Take Control of Apple Mail, 5th Edition

Master Mail in High Sierra and iOS 11!

You can work more effectively in Apple Mail with expert advice from Joe Kissell. You'll learn how to make Mail serve your needs with essential setup, usage, and troubleshooting instructions, whether you use Gmail, iCloud, Exchange, IMAP, or POP--or more than one account--on your Mac running 10.13 High Sierra (or 10.12 Sierra), or on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch running iOS 11.

Joe explains core concepts like special IMAP mailboxes and email archiving, reveals Mail's hidden interface elements and gestures, and helps with common tasks like addressing and adding attachments. He also offers tips on customizing Mail, including a nifty chapter on how simple plugins and special automation can dramatically improve the way you use Mail. Joe also covers finding that message in the haystack with Mail's natural language search, improving the messages you send, how digital signatures and encryption work in Mail, and--perhaps most important--an award-winning strategy for avoiding email overload.

Note: You may have heard about a new encryption issue called EFAIL that can affect Apple Mail. This issue was discovered too late to cover it in the book, but we have an article with complete details here: What You Need to Know About the EFAIL Vulnerability.

You'll quickly find the information that's most important to you, including:

• Key changes in Mail for High Sierra (and Sierra) and iOS 11
• Getting through your email faster with gestures
• Using advanced search techniques to find filed messages
• Using plugins to significantly enhance how you use Mail
• The whys and hows of sending attachments
• Using markup features to embellish, and even sign, outgoing attachments
• Defeating spam with the Junk Mail filter--and what to do if you need more firepower
• Understanding special mailboxes like Sent, Drafts, and Junk
• Using notifications to stay apprised of incoming messages
• Taking charge of email organization with rules and other measures
• Backing up and restoring email
• Importing email from other apps, older versions of Mail, or another Mac
• Deciding whether you should encrypt your email, along with detailed, real-world steps for signing and encrypting messages
• Taking Mail to the next level with AppleScript and Automator
• 18 things everyone should know about Mail in iOS 11
• Fixing problems: receiving, sending, logging in, bad mailboxes, and more