Mail App

What are Smart Addresses in Mac Mail and how do you use them?

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated August 16, 2023

This tutorial tells you about using the Smart Address feature in the Mac Mail app to show a recipient’s name in place of their name and full email address.

How to create subfolders in Mail on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated January 25, 2023

Apple’s Mail app has some nice features for organizing your inbox. You can use Smart Mailboxes that automatically filter and grab messages or use flags to call out certain emails. So if you’re looking for another way to keep your inbox under control, consider using subfolders.

While Apple doesn’t technically call folders or subfolders by those names and uses the word Mailbox instead, it’s much simpler for many people to refer to them as folders. If you’re new to the Mail app or just haven’t spent a lot of time organizing your accounts, here’s how to create subfolders in Mail on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

How to use Siri suggestions in the Mail app on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ June 3, 2020

You might be used to using Siri on your device by invoking the digital assistant yourself. But in the Mail app, Siri can do things for you without you asking. This includes calling out events to add to your Calendar and people to add to your Contacts.

If this is new to you, we’ll show you how to use Siri suggestions in the Mail app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

ExactTimeMail upgrades the timestamps in iOS’ Mail app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 1, 2020

Just yesterday, we showed you a well-received jailbreak tweak named NotesCrationDate13 by iOS developer gilshahar7 that displayed more detailed timestamps in iOS’ stock Notes app, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could have improved timestamps elsewhere throughout Apple’s mobile operating system?

Gilshahar7 appears to share this popular opinion, as a newly released jailbreak tweak called ExactTimeMail seems to do this exact thing in the native Mail app. ExactTimeMail is part of a family of tweaks intended to make timestamps more intuitive in iOS, and we’d say it succeeds on every level, with other members of that family being ExactTime (for notification banners) and ExactTimeMessages (for the Messages app).

Outlook for iOS now allows you to ignore those unwanted email threads

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 5, 2020

Microsoft has updated its Outlook email client for iPhone and iPad with the ability to ignore unwanted email threads that folks on other platforms have been able to do for a while now.

Ryan Petrich’s MailMend jailbreak tweak fixes a vulnerability in iOS’ Mail app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 26, 2020

Earlier today, we showed you a new jailbreak tweak called CaptureTheFlag that could be installed to patch a rather tedious text message-centric bug in which someone could send you a string of text from the Sindhi language to ‘freeze’ or ‘crash’ your iPhone. A great add-on to have if you’re jailbroken, but perhaps not the only one…

Yet another new jailbreak tweak release dubbed MailMend by iOS developer Ryan Petrich claims to patch a vulnerability that was only just recently discovered and disclosed in iOS’ native emailing app (Mail) by cybersecurity company ZecOps.

Apple claims it’s found “no evidence” the Mail app flaws have been used against customers

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 24, 2020

After a thorough examination, Apple has found "no evidence" that a vulnerability discovered in its Mail app for iPhone and iPad has been used against customers. Moreover, Apple is convinced that the Mail flaw "does not pose an immediate risk to our users".

Researchers discover a pair of security vulnerabilities in the iOS Mail app, Apple is working on a patch

Evan Selleck ∙ April 22, 2020

Researchers have discovered a pair of security vulnerabilities related to the stock Mail app on iOS devices, but it appears there's no reason to panic just yet.

Spark now lets you change font size, supports TO/CC/BCC people in email templates

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 23, 2020

The popular email client Spark by Ukrainian developer Readdle was updated on the App Store and Mac App Store yesterday with two new features: Dynamic Type support and the ability to add people to the TO, CC and BCC fields while creating email templates on iOS and Mac.