Reading Email
Mail puts all incoming email into your Inbox; the statistic after the word Inbox lets you know how many messages you haven’t yet read. New messages are also marked with light-blue dots in the main list.
Up to Speed: All the Little Symbols
The left edge of the messages list shows little symbols that let you know at a glance how you’ve processed certain messages. The most common one is, of course, the blue dot, which means “new message.” (After reading a message, you can mark it once again as an unread message by choosing Message→Mark As Unread [Shift-
-U]—or by right-clicking or two-finger clicking the message’s name and then choosing Mark As Unread from the shortcut menu.)
You might also see these symbols, which represent messages you’ve replied to (
), forwarded (
), redirected (
), or flagged (
).
A well-guarded secret, however, is that the “replied to” and “forwarded” symbols aren’t just indicators—they’re also buttons. When you see one of these symbols next to your original message, ...
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