[MlMt] new user help

[John Cooper]

Fredrik Jonsson wrote (at 23:45 on 20 Apr 2016):

> Howard Wettstein 2016-04-21 15:33 wrote:
>
>> 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.

Fredrik, since you have an existing folder structure, I'm sure you don't 
want to get rid of it. Preserving your current structure will let you 
continue to find your messages easily when you're not using MailMate to 
access your mail (for example, when you're using webmail).

I'm in the same boat, and I have a number of smart folders set up. One 
very useful one should be in your Examples folder in MailMate: **Mailing 
Lists.**  It continually searches all your messages for any that use the 
obscure *List-Id* email header, which indicates that the message was 
sent to a mailing list. It also displays subfolders for each individual 
value of *List-Id* found. This gives you an instant view of the mailing 
lists to which you're subscribed (only excepting lists from which you've 
already deleted every message). Some of the subfolders may be named with 
a weird code instead of a readable list name, but you can easily rename 
the subfolder.

I also have smart folders set up to match messages that were sent to 
email addresses that I no longer actively use. When a new message is 
sent to one of those addresses, a new-message counter appears next to 
the corresponding smart folder. That way I know to notify the sender 
that they're using an old email address. (Of course, this only works if 
the old address is still functional.)

MailMate is amazingly powerful and customizable to your workflow, but I 
can testify that it can take a while to understand how it "thinks." Dive 
in, keep the online docs handy, and stay subscribed to this list. You'll 
figure it out!
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