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'''Apple Mail''' (officially known as simply '''Mail''') is an [[email client]] included by [[Apple Inc.]] with its [[operating system]]s [[macOS]], [[iOS]] and [[watchOS]]. Apple Mail grew out of [[NeXTMail]], which was originally developed by [[NeXT]] as part of its [[NeXTSTEP]] operating system, after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1997.
The current version of Apple Mail utilizes [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]] for message sending, [[Post Office Protocol|POP3]], [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]] and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] for message retrieval and [[S/MIME]] for end-to-end message encryption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22353|title=Mac OS X 10.3: Mail - How to Use a Secure Email Signing Certificate (Digital ID)|website=support.apple.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/HT202345|title=Use S/MIME to send encrypted messages in an Exchange environment in iOS|website=apple.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> It is also preconfigured to work with popular [[Email hosting service|email providers]], such as [[Yahoo! Mail]], [[AOL Mail]], [[Gmail]], [[Outlook.com|Outlook]] and [[iCloud]] (formerly [[MobileMe]]) and it supports [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14276|title=Set up iCloud, Twitter, Facebook, and other Internet accounts|website=support.apple.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> [[iOS]] features a mobile version of Apple Mail with added [[Exchange ActiveSync]] (EAS) support, though it notoriously missed the functionality of attaching files to reply emails until the release of [[iOS 9]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/08/ios-9-tidbits-and-hidden-features|title=iOS 9 Tidbits: Battery Saving Features, Search for Settings, Keyboard Changes, Email Attachments, and More|website=[[MacRumors]]|last=Clover|first=Juli|date=June 8, 2015|accessdateaccess-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref> 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 Apple 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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The new version also changed the UI for the buttons in the toolbar. Whereas previous buttons had free-standing defined shapes, the new buttons featured shapes within a [[lozenge]]-shaped capsule.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inessential.com/2005/05/27/what_i_think_happened_to_mail|title=inessential: What I think happened to Mail|website=inessential.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> According to many users, and even Apple's own [[human interface guidelines]] at the time, this was worse for usability.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2005/04/macosx-10-4.ars/3|title=Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger|website=arstechnica.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> An open-source third-party application that reverted the icons to their former shapes was available. Nevertheless, Apple updated their guidelines to include capsule-shaped buttons, and the new UI persisted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/mac/library/DOCUMENTATION/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIcons/XHIGIcons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000967-TPXREF102|title=Guides and Sample Code|website=developer.apple.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>
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