11/02/12 22:30:27 ¶ ●

Open new mail messages from Alfred

I just realized Alfred can also just as easily as it can open URL’s be used to open new messages. Thankfully because it uses a text field.

The thing I want to point here: You probably also have encountered those people who want to save themselves from getting too much spam and therefore “encrypt” their email addresses by writing something like me[at a server]home[dot].com. Because Alfred just uses a plain text field, you can use standard text manipulation shortcuts to reformat the address.

I made a small animated GIF¹ to show the process:

Why does it take me so long to figure this stuff out?