Places where you can find more information about Mailsmith, email in general, email software, etc:
Take also a look at the links page (use the index to the left) which contains more links. The Scripts section contains several AppleScripts that might be interesting
Below you find a listing of all the questions in this FAQ, click on a title to jump to see the answer. A few notes about the FAQ:
| Mailbox Questions |
| 2002-03-26 | I'm unable to get column headers set on a per-mailbox basis to apply, why? |
| 2002-03-26 | What happened with the digits showing the total number of messages in a mailbox? |
| 2002-03-26 | The message count is not enabled by default, do I have to enable it manually for every single mailbox? |
| 2002-03-26 | Why does Mailsmith store the Mailboxes in the ~/Documents folder on OS X? |
| 2002-03-26 | Can I move my user data ~/Documents? |
| 2002-03-26 | Why does Mailsmith now use a single file for storing emails? Doesn't increase the risk of database corruptions? |
| 2002-03-29 | How can I move a mailbox to the top level? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why are the mailboxes so big? |
| 2002-03-25 | What can be done to make them smaller? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I view mails that are listed only as blanks lines? |
| 2002-03-25 | What does the 'Mailsmith Post Office' file do? |
| 2002-03-26 | Can I delete a mailbox from the Finder? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I add Mailsmith mailboxes by just dropping them into the data folder? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I delete the "(trash)" folder in the same way as the "(incoming mail)"? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why doesn't deleted messages show up in the trash? |
| 2002-03-25 | What is the difference between "Empty Trash" and "Empty & Compact Trash"? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why is there an enclosure icon on my email but not in the listing? |
| 2002-03-25 | I've got an outgoing mailbox without account, how do I delete it? |
| 2002-04-04 | Is there some way of deleting old messages from a mailbox? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there some way of deleting the enclosures but not the email itself? |
| 2002-03-25 | When I compact a mailbox, it doesn't get much smaller. Why? |
| 2002-03-25 | Reclaim Header Space, doesn't make my mailboxes any smaller. Why? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I sort messages so that replies are placed next to the orginal message? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why is my mailbox red? |
| 2002-03-25 | I changed the name of the mailbox, but the file name in the Finder hasn't changed, why? |
| 2002-03-25 | When should mailboxes be rebuilt? |
| 2002-03-25 | Does MacOS put some limit on the number of mailboxes that can be used? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there some limit on the number of emails in one mailbox? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I make Mailsmith empty the trash when quitting? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I mark messages as "replied", "forwarded" etc? |
| 2002-03-25 | My mailbox suddenly got a very strange name, what do I do? |
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| General Questions |
| 2002-03-25 | What is the lastest version of Mailsmith? |
| 2002-03-25 | Hmmm, will BBSW publish more dictionaries later? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is it possible to use some other spell checking tool? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why has Mailsmith moved the windows when restarted? |
| 2002-03-26 | What happened to my favorite Mailsmith shortcuts? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I setup Mailsmith to be used by more than one person? |
| 2002-04-22 | Why cane't I use command-number as a shortcut? |
| 2002-04-21 | If I use the POP monitor to remove one message from my mail server, will Mailsmith download all messages again? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I print more than one message at once? |
| 2002-12-16 | Sometimes the typing of an address is really slow, why? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why doesn't "%quotedtext%" work in stationaries? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a way to change SMTP server etc depending on location? |
| 2002-03-25 | Where can I get the latest version? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a demo available? |
| 2002-03-25 | When I upgrade to the real version, can I use the filters, mailboxes, etc, I created using the demo version? |
| 2002-03-25 | When will the next version be released? (This is the official word) |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a "bug list" somewhere? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a "feature wish list" somewhere? |
| 2002-03-25 | Does the "real" version contain more dictionaries than the demo version? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I make my own dictionary? |
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| Send and Receive |
| 2002-03-25 | What can I do with "winmail.dat" files? |
| 2002-03-25 | How should I do to send attachments to PC users? |
| 2002-12-04 | Is UUencode a good encoding to use? |
| 2002-03-25 | Error message when sending (error code 22315) |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I set up Mailsmith to use different sigs together with a certain account? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I make a stationary? |
| 2002-03-25 | Does Mailsmith support encoding of attachments using method X? |
| 2002-03-25 | I've checked "leave on server" but when I "connect" the next time, all the mail is gone. Why? |
| 2002-03-26 | Is there some way of opening a stationary using a shortcut? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why is Mailsmith putting random ">" in my message? |
| 2002-03-26 | Can I edit queued messages? |
| 2002-03-25 | The message I got was empty, but I know there was a message for me, where is it? |
| 2002-03-25 | Someone sent me an HTML formatted email but in Mailsmith it's blank, where is it? |
| 2002-03-26 | How can I get Mailsmith to open a PPP conection, fetch mail and close it? |
