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    Table of Contents

    Mail User Guide

    • Welcome
    • Add or remove email accounts
      • Write and send emails
      • Address emails
      • Format text in emails
      • Add attachments to emails
      • Mark up email attachments
      • Create and use email signatures
      • Reply to, forward, or redirect emails
      • Read emails
      • View email conversations
      • View, save, or delete email attachments
      • Mute conversations
      • Block or unblock senders
      • Unsubscribe from mailing lists
      • Reduce junk mail
      • Use information found in Mail in other apps
      • Delete emails
      • Print emails
      • Search for emails
      • Flag emails
      • Show emails from VIP senders
      • Move or copy emails
      • Create or delete mailboxes
      • Use Smart Mailboxes
      • Archive emails
      • Subscribe to public and shared mailboxes
      • Move or copy mailboxes
      • Import or export mailboxes
      • Change preferences
      • Use rules to manage emails you receive
      • Show people’s pictures
      • Use Mail full screen
      • Sign or encrypt emails
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Troubleshooting

    Change preferences in Mail on Mac

    Use Mail Preferences to change options for the email accounts you use in Mail, and for working with messages and mailboxes.

    In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click a preference pane:

    • General: Change settings that range from how often Mail should check for messages to the kinds of messages to include when you search in Mail.

    • Accounts: Add, delete, and disable your email accounts in Mail. Use the Mailbox Behaviors pane to change where draft, sent, junk, deleted, and archived messages are stored. Use the Server Settings pane to change options for the incoming and outgoing mail servers.

    • Junk Mail: Enable the junk mail filter, change settings to improve the filter, and manage blocked senders.

    • Fonts & Colors: Select the fonts and font sizes used to display messages.

    • Viewing: Change settings to control how messages are shown in the Message viewer.

    • Composing: Change settings for composing, addressing, and responding to messages.

    • Signatures: Create signatures that can be automatically app