDAP Server
Once the LDAP Server is activatFew readersToday Extension - Airmail for macOS
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
1. Click on the on the Notification Centre icon in the top right corner of the screen
2. Then click on Edit
3. Click on the green plus sign, next to the Airmail Today
4. Click on the Done butFew 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 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 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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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 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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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 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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Airmail offers numerous ways to tune its behaviour and performance. Please note that these are 'App Wide'
options vs. "Account Specific" ones.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.
 and attach the files from One Drive in the
Airmail composer.
How to save a messagFew readersGoogle Apps Directory Search - Airmail for macOS
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 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 readersTroubleshooting - Rules Window is Empty - Airmail for macOS
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 readersMultitouch Gestures
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 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:
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