mail on dock

Hi:
I get lots of emails and they fill up my dock with mail message icons. When I close the mail program, they reappear when I open it again. I don't need them there and they just diminish the display size for all the icons.
thanks,

Close the messages and the icons should go away. Or drag them into the desktop and they should go poof.

What version of OS X and Mail is this? On my iMac running 10.8.2, I keep Mac Mail running all the time and I just get a small badge in the corner with a number indicating the number of unread messages..

running 10.8.2, I keep Mac Mail running all the time and I just get a small badge in the corner with a number indicating the number of unread messages..

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I second that on my Macbook, just a small red badge with number of unread emails.

oldscribe, razoredge: you guys aren't "hiding" messages like this guy is (the yellow button) to get them "out of the way" and then forgetting to bring them back up and close them properly like he is. That's the problem.

It's rooting in the practice of opening every message in its own window by double-clicking it, which isn't necessary but a lot of people don't know that.

Have one of those at work chas. Using Outlook, even where you can see the entire message already and using a 24" screen, he still double clicks and brings every single message up in it's own window which then has to be closed or minimized to see the next message.

Even when he's not going to read it, just print it - he insists on opening it's own window before clicking the print button.

mail message icons

chas_m said:

oldscribe, razoredge: you guys aren't "hiding" messages like this guy is (the yellow button) to get them "out of the way" and then forgetting to bring them back up and close them properly like he is. That's the problem.

It's rooting in the practice of opening every message in its own window by double-clicking it, which isn't necessary but a lot of people don't know that.

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You are so right. Thanks your sage advice. Problem solved with many thanks.