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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1504060"><p>The basic problem here is that you don't understand what a Smart Mailbox is.</p><p></p><p>It's not a mailbox at all. It's a saved search.</p><p></p><p>IOW, when you open a Smart Mailbox it's the same as if you created a search that said "show me all emails, from any mailbox, that match this criteria." The emails are still in the same mailbox they always were and *never existed* in the Smart Mailbox, because it's just a "view" rather than an actual mailbox.</p><p></p><p>So, consequently, when you delete a Smart Mailbox, no emails are deleted -- because there were never there in the first place. They've been filed someplace else, don't know where. But that is why they "magically" appeared when you set up a new Smart Mailbox.</p><p></p><p>What you *actually want to do is set up a REGULAR mailbox and make THAT the target for your "rule" -- or even more simply, mark this developer person as a VIP and then all his emails to you will go in the VIP mailbox, which works on all devices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1504060"] The basic problem here is that you don't understand what a Smart Mailbox is. It's not a mailbox at all. It's a saved search. IOW, when you open a Smart Mailbox it's the same as if you created a search that said "show me all emails, from any mailbox, that match this criteria." The emails are still in the same mailbox they always were and *never existed* in the Smart Mailbox, because it's just a "view" rather than an actual mailbox. So, consequently, when you delete a Smart Mailbox, no emails are deleted -- because there were never there in the first place. They've been filed someplace else, don't know where. But that is why they "magically" appeared when you set up a new Smart Mailbox. What you *actually want to do is set up a REGULAR mailbox and make THAT the target for your "rule" -- or even more simply, mark this developer person as a VIP and then all his emails to you will go in the VIP mailbox, which works on all devices. [/QUOTE]
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