Mail Mailbox search gmail problem

[keryin]

Hi,

Using Sierra's Apple Mail here in classic layout and a gmail account. When I do a search within mail, in the search results the Mailbox column should list the mailbox which each message belongs to. i.e. if a message is in the inbox, it should say INBOX, if it's in sent it should say SENT, if it's in archive it should say ARCHIVE.

However, as google automatically puts all its messages under it's ALL MAIL mailbox, whenever I search for something the mailbox column always says All Mail. Is there a way to change it specifies the exact inbox the message is in?

 

[chscag]

Welcome to our forums.

We're not sure exactly how you're searching in Mail. First, you mention searching in the Mail app, and then you mention Google putting all its messages under "All Mail". Where exactly are you searching? Are you searching on your Mac or from the Gmail web page? Keep in mind that an IMAP account duplicates the folders on the server to your Mac.

 

[keryin]

Hi, sorry for my muddled message. I've attached a picture, hopefully that'll make it clearer what I mean:



I've searched for 'Mac-forums' within my Mail app on my Mac. The highlighted message is actually in my 'Inbox - Gmail' (see the lowest arrow), but under the Mailbox column it lists it under the 'Archive - Gmail (All Mail)'. I can understand why it has done that: it's because Gmail stores a copy of every message (received and sent) in it's 'All Mail' folder.

However, is there a way to change it so that the Mailbox column lists the 'proper' mailbox that the message is stored in i.e. in the example above it should show 'Inbox - Gmail' for that message.

Hope this makes some more sense?