Easy filing of messages in Yosemite mail?

I'm trying Yosemite Mail. It looks nice, but I'm wondering if there are yet any easy ways of filing messages into mailboxes with shortcuts, or is the only way still to use the Move feature and scroll through all your mailboxes until you find the one you want to move the message to (quite tedious).
Thanks,
doug

I notice if you do a CMD+? then enter part of a mailbox name in the search field you get an option to quickly move the mail into matching mailboxes. While not as quick as Gmail filing, it is much faster than working through a hierarchy of mailboxes using the standard move function.
I wonder if there is a similar shortcut to go to a folder.
doug

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Hello
I am noticing very high processor use from Yosemite Mail, and I am also having problems with blank messages.
Under Mavericks, I had a problem where I double click on a mail message to open it. The message would flash on the screen for a moment and then disappear. The message in my inbox would be marked as read. I could then open it again and read it normally. Over time, I tracked this down as having to do with Mail doing anything else when I requested to open the email. For instance, if I delete a message and then immediately try to open the next message, the problem would occur. If I waited 5 seconds or so, then opened the next message, the problem would not occur.
Now, under Yosemite, I find that if I open a message quickly after performing another task, the message window is blank and never fills in. I can close that message window and open it again, it may work, or it may still be blank. I have found where certain messages appear to be stuck and will open blank until I open a different message and then come back to the problem message.
I have also noticed that Mail under Yosemite appears to use very high percentages of processor time. Checking the activity monitor, Mail is third behind WindowServer and kernel_task for processor usage. And I have another question on the community about my system running hot with the fan spooling up and down constantly under Yosemite, something that almost never happened under any of the previous OS's going back to Snow Leopard.
Any idea what is going on with the Mail app in Yosemite? I was excited about Mail finally advancing in capability, but it seems to have come at a cost..... Come on Apple - Mail needs to catch up with Outlook!

I also have this problem since Yosemite upgrade. Infuriating because I can't just read incoming emails anymore. It seems to be specific to one email account and doesn't necessarily cause a problem with others. When this happens, (showing the content for a second then disappearing), there is a segmentation fault reported in the error log.
For me, this is a category one critical business problem. If I can't read and reply to incoming email reliably on my computer, I will need to switch to another system or device that can.
24/10/2014 14:51:34.839 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
24/10/2014 14:51:36.262 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.A9C826DA-A925-4168-ADFD-46A9B4012097[6900]) Service exited due to signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Good news is that the email app does seem to work a bit quicker than before using Mavericks where it could hang for 10-20 seconds for no particular reason.
Hope this can be fixed or a workaround posted soon.

List view status of flagged messages in Yosemite Mail Smart Folders

I'm using Mail in Yosemite with an Exchange server. Before Yosemite, everything was fine, now I have an issue with message flag status in Smart Folders. I have a Smart Folder which is my "ongoing" mail folder; it is set to only show unread and/or flagged messages. In the latest version of Mail, setting the messages flagged status does not change the flag icon in the message list, but does in the header of the actual mail message. The only way to get the flag to show up in the list is to select another folder and then reselect the smart folder. It does this on both my MacBook Pro and iMac, with with the latest Yosemite version and all updates applied.
In the previous OS X Mail (Mavericks) changing the flag status would remove/add the flag icon in the message list pane; now it doesn't. It's insanely annoying.
Anyone else seen this bug? I have tried recreating the smart folder and that makes no difference, neither has rebuilding the mailbox/deleting index/envelope file. No changes have been made to our Exchange server.
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Well, I guess those are more "smart inboxes" and not "smart mailboxes" in iOS...

Endless "Preparing to import messages" in Yosemite Mail

Hi
Upgraded to Yosemite. Everything went fine the first 2 days.
Yesterday when I launched Mail, it wanted to reimport all the messages.
As this process was going for hours, I read the support where it was suggested that I first delete the Envelope Index files and the Preferences so they get rebuilt.
I did that and yesterday, before going to sleep, launched Mail again
This morning the same message was displayed and when I look within the Main folder there are no new Envelope Index files nor new Preferences.
The Mail folder is 27 Gb but I had no problems before in doing the same process when I was upgrading from previous versions to newer versions of Mac OS X.
Any idea? Thank you.