| 2002-03-25 | What's the difference between "Forward" and "Redirect"? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is it possible to get Mailsmith to check the mail at certain times? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I check a single account? |
| 2002-03-25 | When I use the POP monitor and delete some mails Mailsmith downloads all the remaining the next time, why? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I delete enclosures from outgoing mails? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there some way to detect message with in-line "enclosures"? |
| 2002-03-26 | Why doesn't Mailsmith disconnect when all messages are downloaded? |
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| Editing |
| 2002-03-26 | Why isn't text font in the message area anti-aliased? |
| 2002-03-30 | What is this Philip bar? |
| 2002-04-21 | How can I add enclosures to messages using a shortcut? |
| 2002-04-21 | How can I encode my email address to make it more difficult for spam robots? |
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| Mail Accounts |
| 2002-03-25 | Is it possible to set up a "send-only" or "receive-only" account? |
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| Address Book |
| 2002-04-21 | How can I automatically add addresses to my address book when I send emails? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why are there only three fields for each address? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a script that let me add address directly from my emails? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why are there only three fields for each address? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a script that let me add addresses to the address book directly from my emails? |
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| Filters |
| 2002-03-29 | When are filters run? |
| 2002-04-03 | Why does Mailsmith add a "Stop Filtering" action when I make a new filter using the "Make a Filter" command? |
| 2002-04-21 | Why does filters attached to the trash affect incoming mail? |
| 2002-04-22 | Why doesn't my filters work when I drop email on a mailbox? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I delete an arbitarily filter criteria/action? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I filter outgoing mail? |
| 2002-03-25 | Any tips on filtering out spam? |
| 2002-03-25 | What does "is equal to" really means? |
| 2002-03-25 | What does "Mail Server Name" match? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I match a certain header field? |
| 2002-03-26 | Can I change the order of how filters are applied? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can you give me an example of how to use filters? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there any speed difference between a "Transfer" and a "Deposit"? |
| 2002-03-26 | Does "A and B or C and D" equals "(A and B) or (C and D")? |
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| Import/Export |
| 2002-03-25 | Can Mailsmith import Mail email? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I upgrade from 1.1 to 1.5 just by replacing the application? |
| 2002-03-26 | Is there some way of getting that "do you want to import from 1.1.x" dialog again? |
| 2002-03-26 | Dragging and dropping the files into the Mail Browser simply does not work for me, why? |
| 2002-03-26 | I have copied the Mailsmith Data folder from my old machine, but 1.5 still refuses to import it. Why? |
| 2002-03-26 | How can I import my Entourage emails into Mailsmith? |
| 2002-04-04 | How do I import Apple"s Address Book? |
| 2002-03-26 | Can I import Emailer/Eudora mailboxes? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I export emails? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I import filters? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I import address books? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can I export addresses? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I import email from CyberDog? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a way to export emails to a database? |
| 2002-03-25 | When importing Eudora mailboxes why isn't enclosures imported? |
| 2002-03-25 | I imported an Eudora mailbox and now my å, ä, ö, ø, ü, æ, looks very strange, why? |
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| Memory |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I increase Mailsmiths cache memory? |
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| Scripting Questions |
| 2002-03-25 | Is Mailsmith scriptable? |
| 2002-03-25 | Where can I find examples of scripts? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I 'queue' a message using AppleScript? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can a mailbox be rebuilt/compressed using AppleScript? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can the editor be scripted? |
| 2002-03-25 | What does the booleans flagged, deleted, and recent mean? |
| 2002-03-25 | Can queries be scripted? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I reference labels in a script? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why aren't some enclosures "seen" from AppleScript? |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I get a reference to the currently displayed message in the browser? |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I count the number of messages in a mailbox? |
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| Speed |
| 2002-03-25 | Why is Mailsmith so slow? |
| 2002-03-25 | What can be done to speed things up? |
| 2002-03-25 | Why is it faster to download mail using the POP Monitor compared to the normal way? |
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| Tips |
| 2002-03-25 | How do I open an URL address (http/mailto/ftp etc)? |
| 2002-03-25 | Is there a way to convert 8-bit chars to 7-bit? |
| 2002-03-25 | Automatic filing of outgoing mail |
| 2002-03-25 | How can I tell Netscape to use Mailsmith for sending emails? |
| 2002-04-05 | How can I open the (incoming mail) mailbox when I launch Mailsmith? |
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