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Mac E-mail Client Features: Apple Mail 2.x or Higher

Available with the Apple OS X operating system, Apple Mail 2.x or higher can read e-mail from several different e-mail accounts, sort messages by different criteria such as date or subject or sender, and filter incoming messages into different mail folders of your choice.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Help Desk web site provides web pages regarding the use of Mail 2.x or higher.

The following chart provides an extensive list of features available in Mail 2.x or higher:

Mail 2.x or Higher Features

 
Free? no
Uses IMAP and POP? yes
Uses SSL and TLS? yes
Allows SMTP authentication? yes
Allows the user to disable the preview pane? yes
Allows the user to disable JavaScript? no
Allows the user to disable external image display? yes
Allows the user to disable attachments? no
Allows the user to connect to the University's Directory (LDAP) server? yes, using the Apple Addressbook application
Allows the user to search e-mail messages by different criteria? yes
Allows the user to sort e-mail messages by different criteria? yes
Allows the user to activate junk mail controls? yes
Allows the user to filter e-mail messages by different criteria? yes
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