What's new in Mail for Mountain Lion?

VIPs

Keep track of messages from especially important people by making them VIPs. You can make up to 100 people VIPs.

Your VIPs are identified by a star to the left of their names in messages you receive from them. Mail adds a mailbox for each VIP to the Favorites bar, so it is easy to get their messages.

Use one of these methods to make someone a VIP:

• In a Mail message move the cursor to the left of someone's name, click the star that appears to toggle their VIP status.
• In a Mail message move the cursor to the right of someone's name, click the downward pointing arrow and choose "Add to VIPs" or "Remove from VIPs".

Tip: Turn on iCloud Contacts to make your VIPs available to your other Macs that run Mountain Lion and use iCloud Contacts.

Notifications

Mail uses Notifications Center, a new feature in OS X Mountain Lion.

New email messages will generate a Banner showing the sender, subject line, and the beginning of the message.