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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1637062"><p>The second "set" of folders are perfectly normal and are part of the IMAP system. They are showing you what's still on bigpond's server, whereas the "on my Mac" set are showing you want is locally stored. There is probably a lot of overlap there but it is unimportant: just mouse over the "email address" header and you'll see the command to "hide" the details of it. Click that and just forget about it (DO NOT try to delete it).</p><p></p><p>Why you're getting a VIP folder I'm not sure -- this is suppose to be a view (not its own inbox!) of senders you have previously designated as VIPs. They'll have a star next to their name and incoming mail from that person or company will appear in the inbox (where it actually resides) but also in the VIP box (which is again just a filtered view of just those people/companies) so you can find them quickly.</p><p></p><p>I have, for example, my wife, my boss and a few very close friends designated as VIPs -- and hardly anyone else. The big advantage is that the "really important/should be attended to" mail is very easy to find and act on, and VIP email arrivals also "ping" my iPhone and iPad so I can attend to them there. Very useful feature.</p><p></p><p>Since yours is at the moment unmanaged, simply open the VIP section and click on the "blue star" next to the person's name if they are not truly a VIP in your life. The email won't disappear immediately, but the next time you open the VIP box that person's emails won't be there -- they will instead only be in the inbox or mailboxes you've assigned them to through filters (if you have).</p><p></p><p>More info about the VIP view: <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2023872/keep-track-of-important-messages-with-mails-vips.html" target="_blank">Keep track of important messages with Mail's VIPs | Macworld</a></p><p></p><p>And, just in case you're not clear on the difference between mailboxes you set up and "smart mailboxes" (which are really just filtered views, the VIP box is an example of this), here's a primer: <a href="http://www.mactips.info/2011/04/how-to-use-smart-mailboxes-in-apple-mail" target="_blank">How to use Smart Mailboxes in Apple Mail | MacTips - Top Tips and Tricks for Mac, IOS, Ipad, IOS, Iphone and Everything Apple</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1637062"] The second "set" of folders are perfectly normal and are part of the IMAP system. They are showing you what's still on bigpond's server, whereas the "on my Mac" set are showing you want is locally stored. There is probably a lot of overlap there but it is unimportant: just mouse over the "email address" header and you'll see the command to "hide" the details of it. Click that and just forget about it (DO NOT try to delete it). Why you're getting a VIP folder I'm not sure -- this is suppose to be a view (not its own inbox!) of senders you have previously designated as VIPs. They'll have a star next to their name and incoming mail from that person or company will appear in the inbox (where it actually resides) but also in the VIP box (which is again just a filtered view of just those people/companies) so you can find them quickly. I have, for example, my wife, my boss and a few very close friends designated as VIPs -- and hardly anyone else. The big advantage is that the "really important/should be attended to" mail is very easy to find and act on, and VIP email arrivals also "ping" my iPhone and iPad so I can attend to them there. Very useful feature. Since yours is at the moment unmanaged, simply open the VIP section and click on the "blue star" next to the person's name if they are not truly a VIP in your life. The email won't disappear immediately, but the next time you open the VIP box that person's emails won't be there -- they will instead only be in the inbox or mailboxes you've assigned them to through filters (if you have). More info about the VIP view: [url=http://www.macworld.com/article/2023872/keep-track-of-important-messages-with-mails-vips.html]Keep track of important messages with Mail's VIPs | Macworld[/url] And, just in case you're not clear on the difference between mailboxes you set up and "smart mailboxes" (which are really just filtered views, the VIP box is an example of this), here's a primer: [url=http://www.mactips.info/2011/04/how-to-use-smart-mailboxes-in-apple-mail]How to use Smart Mailboxes in Apple Mail | MacTips - Top Tips and Tricks for Mac, IOS, Ipad, IOS, Iphone and Everything Apple[/url] [/QUOTE]
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