[MlMt] new user help

[Howard Wettstein]

Very helpful. Thanks very much.
Can you say a little bit to get me started on smart folders? How to use 
the 4 tabs: Mailboxes, Conditions, Submailboxes, Rules?
	

On 20 Apr 2016, at 23:45, Fredrik Jonsson wrote:

> Howard Wettstein 2016-04-21 15:33 wrote:
>
>> The yellow box: Blocked 1 external reference. I’m sure it’s a 
>> security thing but I’m not sure what or how. What’s that about? 
>> Is there a way to turn it off.
>
> Yes it's a security thing, go to "Preferences… -> Security" and 
> there you have the image blocking settings.
>
>> Apple Mail and Postbox (I’ve used them) support rules, so that one 
>> can move inbox messages to pre-assigned folders. I don’t see how to 
>> do that, except with smart folders that I’ll mention in a minute.
>
> In MailMate you set them per mailbox. Right click e.g. the "Inbox" and 
> select "Edit mailbox". Last tab is "Rules".
>
> Rules are only run on mail as they are added to a mailbox. In other 
> mail clients I used a lot of rules, in MailMate I almost only use the 
> smart folders instead.
>
>> Smart folders seem very useful, but I don’t know what I’m doing. 
>> I have a pretty elaborate folder structure that was imported from a 
>> university gmail account that I was using through Apple Mail.
>
> Smart folders are saved searches and they are really smart and really 
> fast. I file away everything in "Archive" and use smart folders to 
> bring order.
>
> I prefer them from normal folders since I can have mail shop up in 
> multiple smart folders. A mail can e.g. shop up in a company smart 
> folder and a project smart folder at the same time.
>
> With smart folders it' also easy to make changes without needing to 
> move any messages.
>
> Fredrik
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