Hi
Upgraded to Yosemite. Everything went fine the first 2 days.
Yesterday when I launched Mail, it wanted to reimport all the messages.
As this process was going for hours, I read the support where it was suggested that I first delete the Envelope Index files and the Preferences so they get rebuilt.
I did that and yesterday, before going to sleep, launched Mail again
This morning the same message was displayed and when I look within the Main folder there are no new Envelope Index files nor new Preferences.
The Mail folder is 27 Gb but I had no problems before in doing the same process when I was upgrading from previous versions to newer versions of Mac OS X.
Any idea? Thank you.

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I always get this error message when my email wakes up - why? iCloud is connected but all options in system prefs are grayed out:
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Hello!
First of all: it's advisable to remove your personal information from screenshots that you post to the internet. The screenshot above displays your email address. If you want to blur out something from screenshots, I can recommend Skitch. It's a free screenshot app from the Mac App Store.
To the point: do you see the iCloud options grayed out als when you haven't put your Mac to sleep yet? Or does this only occur after putting it to sleep?
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In Yosemite Mail, there is an issue where the signatures no longer toggle as in the past. If you change the existing signature, it just adds the new one vs replacing it within the body of the message. Thoughts?

In Yosemite Mail, there is an issue where the signatures no longer toggle as in the past. If you change the existing signature, it just adds the new one vs replacing it within the body of the message. Thoughts?

Hi howe.sc,
When I checked for how signatures in Yosemite work, I found this.
Mail (Yosemite): Include signatures in messages
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On a new mail message in Yosemite there is no Send button or icon. Only a grayed out word that says "send. I can receive mail but not send because nothing at top of email allows sending

On a new mail message in Yosemite there is no Send button or icon. Only a grayed out word that says "send. I can receive mail but not send because nothing at top of email allows sending. Please help. This is true of two .me accounts I have.

Hi,
It may pay to send a Screen Shot of the Connection Doctor info. (see the Window Menu)
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Before I installed Yosemite on my MacBook Air, I was able to undo a message deleted in Mail Exchange 2010 account with menu command (Undo Delete Message) or Command-Z. Even with recent updates to 10.10.1 which were supposed to address Mail-Exchange 2010 account issues, it does not work. I have to go into deleted messages and manually restore to Inbox. Is anybody else having this problem?

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Mail Feedback

Yosemite - Mail grouping unrelated messages from same sender

Since upgrading to Yosemite, mail is grouping messages (I have it set to group by conversation) by sender rather than by conversation. So now I have three different subjects lines all grouped together in a hodgepodge that is frustrating to sort through. I tried ungrouping, which separated them all, and regrouping and the problem still persists. I have restarted and still no luck. Anyone else having this issue? Any 'cures'?

I am having the same problem. Have just sent an email to Apple.
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Email messages are being grouped incorrectly from different threads and are being confused/merged into one. The messages are from different senders, with different subjects, and different dates. Nothing that I can see that would cause mail to merge them together. It is a huge problem because some of the emails don’t even show up as being in this chain, and I have just accidentally found them.
I need to know 1. How to keep this from happening, and 2. how to separate the ones that have already gotten linked.
This issue is being reported on multiple message board and requires immediate attention.
Please advise."

Yosemite mail v8.0 not showing how many messages are in a mailbox. For example inbox. Before upgrading it used to show how many messages you had in your inbox. anyone know how to switch "on" the number of messages?

Yosemite mail v8.0 not showing how many messages are in a mailbox. For example inbox. Before upgrading it used to show how many messages you had in your inbox. anyone know how to switch "on" the number of messages? Or has this feature been removed?

Agreed! This feature was very useful. If you find out how to turn it on, please let me know.
Apple, there is plenty of room in the window header all the way across on both sides of the word "Inbox". It's important to know many messages are in the Inbox. It provides a progress meter when you're cleaning out mail and striving for inbox zero.

Why will IMAP email not send from Mac OS 10.10.1 Yosemite Mail even though it is configured the same as on my old Macbook (and emails are sending just fine on the old computer)?

