Can I reduce my daily flow of emails into the Inbox by streaming the emails into Smart Mailboxes? This would allow me to read the emails when I want to tackle a subject area, rather than have to unjumble them from the daily flow.
iMac, OS X 10.10
Yes you can. However, I would create rules to move incoming email into specific mailboxes.
Then create a smart mailbox with the criteria "Mail is Unread".
Then you'll have all of your unread emails in one place but they actually will be stored in their assigned mailboxes via the rules. Once you read them they will no longer be shown in the Unread smart mailbox but will still be in their assigned mailboxes.
Yes you can. However, I would create rules to move incoming email into specific mailboxes.
Then create a smart mailbox with the criteria "Mail is Unread".
Then you'll have all of your unread emails in one place but they actually will be stored in their assigned mailboxes via the rules. Once you read them they will no longer be shown in the Unread smart mailbox but will still be in their assigned mailboxes.
If you create a rule to move emails to specific mailboxes you'll have to select all existing emails in the inbox and Control (right) - click on them and select Apple Rules from the contextual menu to move them to the mailboxes they are destined for. New email coming in will automatically be directed to those mailboxes and will show up in the Unread Smart Mailbox.
Thank you! But my Inbox is still full. Does it remain so?
Reduce Inbox Emails Using Smart Mailboxes
