gmail iMAP - tabs as folders in mac mail?

Gmail has a nice way of organising your mail into tabs based on content automatically without manually filtering every single new email that comes in.


Is it possible to get the social/promotions/forums tabs gmail has in mac mail as IMAP folders? I can't see a way. Thanks!



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Posted on Nov 27, 2016 12:47 AM

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Nov 29, 2016 1:36 PM in response to MusioMan

Hi,


I recently went to view my Google account on line so I know the things you are talking about.

On a Mac they would be the equivalent of Smart Folders in Mail.

That is to say they are not really locations but can display item from several locations that are "flagged/tagged" as being in the same group.


I did not look in the Google Settings when on the mail page to see if they can be displayed as IMAP folders.

I don't know enough about how Google flag items to be in each group or how that can be transferred to the Mail App.




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9:36 pm Tuesday; November 29, 2016


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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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Dec 1, 2016 12:53 PM in response to MusioMan

Hi,


I actually filter some of the Communities fro just items tagged with Messages (or iMessages if the community uses that).


That was how I came to read this one.


I would not say I know that much about Mail.

Hopefully if you tagged it with Mail as well someone will be along soon.



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8:53 pm Thursday; December 1, 2016


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 10.x and an iPad (2)

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