Message editor for compsoing mail messages

Is there a way to make Pages '08 or MS Word an editor when composing messages in Mail? (Such as we find in Outlook, option to use MS Word as an editor?)
Thanks much.

no, no such option in Mail. you can compose your message in Pages or word and then append the result as an attachment to a Mail message but that's it.

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I had this and fixed it.
I had upgraded to Mountain Lion and my signatures in Mail were fine. But then about a week later, I got a new computer and used Migration Assistant to copy my stuff to the new machine. Upon opening Mail, I had all the correct Signature information in the Preferences>Signatures window, but nothing worked.
After lots of hunting, I found the Signature Folder. It's in:
Yourusername>Library>Mail>V2>MailData>Signatures
Looking at my previous setup (which works) I saw in that folder two types of files: .webarchive and .siganture
Looking in my new machine's Signature folder, I saw only the .webarchive folders, not the .signature folders
Since this was literally a clone of my previous setup to a new machine, here's what I did:
1. Quit Mail
2. In Problem machine, go to
Yourusername>Library>Mail>V2>MailData>Signatures
3. Move the Signatures folder someplace safe, but out of the MailData folder
4. Get the Signatures Folder from the working install (like a backup) and copy it to the MailData folder on the problematic machine
5. Start Mail on the problem machine
This worked for me. I don't know why Migration Assistant didn't copy the full signature folder, but this fixed it. It worked perfectly partly because I had just backed up with Carbon Copy Cloner and the very next day set up the new machine. I don't know where Lion or earlier versions of mail stored signatures, but the absence of the .signature filetype seems to be the problem.
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Just a suggestion..........
Download Thunderbird. Easier to use when it comes to what you want to do w/your emails.

Since updating to Mavericks, Mail doesn't work properly. It just stops working (no error messages--it just won't check for new mail) and I must shut it down and reopen it to get it working again. Any suggestions?

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Double tap the home button. When you see the app previews on the screen scroll sideways if needed to get the preview in question on the screen. Flick that preview up and off the screen to close the app. Single tap the home button or home screen preview to exit the mode.
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Shortcuts for filing mail messages into mailboxes

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Thanks for your help.
M....

Thanks for your response.
Actually, the plug-in for Thunderbird works quite well, even with thousands of mailboxes. You type in a few letters from the mailbox name (not necessarily the first letters) and it shows a list of all mailboxes whose names include those letters.
If someone could create a plug-in like this for Apple Mail, I think it could be very useful.

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Thanks but this option not available in Snow Leopard :
a. Your Apple Mail is set to “rich text” messaging format as opposed to “plain text.” This setting is found by opening up your Mac Mail program and going to Preferences > Composing.
b. Open up Mac Mail and go to Preferences > Signatures. If the box “Always match my default message font” is checked, this will over-ride any text in your email signature. Leave it unchecked to be sure you’re seeing the real signature styling.
c. When following the steps in the tutorial I linked to above, be sure the webarchive file you use to replace your signature file with doesn’t include the “.webarchive” file extension. This will mess up your email signature.
Have done all these but won't work in Snow Leopard as saving .webarchive in :
home folder > Library > Mail > Signatures
is not available any more...

How do you specify a minimum font size for incoming mail?

Is there a way to specify a minimum font size for incoming mail messages? Mail I get from others is almost unreadable and I always have to manually (apple +) increase the size.
As a test, a friend on a PC (most mail I get comes from Windows) kept increasing the size he sent me, but when I received it there was no change in size on my end.
I can't find anything in Mail's menus and preferences to change this behavior.
Mail 2.07; OS 10.4.6.
Thanks,
Cathy

if i had the problem then i'd make a backup copy of
my ~/library/preferences/com.appple.mail.plist file,
open the original in property list editor, look for
any likely elements that have small or negative font
sizes and set them to, say, 12, save the changes and
see if that helped
Found the file; couldn't open it (tried Text Edit?) to make any changes.
You can use the following trick to force Mail to
always use a larger minimum font size on received
messages - some HTML messages might not look exactly
as intended but at least you can now read them:
1. Quit Mail
2. Open the Terminal
(/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and type in the
following:
defaults write com.apple.mail
MinimumHTMLFontSize 13
3. Restart Mail.app and your HTML messages are
readable.
Of course you can set the point size to whatever you
like.
Found file; was not comfortable inputing text as this simple task did not behave properly.
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-Cathy

