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Mac Mail is one of the easiest mail programs to use, giving you full control over how you send and receive your mail. From signatures you can customize, to rules you can set based on who is sending you an e-mail, there is literally nothing you can't do, e-mail speaking, with Mac Mail.
In order to get a handle on Mac Mail though, you need to have a firm understanding of how to refresh your mail. Refreshing your mail allows you to see what mail you have that is new, quickly and easily.
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Step-By-Step
- Open up Mac Mail.
- Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
- Click the Refresh Mail button, located in the top left corner of the window.
- Alternatively, you can go to the Mailbox Menu, then click Get All New Mail. Another option is that you can click the Apple Sign, the Shift Button and the N button to get your new mail.
- If you would like to set it automatically, it is very easy to do. Simple go to Preferences, then choose General. Once there, you can choose to have the mail refreshed automatically every one minute, five minutes, 10 minutes or 30 minutes.
Troubleshooting
There are issues that can arise when you are looking to refresh your Mac Mail. Some of these issues include:
- I can't find my Mac Mail refresh button. If this happens, it is a very easy fix. All it means is that you have somehow hidden your refresh button. All you need to do is to show your toolbar, which you can do by right-clicking and clicking Customize Toolbar. Then, you select the icon from the list and you drag it to the toolbar at the top.
- Pressing Refresh Button Does Nothing. This can happen, and sometimes the only way to get new messages is to restart the program but this is not a good solution. Another workaround is to Go to the Mailbox menu, take all accounts offline, then choose Mailbox and Take All Accounts Online. Most likely, you are having a problem with your password, so double check your passwords to make sure they are entered properly.
- Every time I refresh, I have to put in my password. Another common problem, but it can be fixed by verifying your settings. If this does not resolve the issues, you need to reset the password for your e-mail address and put the new address into Mail.
- New e-mail messages not received until Mail is quit and re-opened. If this is the problem, you can go into Mailbox and choose Take All Accounts Offline. Then, go back into Mailbox and Choose Get All New Mail.
- Mail comes in but doesn't show up in Inbox. Another problem is when you click the envelope button, it says there is new mail in the Inbox but no mail is in the Inbox. If the user clicks out of the Inbox to a different folder, then back to the Inbox, the new mail shows up. If this is a problem you are dealing with, you need to download the latest update for Apple Mail.
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Mail User Guide
Use Junk Mail preferences in Mail to change options for managing junk mail and blocked senders.
To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Junk Mail.
Junk Mail Behaviors
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Description
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Enable junk mail filtering
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Turn Mail’s junk mail filter on or off.
If your email account filters junk mail on the mail server, messages might be moved to the Junk mailbox even when this option isn’t selected.
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Mark as junk mail, but leave it in my Inbox
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Highlight junk mail with color and leave it in your Inbox.
These messages contain a banner across the top with a button to confirm whether the message is junk. This setting is useful for monitoring what Mail considers junk mail.
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Move it to the Junk mailbox
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Mail automatically moves messages that it considers junk to the Junk mailbox.
This setting is useful when you’re confident that Mail correctly identifies junk mail and you don’t want those messages in your inbox.
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Perform custom actions
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Refine the junk mail filter by adding conditions to identify junk mail, and actions such as deleting those messages.
When you select this option, you can set advanced criteria to identify junk mail.
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The following types of messages are exempt from junk mail filtering
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Don’t filter messages from senders who are in the Contacts app, you’ve previously corresponded with, or know your full name.
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Trust junk mail headers in messages
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Use any junk mail detection already present in messages you receive. Mail uses this information to more accurately identify junk mail.
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Filter junk mail before applying my rules
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Mail runs the junk mail filter before it runs any rules that you created.
This option ensures that all messages, even those that your rules might move out of the Inbox, are evaluated by the junk filter.
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Reset
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Restore the default criteria for identifying junk mail.
Use this option only if Mail no longer handles junk mail as you expect. Resetting the filter deletes everything that Mail has learned from you about junk mail.
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Advanced
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Set criteria that messages must meet to be identified as junk mail. This option is available only when you select “Perform custom actions.”
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Blocked
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Enable blocked mail filtering
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Block email messages from specific senders and control what happens to the messages when they arrive.
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Mark as blocked mail, but leave it in my Inbox
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Indicate a sender is blocked but leave their messages in your Inbox.
These messages contain a banner across the top with a button to display the Blocked pane in Mail preferences, where you can manage blocked senders.
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Move it to the Trash
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Automatically move messages from blocked senders to the Trash mailbox, so you don’t see their messages in your Inbox.
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Email address list
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The list of email addresses whose messages you’re blocking.
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Add , Remove
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Add an email address to the list of blocked senders, or remove one.
You can also add an email address to the list or remove it by clicking the arrow next to the sender’s name in a message, then choosing Block Contact or Unblock Contact.
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See alsoReduce junk mail in Mail on MacBlock senders in Mail on MacMark emails as read or unread in Mail on Mac