So if you have a chance, look through the options in case you see additional filters to include. You can create or edit Smart Mailboxes to include all sorts of criteria like this. Like when you initially create the Smart Mailbox with the steps above, you can run a quick test. These selections give you great flexibility. You can choose from options like today or this week, is exactly or is between, and is before the date or is after the date.
In the criteria box, click the plus sign button all the way to the right to add another filter.Select your Smart Mailbox and either click Mailbox > Edit Smart Mailbox from the menu bar or right-click it and pick Edit Smart Mailbox from the context menu.It takes only a minute to edit your Smart Mailbox. One more tip you can use with the Smart Mailbox you create is to make it even smarter! Maybe you would like to see all of those unanswered emails from today, yesterday, or this week. Sort your Smart Mailbox by date Edit your Smart Mailbox Alternatively, you can click View > Sort By and choose Date and Newest Message on Top from there. If you use the default layout in the Mail app, you can still sort quickly using a couple of methods.įirst and easiest, click the column header for your message list and pick Date and Newest Message on Top. This makes it easy to sort by clicking the Date Received header and seeing the most current emails at the top. So, if you use the classic layout for Mail, you can sort using the columns. The Smart Mailboxes work just like the others you use in the Mail app. (You may have to give it a few seconds to disappear.) Sort emails in your Smart Mailbox Reply to it and it should disappear from that mailbox. Send yourself an email and it should show up in your new Smart Mailbox.
To see which emails you have not answered, all in one spot, here’s how to set up that Smart Mailbox in the Mail app on your Mac.
While emails remain in their original location, they are also displayed in a specific mailbox that you create using criteria sort of like Mail Rules. Smart Mailboxes are handy tools for moving messages automatically. Are you ready to boost your productivity?.