I can receive but cannot send IMAP email on my 1&1 mail account from Mac OS 10.10.1 Yosemite Mail on my new Macbook Pro. The account is set up the same port, password, username, server name as on my old Macbook and emails are sending just fine on the old computer.
When I hit send on the new Macbook Pro running Yosemite I get this message:
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Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent."
It shows the server as (offline)
I've tried erasing and typing in the password. I've tried both checking and unchecking Automatically detect and maintain account settings. Still cannot send.
I also have a Gmail account and it is working...

email service uses an Incoming Server and an Outgoing Server. Mac Mail makes access to the Incoming Server(s) obvious, and hides the settings for the outgoing Server(s). A quick and easy way to get access to the Outgoing Servewr settings is to use:
Window > Connection Doctor ...
... then click on the red light for the Server that is not working for you to see its settings.
This web page will make an educated guess about how to set up your Servers, and NO SPAM will follow:
https://www.apple.com/support/mail-settings-lookup/

Yosemite Mail still has sync problems with Gmail - any solutions?

I notice that Yosemite Mail still has sync problems with Gmail. After running for some hours, I noticed there were 6 emails in my Gmail account that had not synced over the past hour.
In the meanwhile, for safety's sake (don't want to miss emails!) I'm back to Mailplane. But I wonder if anybody knows of a solution to this long term problem first introduced in Mavericks. Works fine in iOS Mail though.
Thanks,
doug

I don't think we'll ever have a "best of both worlds" Doug. I've used Gmail since the week it launched the first beta in 2004, and it's always been a bit of a love-hate relationship for me (mostly love). With the demise of the Google Notifier for Mac, I went with Mailplane, but even it has problems. Like when I see my iPhone update with new mail and I'm looking at Mailplane and it won't update at times with even a forced refresh. I often have to close/reopen it to see new messages. But, it's hard to live without my Google Calendar only a tab click away, one of the primary reasons I use Mailplane, that plus changing view zoom sticks with Mailplane and won't with Gmail.
For years I've thought Gmail labels were the perfect filing solution, but over the past few weeks I've been analyzing just how much I really use that feature, and for me...it's not all that much. I think I could simplify my life by putting everything into appropriate folders (as in all other email apps). Apple doesn't realize just how much money they're losing by not allowing people to use private domains with iCloud mail...which I would do in a heartbeat just because it would work perfectly with Mail.app. I would pay even more than I currently pay Google for this solution with Google Apps Business. So, I'm actually on the verge of moving my private domain to the best email service I can find and then using it with Mail.app. The problem here, of course, is I'll lose the best spam control on the planet (Gmail). So, as you say, there simply is not a "best" solution for all these things. I'll at least try a new email service first with some other domain to see how I like it before moving my primary email.
Lastly, the other thing that incenses me is synching of flags between iOS and Apple Mail. It works fine between Gmail and iOS Mail, since all I care about is whether a message is starred/flagged or not. But using Apple Mail, when I flag a message it will not show as flagged in their own iOS Mail, which is incomprehensible, given they built both apps.
If you find a great solution or discover anything new...please post it here, Doug. Thanks.

How Do highlight text in the body of an email message in Mac Mail?

Can anyone tell if IF and HOW I can highlight text in the body of an email message using Mac Mail (in Yosemite). I do NOT mean MARKUP an attachment. I want to highlight a word or phrase in the body of my email message. I know I can change the font color, but can't seem to add a highlight! Thanks!

Hi,
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Hello,
Up till at least OS X Lion, if there were duplicate email messages, there would be a blue link in the header of the message in Apple Mail that you could click on to reveal the duplicate messages.
Im currently running Mavericks and Apple Mail 7.3.
By default, there no longer seems to be any indication that there are duplicate messages?? Is that correct???
I have found the Terminal commands that will allow me to "ungroup" duplicate messages:
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To revert to the default setting, run this command:
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or simply delete the setting altogether with this command:
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If you want to see how Mail behaves with this setting enabled, but without modifying your preference file, start Mail from Terminal with this command:
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These seem to work fine as far as listing the duplicate messages in the message list.
HOWEVER . . .
What I am wondering is . .
Is there no way to leave the duplicates "grouped" so there is only single entry in the message list BUT have the link in the header that indicates that there are duplicates and allow you to click on that link to reveal the duplicates in the message list???    I find having the link in the header easier to work with rather than having ALL of the duplicates ungrouped in the message list.
ALSO - for what it's worth:
I also tried setting the "Show Header Detail" option in Mail Preferences to "Custom" which includes an entry called "Duplicates" in the list of times displayed in the custom header but I still do not get any indication (that I can see) that there are duplicate messages . . .
Any ideas or experience with this????
John

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4045156
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4863
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH8200
Maybe some of these might help, hope. I had as imilar issue, I deleted my mail and recreated it.

Easy filing of messages in Yosemite mail?

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