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OS X Mail - Open *.eml-files in compose mode

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How can I open *.eml-files in compose mode for Mac OS X Mail? For Outlook "X-Unsent: 1" seems to do the trick, but does not work for Mac OS X Mail still opens in Read-Only.

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user1360250 Avatar asked Jul 04 '12 14:07

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This is a super old question, but obviously has received a fair number of views. My curiosity piqued, I figured I'd take a look. After some fiddling around, I found you can add the following header to make a message editable:

X-Uniform-Type-Identifier: com.apple.mail-draft

Add that to your otherwise RFC-2822 compliant message, give it a .eml or .emlx extension, and when you double-click it'll open as an editable message in Mail.app.

Have fun.

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angrychimp Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 18:09

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