[MlMt] Smart Mailboxes and Rules

[Michael Nietzold]

Maybe it would be more helpful if you explained what your final goal is. 
I think you're only asking about one step toward that goal.

It feels like you're trying to solve an XY problem.

On 28 Aug 2026, at 5:33, Zvi Biener wrote:

> Hi All,
> Can rules be automatically applied by a smart mailbox? An earlier 
> thread in the list archive suggests that they can, but I can’t make 
> it work.
>
> I have a smart mailbox with condition X. When a new message arrives in 
> the Inbox and matches X, I can see it in the smart mailbox. But the 
> rules of the smart mailbox are not applied automatically. I can only 
> apply them manually. I can understand why that might be the 
> preferred/necessary behavior, but a previous thread suggested 
> otherwise. So I’m trying to confirm.
>
> (You might ask why I don’t have the rules applied in the Inbox 
> itself. The reason is that I use 2 mail clients. When the non-MM mail 
> client gets the message first (even if it remains unread), MM does not 
> see the message as new, and so does not apply the Inbox rules. Or, at 
> least, that’s what I think is happening. I tried to avoid this by 
> using smart mailboxes, but it looks like they don’t track a 
> ‘new’ status within them… thus trying to confirm the above).
>
> Thanks,
> Zvi
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