[X4U] MAIL.app question

[Mark Des Cotes]

Ed,

I'm replying off list because for some reason my messages take a  
couple of weeks before they show up.

A smart folder is not like any of the other folders. You cannot drag  
messages into them, nor can you create Rules to manage them through  
Preferences. What you can do is double click on the smart folder and  
a list of it's own rules will appear. Whatever parameters you enter  
there will determine what appears in the smart folder. Keep in mind  
that the smart folder will display all messages that meat the  
criteria but will NOT move the messages. The original messages are  
still in their original folder.

Example, I use smart folders to display all messages from today, both  
sent and received. Another to display all messages from yesterday  
(the content of these two smart folders change each day) I also have  
a smart folder that displays all messages received that are not from  
one of the many e-mail lists I belong to. That one makes it easy for  
me to keep track of incoming messages without having to weed through  
hundreds of list messages.

Hope this helps. If you have any more questions just ask.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

Mailing address:
7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338
Cornwall, Ontario  K6H 7L2
Canada
613-936-6876




On 28-Jun-09, at 2:58 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I have created a smart email folder and it seems to work well (it  
> gets the mail destined for it into the folder).
>
> The problem I am having is that there are several emails I have  
> gotten (still in my inbox) that I cannot get in to the smart folder.
>
> What I have tried:
>
>    Dragging the email into the folder - just doesn't work.
>    Do apply rules with the message high lighted doesn't do it.
>
> I know I must be missing something obvious but what do I need to do  
> to get the messages into the smart email folder?
>
> Ed
>
> FWIW; OS X 10.4.11
>              mail.app 2.1.3
>
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