[X4U] MAIL.app question

[..lj]

On Jun 28, 2009, at 11:58, 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
>
What you are missing is that a smart folder is not a folder, so you  
can't drag or move to it. What it is a saved search string for which  
the results are placed in a list made to look like a folder.
..lj