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I just changed from Windows to OS X Mavericks with Apple Mail App 7.3. The first thing I'm wondering about is that I cannot disable the automation to mark an email as read by default when I just clicked on it. Is there any way to do so?
I found TruePreview. But the tool does not support Mail 7.3 any more. Another solution would be to use a different mail client like Thunderbird. But there I miss the integration of the address book and the synchronisation with my iPhone and iPad.
Mail.app has a feature called rules that enables you to automate your mail tasks.
You can define rules in the Mail preferences.
Before you do anything, you can back up your Address Book database as an archive so you can restore it later if you make any edits that you don't like.
In Address Book, choose File: Export...: Address Book Archive... and save the archive.
Are you running Thunderbird 9 on Mac OS X? You can configure Thunderbird to read and write to the Mac OS X Address Book instead of using the Thunderbird address book. In other words when you open the Thunderbird Address Book and create or modify address book entries, it manipulates the Mac OS X Address Book's database.
In this way, could you use Thunderplunger in Thunderbird to clean up your Mac OS X Address Book?
I don't have an exact solution but I would like to tell you about one simple tool that might prove helpful.
enables you to export all or part of your Mac OS X Address Book as a CSV (comma-separated value) file. You can import that into any spreadsheet or database program for further editing.
You can also use AB2CSV to export all or part of the Address Book database to one large VCF file.
Next, Apple Address Book can import a .CSV file or a VCF file that you have edited. In Address Book Help, there's a page for "Import contacts" that explains how to do it.
Best Answer
I've been using Mail Act-On. It's overkill (does a lot more than just keep messages unread) and kind of pricey at $30 (with free trial), but since it's a paid app, they keep it up to date. Even when TruePreview was being maintained, it'd sometimes be weeks or months before it was updated to work with the latest version of OS X.