If you close Apple Mail, the automatic replies will not be sent out, but they will be once you open Apple Mail again and receive email messages in your inbox for the account selected in the rule.
NOTE: You must leave Apple Mail open on your Mac for the rule to run. Each sender will receive the automatic reply every time they send you an email.
When you are ready for your automatic reply to be sent out, you can come back to this window and check it.Ĭlose the Preferences dialog box by clicking the “X” button in the upper-left corner.Īs long as the rule is active, any email that is received in our HTG Email account is replied to with the custom message we set up. If you are not going to be out of the office quite yet, uncheck the box next to the new rule you just created. The rule is added to the list and the box in the Active column is checked, indicating that the rule is active. So, be sure you click the “Don’t Apply” button. If you click the “Apply” button, the automatic reply will be sent for all messages already in your inbox, and you don’t want to do that. Then, click the “Reply message text” button.Įnter the message in the box that you want to send out as an automatic reply to incoming email messages and click the “OK” button.Ĭlick the “OK” button on the Rules dialog box to close it.Ī dialog box displays asking if you want to run the new rule on existing messages in your mailbox. Under Perform the following actions, select “Reply to Message” from the dropdown. Any email coming into the account we select will be replied to with an automatic reply. You’ll need to run sysdiagnose Mail and then get into Console app and perhaps Log Connection Activity by opening the Mail Connection Doctor and checking that option.Select the account from which you want to send automatic replies from the dropdown to the right. Sign out of iCloud on your Mac with your normal account.ĭ. Try adding the mail account there from System Preferences – Internet Accounts Preference PaneĬ.
Set up a brand new user account – with no iCloud and no Apple ID. We already stated in the article the first suggestion which they also share so continuing onwards to B:ī. iCloud being messed up (and trying to sync your internet accounts) and corruption on the Mail settings and corruption in general in your user settings. I also found suggestions for a fix on StackExchange: “This can be caused by three things. Most users report a fix for the problem with the suggestions presented.
You’ll need to run sysdiagnose Mail and then get into Console app and perhaps Log Connection Activity by opening the Mail Connection Doctor and checking that option.”Įxperiencing difficulties with your Device, check out our “ How To ” page on how to resolve some of these issues. If you’re paranoid, export data like Contacts and Calendar to a stand alone export/backup before you take this step. You will want to delete anything that’s synced to iCloud to let the system clear out data that depends on iCloud. Get a good backup before you delete content on the Mac. Sign out of iCloud on your Mac with your normal account. something is really wrong with the OS – this would be my last resort – make sure Gmail settings are clear at that point before backing up and wiping the Mac)ī.
If that doesn’t work – your gmail is messed up or you need to reinstall the Mac from scratch (i.e. Try adding the mail account there from System Preferences – Internet Accounts Preference Pane