[MlMt] Smart Mailbox - include submailbox

Robert Brenstein mailmate at learning-insights.eu
Thu Oct 15 19:27:22 EDT 2020


I have never tried putting regular IMAP mailboxes into a smart mailbox. 
It seems counter-intuitive to me. I believe that the key is that no 
source mailboxes are selected and no conditions are set for the mailbox 
with that checkbox set.

On 15 Oct 2020, at 22:27, Martin S Taylor wrote:

> You mean it only works if the sub-mailboxes are smart mailboxes? That 
> seems a bit curious. Why doesn't it work if the sub-mailboxes are 
> regular IMAP mailboxes in different accounts?
>
> MST
>
> On 15 Oct 2020, at 19:49, Robert Brenstein wrote:
>
>> You might be misconstruing what this checkbox does. Let say I 
>> subscribe to 10 mailing lists. I create a smart mailbox for each of 
>> the lists. I then place all those mailboxes inside another mailbox 
>> which has no source folders selected or conditions set. Now, if I 
>> activated the checkbox to "Include messages in any submailbox,” the 
>> enclosing folder will show all my mailing lists combined while I 
>> retain full and independent control of what each submailbox shows.
>>
>> On 15 Oct 2020, at 20:06, Martin S Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> When I click the checkbox to "Include messages in any submailbox", 
>>> it doesn't seem to make any difference. Am I missing something, or 
>>> is this a bug?
>>>
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