Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger

Chapter . Introduction

Of all the email applications I’ve tried under Mac OS X (pretty much all of them), Mail is by far my favorite. I send and receive a great deal of email and regularly check about ten different accounts of various types. I’m picky when it comes to my email software and, while others may differ with me, I find Mail to be the most capable and the most enjoyable to use. With Tiger, Apple has taken Mail to a new level—adding important features, improving performance (in some ways, at least), and adding clever touches to the interface.

I’ll be the first to admit that Mail is far from perfect. It has some bugs; there are a few things it does poorly, and a few things it can’t do at all. But the biggest problem with Mail ...