Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip:
Sorting in classic layout is simply a matter of clicking column heads. To sort in
the default layout, use the commands on the View > Sort By submenu, or on the tiny
Sort By pop-up menu above the message list.
The layout of the Viewing pane in Mail preferences may suggest otherwise, but the three op-
tions beneath the Classic Layout checkbox apply only when you are
not
using the classic lay-
out:
•
Show To/Cc Label in the Message List:
Indicates whether you were a To/
Cc addressee, as opposed to a Bcc or mailing list addressee
•
Show Contact Photos in the Message List:
Pulls contacts' photos, if any,
from the Contacts app and displays them alongside the message excerpt
•
List Preview:
How many lines of text (if any) to show as an excerpt in the main
message list
In addition to the overall window layout, you can also enable or disable Organize by Conver-
sation (choose View > Organize by Conversation), which applies only to the currently selec-
ted mailbox and groups together all the sent and received messages in a given thread, even
if only one of them actually resides in the current mailbox. (Usually, but not always, Mail is
smart enough to group messages into a conversation even if someone changes the subject
line along the way.) Thanks to this feature, there's no need to move sent and received mes-
sages to the same mailbox in order to view them as a thread.
Tip:
Did you know you can have more than one Viewer window open at once? You
can—although they'll all use the same (default or classic) view. To open a new one,
choose File > New Viewer Window.
Favorites Bar
A thin strip below the toolbar in the Viewer window (
Figure 7
) shows your Favorite mail-
boxes—those to which you'd like one-click access, even if the sidebar is hidden. If you drag a
special mailbox (or any mailbox with sub-mailboxes) to this bar, you see a tiny arrow to the
right of the mailbox name; click and hold on the arrow to display a pop-up menu of the indi-
vidual accounts or sub-mailboxes. A number in parentheses indicates the number of unread
messages in that mailbox.
Figure 7:
The Favorite Mailboxes bar, slightly customized.
