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Top 50 Most Popular Mac OS X Mail Tips, Tricks and Secrets

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41. How to Read RSS News Feeds in Mac OS X Mail

Read alerts from all your favorite web sites in Mac OS X Mail — whether they come in the form of email newsletters or via an RSS news feed.

42. How to Delete an Outgoing Mail Server in Mac OS X Mail

Mac OS X Mail lets you set up multiple outgoing mail servers. Here's how to get rid of those that you've mistyped, that don't work any more, or that you don't like any more.

43. How to Group Messages by Thread in Mac OS X Mail

Don't get lost in a crowded inbox. Here's how Mac OS X Mail can make it easy to follow discussions by displaying messages that belong together in a logical order.

44. How to Attach Files via Drag-and-Drop in Mac OS X Mail

Drag'n'attach your files. Here's a quick, easy, fast and cool way to send files around the world with Mac OS X Mail.

45. How to Export Your Mac OS X Mail Address Book Contacts to a CSV File

Need your contacts from Mac OS X Mail in CSV format? Here's how to export all your Mac OS X Address Book data to a CSV contacts file.

46. How to Restore or Import Your Mac OS X Mail Address Book from a Backup Copy

Syncing went wrong? Contacts are lost? Not, of course, if you have created a backup copy of your Mac OS X Mail address book. Here's how to bring back your contacts, or import an archive to a different account or computer.

47. Add Addresses from the Mac OS X Mail Auto-Complete List to the Address Book

Mac OS X Mail has dutifully remembered the recipients of all your emails. Here's how you can use that list to build your address book.

48. How to Get Instant Access to Dictionary and Thesaurus in Mac OS X Mail

Look up the New Oxford American Dictionary definition (or definitions) of a word as you read it in an email, or get synonyms (or antonyms) from a thesaurus as you write an email — right in Mac OS X Mail and right where your mouse pointer is.

49. How to Specify a Preferred SMTP Server for a Mac OS X Mail Account

Make Mac OS X Mail try to send mail through a specify outgoing SMTP mail server first.

50. How to Hide the Preview Pane and Delete Mail Without Opening It in Mac OS X Mail

Want to get an overview of your messages? Here's how to hide the preview pane in Mac OS X Mail and maximize the display of the messages list — and delete suspicious emails without having to open them.

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