I want all emails from a certain address put into one mailbox/folder. I tried setting up a smart mailbox using every which way on the filters, no mail sorts there. I am quite familiar working with filter parameters, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for any help
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), iOS 8.1.2
A smart mailbox is a saved search. If you carry out the search manually, do you get the expected results?
I can put the search in my regular mail for "New Richmond" and it does come up with a list of all emails from that address, I can "select all" and try to drag and drop into the Smart Mailbox with that name, but it doesn't go. I don't see another way to move the mail to the smart mailbox.
I thought a smart mailbox would tag all emails with "New Richmond" and move them to the smart mailbox, else why is it "smart?"
thanks for your help.
You can't drag anything into a smart mailbox, because it's not really a mailbox and it doesn't contain anything. It just shows the results of a search.
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I think I need to delve into what a smart mailbox actually is. I may be trying to have it do something it's not set up to do. I was hoping to filter email from one address that sends a lot of email and my personal stuff gets lost. I don't want to discontinue mail from that site because it is a resource for me. But as I said may need to read up on smart mailboxes. Thanks for y our help so far.
In reading about mailboxes I realize that I need a "rule" to do what I need.
Sample. Create a new mailbox where you want the emails to go. Then set that as the Move messages to mailbox.
Thank you Eric. This worked as I wanted. Appreciate everyone's help
You are welcome.
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