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Smart mailbox rules

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Does anyone have a explanation of smart mailbox rules or a link where I can go to....

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JohanM

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), iOS 11.3

Posted on Jul 19, 2018 7:45 AM

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Check this support document:

Use Smart Mailboxes to organize emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 20, 2018 2:08 AM in response to johanfrombenoni

Check this support document:

Use Smart Mailboxes to organize emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 19, 2018 8:28 AM in response to johanfrombenoni

Thank you. Apple Mail questions are best answered in the forum section for your Mac OS version. You found the forum for reporting problems with using the forum sofware, which is not heavily views by the experienced contributors.

I will ask the Hosts to move you to the OS 10.13 forums, which are much more active and more appropriate to your query than this one. That should get you faster help.

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Jul 19, 2018 7:54 AM in response to johanfrombenoni

What Apple device? What operating system version?

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Jul 19, 2018 8:03 AM in response to Allan Jones

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

Finder version 10.13.5

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