Hope this tip makes the week go a little faster. The current location of an email is shown in the Header details underneath the date. Remember, if you make a mistake press Command Z to undo the last command. If you delete the top email in a thread, you will delete the entire thread. You can also ungroup messages by clicking the conversations icon. To return to regular viewing mode, go to the Mail Menu, and select View > Organize By Conversation to uncheck this option. You can now select any message from the thread and Reply, Forward, Flag, Print or Delete just that email. If you’d like to see that Header data, click Show/Hide Details.ĭouble click on a Conversation to open it. This makes it very easy to follow.Īs you scroll up or down, notice that extraneous Header information has been removed for the sake of clarity. In the setup above, we chose to Include All Related Messages, so we get to view our own responses in the thread. The Preview window shows all messages from that thread starting with the most recent. To see an entire message thread, click on a conversation in the Message List. In the Inbox, Conversations groups emails by thread under the last email received.Ī number with a disclosure triangle indicates the number of messages in the Conversation that are in the current mailbox.Ĭlick on the disclosure triangle and it turns down to reveal those emails. If you prefer, you can click the Conversations icon in the Toolbar.

In the Mail Menu, select View > Organize By Conversation.

In the Viewing tab, under View Conversations, check Include Related Messages and Show most recent message at the top.

Go to Mail in the Menu Bar and select Preferences.It’s an elegant solution to a complex problem.

In Lion OSX 10.7 Apple added a feature to Mail called Conversations.Ĭonversations simplifies the process of browsing email threads without throwing away any of the information you need.

Apple mail preferences