I want Mail to remind me of the right mail alias before I send

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I want Mail to remind me of the right mail alias before I send

Hello,

I have many aliases in Mail. Every now and then I forget to choose the right alias when I compose a mail. How can I achieve that Mail asks me always which alias to choose? In Thunderbird this is possible with the extension "Identity Chooser" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/identity-chooser/?src=search. Is there an similar extension in Mail as well? For me it would be enough if there would be always a dialog box before sending with the question "Is .... the right alias?" with [yes] [no]. If no, how can I start to implement that by myself?

Regards,

Metuschelach

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 15, 2013 1:33 AM

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Jan 15, 2013 3:41 AM in response to Metuschelach

I do not believe that Apple "Mail" offers that feature. Sorry.

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Jan 15, 2013 5:18 AM in response to Radiation Mac

Yes, I know that Mail doesn't offer this, therefore I'm asking for an extension I haven't found yet. If there is no extension it would be great to know if it is heavy to implement that by myself

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manishie

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Oct 15, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Metuschelach

Hey Metuschelach, did you ever find a solution? I've been using that Thunderbird extension for a while now because I haven't found a single mail app besides Thunderbird that has anything like it.

mkm

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Metuschelach Author

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Oct 24, 2013 5:01 AM in response to manishie

No, I never found a solution 😟 But I still use Mail, because the benefit of OS integrated app. Still would like to see an solution.

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manishie

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Jul 28, 2014 11:20 PM in response to Metuschelach

Hey there, I just wanted to give an update. The Identity Chooser Thunderbird extension works great with Postbox 3. Postbox is based on Thunderbird, but is under active development as is really nice and clean. (It costs 10 bucks, and you can find $2 coupon if you bother to google!) I like Postbox much better than Apple Mail, and it integrates with OS X quite nicely.

mkm

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Jul 28, 2014 11:28 PM in response to Metuschelach

Yes, i completely agree with my fellow friend that "Mac mail" doesn't have that kind of feature in it whereas you can try to opt for the update that "Manishie" just posted...✅

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