How can I open my Mac Mail window without always opening saved emails in my dock?

How can I open my Mac Mail window without always opening saved emails in my dock? Thanks.

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)

Posted on Dec 26, 2017 5:15 PM

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Dec 27, 2017 5:59 AM in response to tygb

tygb wrote:


The correct way to open apple mail application if it is in the dock , just click on the icon to get it opened , mails are inside the mail application , to view the particular mail simply click on it .

Mails are not removed from the application and kept in the dock .

Ridiculous statement! There are multiple methods for opening any applications, there are several "correct" ways to open any app on a Mac.

Dec 27, 2017 8:50 AM in response to darpa

I don't believe there is a way to do what you want: if you think about it - you have emails sitting in the dock and your Mail app is in the dock. So, if you open the Mail app, all other items connected to that app will be opened.


So, my question is: why do you feel that you need to have individual emails in the dock (rather than keeping them where they normally are: in your Inbox)?

Dec 27, 2017 9:16 AM in response to darpa

Mails are not saved in the dock , either you can save them save as drafts , create new mail box , or create new mailbox folder and drag and drop mails inside it and compose a new mail then can send later .

But all of this will be done inside your apple mail application , you can consult in apple support also , what babowa explained you clearly is correct and others also .

Dec 27, 2017 7:23 AM in response to rkaufmann87

No, you don't understand my question. I know how to open the mail window and click on each email to open it initially. My question, again,

"How can I open my Mac Mail window without always opening saved emails in my dock?"

In other words: always reopening those all-ready opened emails that I have reduced and saved in my dock instead of opening my mac mail window. Every time I click on my mac mail icon in my dock it opens instead the latest email I have reduced and saved in my dock (for later reply or use).

Hope this makes it clearer. Thanks.

Dec 27, 2017 9:06 AM in response to babowa

Firstly, thanks for understanding my question and for replying.

I want to refer to them for a day or two or longer (1 or 2 only and usually articles) withouttrying to find them in my email stream. Also, I CAN open by clicking on "open new viewer window," but that's the step I don't want to have to do.

As I wrote earlier, I'll call Apple tech. Who knows, maybe they'll have the answer.

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