Applescript for Mac Mail Email Addresses

Hey guys,
Bit of help with scripting here would be awesome:
I have been trying to collate all the email addresses located in my Mac Mail accounts. To do this I have used the following in Applescript:
tell application "Mail"
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set thisMessage to item 1 of selectionMessage
set theseMessages to (every message in (mailbox of thisMessage))
repeat with eachMessage in theseMessages
set theFrom to (extract address from sender of eachMessage)
do shell script "echo " & quoted form of theFrom & return & " >> ~/documents/extracted.txt"
end repeat
end tell
This has worked really well, but I would also like the addresses of people I have sent mails to (sent mail account) and also any addresses that are CC'd in emails.
I have played around with the script, but my little knowledge of the program meant I got only errors! Any help on obtaining these final email addresses would be much appreciated.
Best regards,
Simon

While the script works, two problems are that there are many duplicate email addresses and the list is not sorted.
The following addresses these problems (and avoids repeated do shell script calls):
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px; height: 340px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #E6E6EE;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the AppleScript Editor">
tell application "Mail"
set selectionMessage to selection -- just select the first message in the folder
set thisMessage to item 1 of selectionMessage
set theseMessages to (every message in (mailbox of thisMessage))
set listOfEmails to {}
repeat with eachMessage in theseMessages
try
set theFrom to (extract address from sender of eachMessage)
if listOfEmails does not contain theFrom then
copy theFrom to the end of listOfEmails
end if
if (address of to recipient) of eachMessage is not {} then
repeat with i from 1 to count of to recipient of eachMessage
set theTo to (address of to recipient i) of eachMessage as string
if listOfEmails does not contain theTo then
copy theTo to the end of listOfEmails
end if
end repeat
end if
if (address of cc recipient) of eachMessage is not {} then
repeat with i from 1 to count of cc recipient of eachMessage
set theCC to (address of cc recipient i) of eachMessage as string
if listOfEmails does not contain theCC then
copy theCC to the end of listOfEmails
end if
end repeat
end if
end try
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Finder" to set ptd to path to documents folder as string
set theFile to ptd & "extracted.txt"
set theFileID to open for access theFile with write permission
set SortedListOfEmails to simple_sort(listOfEmails)
repeat with i from 1 to count of SortedListOfEmails
write item i of SortedListOfEmails & return to theFileID as «class utf8»
end repeat
close access theFileID
on simple_sort(my_list)
set the index_list to {}
set the sorted_list to {}
repeat (the number of items in my_list) times
set the low_item to ""
repeat with i from 1 to (number of items in my_list)
if i is not in the index_list then
set this_item to item i of my_list as text
if the low_item is "" then
set the low_item to this_item
set the low_item_index to i
else if this_item comes before the low_item then
set the low_item to this_item
set the low_item_index to i
end if
end if
end repeat
set the end of sorted_list to the low_item
set the end of the index_list to the low_item_index
end repeat
return the sorted_list
end simple_sort</pre>

Mail constantly checks for new mail; downloads same emails repeatedly HELP!

For the last three days (since 19th), Mail has been downloading the same emails over and over again. I first noticed a problem when about 20 spam emails that usually route to my Junk folder appeared in my Inbox. I thought I had just moved it incorrectly and deleted them, then they appeared again later.
The mail jogger cycle (next to Inbox) keeps turning and turning like it can't stop checking for new mail. How do I get it to stop?? The emails are multiplying like gremlins in my Inbox and driving me nuts!
Also, it only downloads new emails when I first open the app. I have to force-quit out of Mail, then reopen, and I will get a couple of new emails, and then ALL THE EMAILS FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS AGAIN.
Mail was working fine for me until three days ago. The only thing I've changed recently is a Software Update on the 15th for QuickTime and iTunes.
Please help! I tried to Repair Permissions and it didn't do anything. I also tried removing all messages from the server and that did nothing either.
Mail Version 2.1
THANK YOU ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!!
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Problem using Aperture as external editor for Photoshop CS5...

I am having trouble using Aperture as my external editor for Photoshop - if, for example, I select twenty photos and choose "edit in photoshop CS5," for some reason or another, only ten or twelve photos will show up. Some photos are always missing, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. Has anyone else noticed this? It is really frustrating and slowing my workflow down immensely. Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Casey.
First lets make sure we have the flow going the correct way. You are using Aperture, and use PSCS5 as your external editor (external to Aperture). Right?
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Return receipt plug in for Mac Mail software?

Return receipt for Mac OSX 10.4.6 build in email software “Mail” 2.0.7 (746.2/749.3) 2005 Apple Inc.
Is there a return receipt plug in for Mac Mail software? I want to know if my sent mail was received and know if the mail was opened.

Kboo,
in general not a good idea. This may cause loops with Out-of-Office responders and also not a very trustworthy confirmation.
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