Delete and manage old messages in Mail ift.tt/O3SSki While deleting messages from within an email client is an elementary task, there are several nuances and approaches in OS X mail that might be helpful, or at least slightly change the behavior of how Mail handles your messages when you use the delete function. At its very basics, to delete a message in Mail you simply select it and press the Delete key (or choose the Delete option in the Mail toolbar). However, when you do this Mail will automatically select the next message in the direction you previously read. What this means is, if you select a message and then press the down arrow key to move to the message below your current one, then deleting this message will have Mail select and show the subsequent message below that. If on the other hand you press the up arrow key to select the message above the original, then pressing delete will select and show the next message above your first one. This can sometimes be a slight burden because not only will additional messages be displayed, but Mail will automatically mark them as read, making you go back and undo this change if you wish to re-visit the messages later, either on your Mac, or on another device such as an iPhone. Instead of having Mail switch to the next message when deleting, you can hold the Option key when pressing delete. This will leave you with a blank message viewer window with no additional messages selected. In a similar manner, you can simply de-select a message by ... [Read more]
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 01:21:05 +0000
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