On the Viewing tab you can decide how you want to view your e-mail in Mail. Headers include the information normally at the top of e-mails, like the From, To, and Subject lines as well as lots of information about how the e-mail was routed and from what ISP. You can set how much, if any, of this information is visible to you. Generally, the default setting will suffice for most users.
By checking the boxes, you can select to see the status of your iChat buddies, to display unread messages in bold font, and to display remote images, like those that are usually included in advertisements and newsletters. You can also turn Smart Addresses (AutoFill for the To field) on and off.
Message threading highlights all the messages that are related to the one that you are currently viewing. This is handy if you have sent or received multiple e-mails relating to a single subject and want to find them all.
Remote images are typically used by advertisers. Instead of embedding or attaching the images they would like you to see in e-mail, the images are stored on their server. When you open the e-mail, if you choose to view these images, your computer will access the server and download the images. This could create some privacy and security issues.
For example, simply by connecting to their server, you have revealed that you have received their message and opened it, thereby confirming your e-mail address is valid. You can also be giving them your IP address—that is, the location of your computer on the network. This is valuable information to someone looking to exploit your system.
To protect yourself, you can (and should) opt on the Viewing tab not to have these images automatically displayed. A more drastic and somewhat inconvenient approach is to download and then read your e-mail offline.
In the first part of the Composing preferences tab, you can decide whether you want to use rich text or plain text. Rich text is what allows you to change fonts and add color and graphics, like stationery, to your e-mails. You might want to use plain text, however, if you are sending lengthy e-mails to someone's phone or other mobile device, because the files are smaller and faster to download, plus there's no formatting to be distorted on a small screen. You can also set your spell check options here and opt to copy yourself on all of your e-mails.
In Addressing, you can set a default account to send e-mails from, determine how you want them addressed, and specify what the default account is for notes and to-do lists. LDAP is a protocol mostly used by businesses to access companywide directories. You'll need to talk to your company's IT department to determine whether or not this feature is available and what the settings are.
Mark your options in Responding to set what format you will use to reply to e-mails and whether you want to quote e-mails when replying. When quoting, the original message is included in your response. You can increase the quote level to have quotes appear with a colored line to further differentiate them from the reply text.
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