wolfgang wiley

Q: macOS 10.12 Sierra and Mail 10: smart mailbox not working

Hi folks,

after macOS 10.12 Sierra update the Mail 10.0 smart mailboxes don't work anymore.

 

Case: Create a smart mailbox that displays all messages (inbox, sent, archive, etc.)

The smart mailbox selections see below:

smart mailbox.png

 

In OS X 10.11 El Capitan: all messages have been selected correctly

In macOS 10.12 Sierra: only old messages before update date are selected.

 

What has been tried out to fix: delete smart mailbox and re-create from scratch > to no avail.

 

thanks for helping out.

wolf

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12), MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 5:57 AM

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Q: macOS 10.12 Sierra and Mail 10: smart mailbox not working

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  • by wolfgang wiley,

    wolfgang wiley wolfgang wiley Sep 27, 2016 4:56 AM in response to wolfgang wiley
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    Sep 27, 2016 4:56 AM in response to wolfgang wiley

    Hi folks,

    short update: found out that - after several days - spotlight indexing is still active. Hence strongly suppose that this Mail 10.0 quirk is down to indices not being ready to be read.

     

    I'll update this post when indexing finished.

     

    reg,

    wolf

  • by wolfgang wiley,Solvedanswer

    wolfgang wiley wolfgang wiley Sep 30, 2016 12:14 AM in response to wolfgang wiley
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    Sep 30, 2016 12:14 AM in response to wolfgang wiley

    Hi folks,

     

    update: the indexing service (mdworker) runs initially for a very long time. Afterwards indexing starts regularly after each system startup.

     

    My take on this is: if you use the new storage management feature called Storage Management (Macintosh HD/System/Library/Core Services/Applications) that allows for allocating older files to be automatically uploaded to iCloud while more recent content remains on your HD. This of course is also true for mailboxes. So if you have mailboxes loaded with a couple of GBs Storage Management supposedly checks what can be uploaded to iCloud and what remains locally on your HD.

     

    This explained it to me and solved my issue.

     

    Hope this helps.

    wolf