YabReply, forward, write#
In a thread, ↩ answers everyone on it, never you and nobody twice. R answers only whoever wrote, or the address they asked replies to go to, and F forwards the mail with its files. In the list, R and F open the thread with the reply or the forward ready, and C writes a new mail.
The reply grows under the mail it answers, and that mail goes under your words, quoted, folded behind ••• while you write. To quote only a few words, select them in the thread, then press ↩, R or F: the reply starts with them, and the caret under them.
Who it goes to#
To, Cc and Bcc hold people as chips. Type a few letters and the people you write to most come up: ↩ or ⇥ takes one, and a comma or a paste takes addresses as they are. ⌫ in an empty field chooses the last chip, and again takes it away. Cc and Bcc are at the end of the To row; ⇧⌘B brings Bcc with the keyboard in it, and ⇧⌘S lets you change a reply’s subject.
Let Claude write it#
For mail that needs you, three short replies are written ahead, in your own words from what you sent that person before. Under the thread, 1, 2 and 3 switch between them, ⌘↩ sends one as it is, and ↩ writes in it. They need Claude connected; Settings › Mail › Write replies ahead turns them off.
In an empty reply, Space asks Claude: say what to answer, in any words, and press ↩. With words in it, ⌘J rewrites them: Shorter, Warmer, More Formal, Fix Spelling and Grammar, or what you type.
Files#
Press ⇧⌘U or click the paperclip at the reply’s foot, drop files on it, or paste a picture. Each becomes a chip under your words with its name and size; its × takes it off, or click it and press ⌫. A draft keeps its files, even after you quit.
A forward carries the files of the mail it forwards. A reply carries the files of the mail it answers only when you choose Include Original Attachments in ⌘K. Gmail takes 25 MB of files in a mail: over that, the line over Send says how much there is, and the mail waits for you to take some off.
Bold, lists and quotes#
They mark the words you chose, or what you type next, and pressed again take the mark off. Paste from a page or a document and its bold, italics, links, lists and quotes come along, but not its fonts or colors; paste a link over chosen words to make them a link. A mail with marks goes as HTML with plain text beside it, so every mail app shows it. Outside your words, ⌘U is Unsubscribe.
From and signature#
If your Gmail sends as more than one address, a From row stands over To: click it or press ⇧⌘F to pick another. A reply goes from the address the mail came to.
Each address carries its signature, Gmail’s own or one you write in Settings › Mail, under every new mail, and under replies and forwards while Settings › Mail › Signature in replies and forwards is on. Remove Signature in ⌘K leaves it off one mail.
Send, and take it back#
⌘↩ sends: the reply folds into the corner, which says Sending, and the next thread opens. Until it goes, five seconds unless you choose 10 or 20 in Settings › Mail › Undo send, ⌘Z brings it back as your reply, every word as you left it. esc keeps what you wrote as a draft, in Kept.
⇧⌘↩ sends it later, and ⇧⌘H brings it back to you if nobody answers: see Reminders and send later. Words you send often can be snippets, and ⇧⌘A puts your free time in a mail.
Read statuses#
Turn on Settings › Mail › Read statuses and the mail you send says when it was opened, under it in the thread and on its row in Sent and Waiting: “Opened 3× · last 2h ago”. An invisible picture from Yab’s site notes when it loads; your address and your words never go there. Mail to more than ten people or to yourself goes without one, and since Apple Mail’s privacy loads every picture by itself, its opens only say “Maybe opened”.