Mail - view folder in Find

John Clack1 wrote:

In that View —You can Control click in that Column area— for a contextual menu see if you can add mailbox column

John Clack1 wrote:

Thanks for the prompt reply Leroy. I'm afraid I didn't explain it very well, so here's some screen shots. I do wonder if I'm making a simple mistake here. Anyway,

Image 1 - search 'All Mailboxes' for emails from an Apple email address.

Image 2 - Make the email of interest 'Unread'

Image 3 - Now search just the 'Unread mail box' for the email of interest - same Apple address.

Now the mailbox where the email is to be found appears.

I hope this makes it clearer.

Thanks, John

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/5eef6d74-b203-48ed-b73c-a93bed4c6831

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4efbfd5d-1f35-41cf-8869-9339665d0cc5

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fa4fcc03-449f-4321-ab03-1ea36a4f1173

In that View —You can Control click in that Column area— for a contextual menu see if you can add mailbox column

I would from Mail>View> uncheck the" Use Column Layout" and compare your results, in this contemporary Mail view

Never had an issue there:

if no insight or resolve—

you can always rebuild the Spotlight index and try again—

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

no resolve—

You can you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here:  https://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html

John Clack1 wrote:

When I use the search function in Mail it does not display the mail folder in which it was found. I try and keep my inbox empty by using many folders. Am I missing a display option in View?

My work-around is to mark the email of interest (say to Unread) and then search using that search term in the Unread smart mailbox, and up it comes ...

Well I never heard this issue before...

Did you try rebuild the "Spotlight" index(?) this is fairly rapid first step, and compare your results.

ref: Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

There is a rebuild on a mailbox by mail box feature, this can take quite a bit of time depending.

ref: Rebuild mailboxes in Mail on Mac - Apple Support