Mailplane

How-to

Getting Started

How to get started with Mailplane.

• Setup your Gmail account
  

  Learn how to setup and sign-in your 'normal' Gmail or Google Apps account.

• Get unread message notifications
  

  Mailplane can use different ways to tell you about new and unread messages in your inbox.

• Drag and drop to create attachments
  

  The easiest way to attach pictures, movies, documents, or any file to a message composition.

• Register Mailplane
  

  Learn how to buy and license Mailplane.

Installation

How to install and configure Mailplane.

• Uninstall Google Gears
  

  How to uninstall the unsupported Google Gears input manager.

• Register Mailplane
  

  Learn how to buy and license Mailplane.

• Uninstall Mailplane
  

  This article helps you uninstall Mailplane.

• Open Mailplane at Login
  

  Setup Mailplane to start when you login your Mac.

• Change Gmail’s language
  

  Gmail comes in dozens of languages; learn how to switch your Gmail interface to another locale.

• Change Mailplane’s language
  

  All Mailplane languages are included in the same download. This article describes how th is choosen and how you can change the language.

Composing

How to compose message, writing replies, and attaching files.

• Text Snippets
  

  Use text snippets to insert canned responses, greetings and more.

• Insert images into the message text
  

  Insert pictures into your message body to annotate them with text.

• Reduce image attachment size
  

  Make image attachment smaller and convert them to a format everybody can open.

• Drag and drop to create attachments
  

  The easiest way to attach pictures, movies, documents, or any file to a message composition.

• Type Less with “Text Substitutions”
  

  Snow Leopard has a great new feature called "Text Substitutions" which allows you to avoid lots of typing. The can be used in Mailplane, learn how to turn in on.

Reading

Everything about reading email and getting notified.

• Get unread message notifications
  

  Mailplane can use different ways to tell you about new and unread messages in your inbox.

Accounts

How to manage multiple accounts.

• Setup your Gmail account
  

  Learn how to setup and sign-in your 'normal' Gmail or Google Apps account.

• Use Google Apps accounts with ‘two-factor’ authentication
  

  Mailplane can be used with the new and more secure 'two-factor' authentication.

• Setup Google Apps accounts with SAML authentication
  

  Some Google Apps domain require SAML authentication instead of the Google authentication.

• Copy account settings to another Mac
  

  How to copy all account settings like signatures, text snippets to another Mac.

• Switch between Accounts
  

  Learn how to easily switch between different accounts.

• Add another Gmail account
  

  Mailplane can manage as many Gmail and Google Apps accounts as you need.

Gmail Features

Tips and tricks to use Gmail effectively.

• Adobe Flash and Gmail
  

  How to enable/disable Adobe Flash and other Internet Plug-Ins.

• Hide the Spam label
  

  Gmail now offers the option to organize the sidebar and hide the Spam label.

• Enable “Offline Gmail”
  

  Read, compose and answer your email offline. Learn how to setup the Offline Gmail lab feature.

• Insert images into the message text
  

  Insert pictures into your message body to annotate them with text.

• Change Gmail’s language
  

  Gmail comes in dozens of languages; learn how to switch your Gmail interface to another locale.

Integration

Learn how Mailplane can integrate with other apps to streamline your workflow.

• Create Evernote notes
  

  Remember and track your email conversations with Evernote.

• Use boomerang in Mailplane
  

  Boomerang lets you take control of when you send and receive email messages.

• Use Taskforce in Mailplane
  

  Use Taskforce to convert emails into tasks, so you can save time and stay organized.

• Use 0boxer inside Mailplane
  

  0boxer turns "inbox zero" into a game. You get points when you answer, archive, or delete email.

• Use Mailplane with Application Launchers
  

  How to use Mailplane with Alfred, LaunchBar, or QuickSilver.

• Compose an email from FileMaker Pro
  

  Check out the sample FileMaker Pro database for an example.

• Compose email using AppleScript
  

  Sample script which can be used to compose and directly send emails.

• Integrate with other Mac applications
  

  A lists of Mac applications, which integrate with Mailplane.

• Use Auto-BCC to integrate a CRM or Helpdesk software
  

  How to configure Auto-BCC to automatically send outgoing messages to another email address.

• Compose a message (with attachments) from Terminal
  

  How to compose a new message and attach one or more files from the command line (Mac OS X Terminal application).

• Use Rapportive in Mailplane
  

  Rapportive is a Gmail plugin, which replaces the Gmail sponsored links with useful contact details.

• How to send emails with attachments from MS Word
  

  Use an Automator Workflow to send emails from MS-Word (Office 2008) with Mailplane.

• Use iCal to set the “Do not Disturb” mode
  

  You can use a simple AppleScript from iCal to work uninterrupted.

• Use Mailplane service menu items
  

  Access the Mailplane service menu items from any application to send messages or search your inbox.

• Create a To-Do entry in Things app
  

  Easily create new to-do items that link back to your Gmail conversation.

Customizing

How to customize Mailplane.

• Hide the Gmail sponsored links
  

  There are three different ways to remove the "sponsored links" at the right hand side of a conversation.

Signatures

Create multiple signatures with different fonts, colors, and formatting. You can insert images, too.

• Insert a different signature
  

  Define and use multiple signatures for the same email address.

• Add a signature for another “from” email address
  

  Mailplane 2.1: Add separate signatures for your different from email addresses.

• Setup your first HTML signature
  

  Learn how to create your first HTML signature.