Apple Mail

Mail, also known as Apple Mail, is an <a href="/facts/Email_client/pQdW9HtC">email client</a> included by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a> with its <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a>, <a href="/facts/IPadOS/fClrmH7D">iPadOS</a>, <a href="/facts/WatchOS/zH1fkn2R">watchOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/VisionOS/2Igexrxe">visionOS</a>. Mail grew out of <a href="/facts/NeXTMail/MQaA2wRe">NeXTMail</a>, which was originally developed by <a href="/facts/NeXT/qcCmhJl3">NeXT</a> as part of its <a href="/facts/NeXTSTEP/eL0bymga">NeXTSTEP</a> operating system, after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1997.
The current version of Mail utilizes <a href="/facts/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol/TeCRKDpJ">SMTP</a> for message sending, <a href="/facts/Post_Office_Protocol/QCp6qJQm">POP3</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Exchange_Server/9pu8G4It">Exchange</a> and <a href="/facts/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol/QMnyvUwk">IMAP</a> for message retrieval and <a href="/facts/S%2fMIME/YufdsBt3">S/MIME</a> for end-to-end message encryption. It is also preconfigured to work with popular <a href="/facts/Email_hosting_service/lPhtSHyW">email providers</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Yahoo!_Mail/YjVXo9ao">Yahoo! Mail</a>, <a href="/facts/AOL_Mail/TEPr0aL9">AOL Mail</a>, <a href="/facts/Gmail/GXU2IQH4">Gmail</a>, <a href="/facts/Outlook.com/I4sund79">Outlook</a> and <a href="/facts/ICloud/AUcIyg4L">iCloud</a> (formerly <a href="/facts/MobileMe/esHrHHIS">MobileMe</a>) and it supports <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Exchange_Server/9pu8G4It">Exchange</a>. iOS features a mobile version of Mail with added <a href="/facts/Exchange_ActiveSync/0dakgPQF">Exchange ActiveSync</a> (EAS) support, though it notoriously missed the functionality of attaching files to reply emails until the release of <a href="/facts/IOS_9/jeF0FGnB">iOS 9</a>. EAS is not supported in the macOS version of Apple's Mail app, the main issue being that sent messages will incorrectly be duplicated in the sent messages folder, which then propagates via sync to all other devices including iOS.
Features of Mail include the ability to configure the software to receive all of a user's email accounts in the one list, ability to file emails into folders, ability to search for emails, and ability to automatically append signatures to outgoing emails. It also integrates with the Contacts list, Calendar, Maps and other apps.

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Apple Mail