Maximizing Mail: Add-ons for Mac OS X's Mail app
Mac OS X's Mail program is a solid e-mail client, but it's also got lots of unfilled potential. Check out these add-ons, plug-ins, and enhancements that help you get more out of Mail.
Rated: Jul 6, 2009 3:00 AM
If you're looking for the best Mac-based anti-spam solution, look no further than C-Command's SpamSieve 2.7. The program offers highly accurate filtering, is relatively simple to install, and is amazingly easy to use, particularly with Apple Mail.
Rated: May 31, 2009 5:01 AM
Letter Opener converts winmail.dat attachments on the fly, so you can actually see and use the attachments the sender intended you to have.
Rated: Jun 29, 2012 7:00 AM
MailTags lets you add searchable tags (similar to keywords or categories) to e-mail messages. It also lets you add notes, set and view priority, and assign due dates to messages.
Rated: Mar 22, 2011 12:25 PM
MsgFiler is the fastest way to move, copy, and label messages in Mail. It also offers useful features for navigating and managing mailboxes.
Rated: Oct 21, 2008 1:33 PM
Mail Act-On is an incredibly useful Mail plug-in that lets you invoke rules using the keyboard—if you can perform an action using Mail's rules, Mail Act-On lets you do it with a keyboard shortcut. It also adds Outbox rules to Mail.
Rated: Feb 14, 2008 1:41 PM
MsgFiler 2 lets you quickly move, copy, and label messages in Mail. (MsgFiler 2, a Mail plug-in, has since been replaced by MsgFiler 3, an application.)
Rated: Dec 12, 2005 12:00 AM
DockStar enhances Mail's Dock icon to provide finer-grain new-email notifications.
Rated: Jan 30, 2007 12:00 AM
MailFollowup gives Mail a Follow Up feature that lets you quickly re-send a quoted copy of a message, with or without follow-up comments.
Rated: Dec 17, 2010 6:44 AM
MailHub is a Mail plug-in that adds powerful new features for managing your e-mail messages and mailboxes.
Rated: Mar 21, 2006 12:00 AM
MailTags lets you add searchable tags (similar to keywords or categories) to e-mail messages. It also lets you add notes, set and view priority, and assign due dates to messages.
Rated: Jun 24, 2011 8:11 AM
Flagit is a simple add-on to Apple Mail that adds multiple flag and deploys a creative flagging method, aided by flexible and extensible flagging tools, that's both attractive and utilitarian.
Rated: Oct 15, 2004 12:00 AM
Mail Scripts takes advantage of Mail's AppleScript support to provide a number of new features, including easier rule creation and the capability to archive messages, find and remove duplicate messages, schedule messages, and perform complex Address
Rated: Feb 23, 2010 1:42 PM
Rocketbox enhances Mail's message-search capabilities thanks to advanced search options, by-person searching, better search-result displays, and faster performance.
Rated: Dec 10, 2010 8:00 AM
Herald lets you monitor incoming e-mail messages while you work in other programs.
Rated: Jan 30, 2007 12:00 AM
MailRecent modifies Mail's Message and Mailbox menus to make it easier to move or copy messages to recent mailbox destinations and to view recently accessed folders.
Rated: Jul 12, 2007 12:00 AM
MiniMail lets you view—and work with—incoming e-mail without having to keep Mail's main window visible. (MiniMail has been replaced by Mail Perspectives.)
Rated: Apr 22, 2008 3:43 PM
MailCM gives you a quick way to copy specific parts of selected messages for pasting elsewhere. It also makes it easy to add to Address Book the sender(s) or recipients(s) of multiple messages.
Rated: Feb 14, 2008 1:41 PM
Mail Attachments Iconizer gives you more control over how Mail displays and sends attachments.
Rated: Oct 7, 2010 12:09 PM
QuoteFix is a plug-in for Mac OS X's Mail that "fixes" replies and forwarded messages by placing replies below quoted text, stripping previous signatures, and removing quotes above a certain level.
Rated: Oct 23, 2012 12:00 AM
With a single click on the Archive button, MailSteward will archive all of the email in all of your Apple Mail accounts into a database for easy retrieval. One click and MailSteward will go to work storing copies of all your email text, HTML,...
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