This really nice tip came from the folks over at A New Mac Tip Every Day.”A feature that has been in the Finder since a long time is the color labels…. It can be set up so that Mail will add a color label according to the sender or the recipient’s email address…. To set up the rule: Go to “Mail” and choose “Preferences”.Click on the “Rules” tab.Click “Add rule”.Set the condition according to what you want.

One of the things that is much less integrated in Mail compared to Outlook is the Address Book. Outlook combines all the calendar, addresses and mail in one application. When you compare the whole experience of Mail to iLife, the integration is not really good. What you can do to improve it though is to add a “Add Address” button in Mail’s toolbar. You’ll then only have to click on the email that is from the sender you want to add the email address to your address book and click “Add Address”. What is unfortunate is that you won’t really get confirmation that it’s actually done. You really have to open up address book to see that it is now there. To add the “Add Address” button to your toolbar:

New Mail Notification in the Menu Bar!: “This is a pretty cool add-on that will add Mail’s main features in your menu bar. It is called ManilaMail. You can also very quickly see when there is new mail (very useful if your dock is hidden and you cannot see the Mail icon). It also gives you a quick access to retrieve new mail, to go to your inbox or to compose a new email. The app …

Kirk McElhearn over at the Macworld: Mac OS X Hints website has posted an really good tip for sending an e-mail attachment very fast. This has to be one of tips i get into my work flow ASAP!!!! After the Jump you can read the Text of the article by Kirk.