Mojave Mail stationary missing

The Stationery in Mail has been removed in Mojave (Apple didn't explain the reason). Custom stationery files are still available in the user's library folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Application Support/Mail/Stationery/Apple/Contents/Resources/Custom/Contents/Resources/.

If you still have a backup copy of High Sierra or lower it seems it's possible to revert back this feature:

mail.app - How to get stationery back in Apple Mail on macOS Mojave? - Ask Different

On-line there're various services available to build “rich” e-mails (e.g. newsletters). I name just two: BEE (https://beefree.io/) and TOPOL (Topol.io - beautiful e-mail editor and builder). Usually free and paid versions are available.

Another option, if you're familiar with coding, is to build the e-mail using free e-mail frameworks available on-line. Again, I name just two: MJML (https://mjml.io/) and ZURB Foundation (https://foundation.zurb.com/emails/email-templates.html).

Regardless the service/tool used, if you still want to rely on Mail to send the generated e-mail code you can preview it in Safari and then compose the e-mail by sharing the page invoking File -> Share -> Email This Page.

Apple has removed Mail stationery feature in Mojave Mail. There is no workaround for the stationery deprecation on Mojave.

I understood after some searching. Really amazing that they turn off handy functionality.

So that means I will now fetch the stationary bodies and keep them at hand in text editor sessions. That way I can quickly copy them for a new release of news without minor adjustments.

I hope Apple follows these and enables it again :-)

Have you simply tried to copy the files elsewhere and view/edit from there?

Thank you Marco,

Now at least I could find the stationary files again.

I don't code anymore, for some years, so I prefer to stay of that :-)

And I am not to fond about online newsletter services, mostly security wise.

This function within Apple Mail was easy, safe and cheap :-D

The content of the newsletter(s) I mail out is just plain text with some layout things and a bunch of URLs.

The rest is a subject and a set of BCC receivers. All that is standard. The body part get's copied in when a new one is to be send.

The layout and URLs seem to get across between Text Editor and Apple Mail.

So I think this will work.

I've tried to access the files as normal via the normal directory:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Application Support/Mail/Stationery/Apple/Contents/Resources/Custom/Contents/Resources/

I used to be able to open them to view/edit the code via a text editor or Adobe Dreamweaver. But I now get an error message that access was denied. Does anyone else experience this? I need to get the code back in order to move my templates to a new service...

Thank you. Yes, that worked. I copied the 'content.html' file to the desktop and was able to open it again as normal. Not sure why my access has been denied after updating the OS but at least I can get to the code now. Thanks. 🙂

Hmm, still no response?

I have the same issue and it is causing a lot of work as we use it a lot for newsletters for various clubs.

Why is it removed? Is there an alternative?

This is perfect! Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Clever workaround :-)

Internally, your custom Mail stationery is just HTML with inline Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) including some proprietary Apple operators unique to Apple Mail. How do you intend to transmit this HTML/CSS content in any user friendly format from a text editor session?

I can open the internal content.html file in Safari, and it looks correct. When I tell Safari to Share : Email This Page, it is tossed into Apple Mail as a link. When I change the Send Web Content: Web Page, the stationery text is present, but only the top and bottom graphics are shown, which is an omission from the Safari view.

I am still able to go there to see the files and open them, for instance in Text Editor, and save them on the same spot. At least the Description.plist. content.html is locked but can be opened and copied away.

I found an easy way to deal with this:

• open a message sent using one of your stationery templates,
• click on "send again"
• delete the specifics not included in the original stationery
• save the result as a draft
• create a new folder (I call it "templates")
• move the draft message to the new templates folder

from then on, all you need to do is to click on your template in the templates folder and "send again" - edit as desired before processing (saving as draft or sending)