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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1473711"><p>Smart Mailboxes are not mailboxes at all, which is why they don't do what you're expecting.</p><p></p><p>They are saved searches that display all emails that meet that criteria, but do not move them from wherever they are sitting. They seem to work best, I find, when used in coordination with the rules/mailboxes combo Tom suggested above.</p><p></p><p>For example, I have a smart mailbox that displays any emails that are unread. As soon as I read them, of course, they no longer appear there -- since they no longer meet the criteria.</p><p></p><p>Another example of a good Smart Mailbox would be "show me any email that includes a cc to [our family lawyer]" -- I used this after my father died to quickly gather all emails (that might be from a variety of people) that had to do with his estate.</p><p></p><p>Once you realize that Smart Mailboxes are just a customised VIEW, rather than a conventional mailbox, I'll bet you'll find several uses for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1473711"] Smart Mailboxes are not mailboxes at all, which is why they don't do what you're expecting. They are saved searches that display all emails that meet that criteria, but do not move them from wherever they are sitting. They seem to work best, I find, when used in coordination with the rules/mailboxes combo Tom suggested above. For example, I have a smart mailbox that displays any emails that are unread. As soon as I read them, of course, they no longer appear there -- since they no longer meet the criteria. Another example of a good Smart Mailbox would be "show me any email that includes a cc to [our family lawyer]" -- I used this after my father died to quickly gather all emails (that might be from a variety of people) that had to do with his estate. Once you realize that Smart Mailboxes are just a customised VIEW, rather than a conventional mailbox, I'll bet you'll find several uses for them. [/QUOTE]
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