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User profile for user: philscottfischer
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Is it possible to save email in Smart Mailboxes when all in the Inbox is deleted?


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 21, 2021 7:58 PM

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User profile for user: dominic23
dominic23
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Posted on May 22, 2021 6:39 AM

It will be deleted. Smart mailbox is for organizing mail not for saving mail.

For more about Smart mailboxes: https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/use-smart-mailboxes-mlhlp1190/mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/move-or-copy-emails-mlhlp1000/mac

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User profile for user: El Deanio
El Deanio
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May 22, 2021 6:53 AM in response to dominic23

That is interesting.


I don't myself have any Smart mailboxes. Instead, in the left column, I have extra folders under a section shown as 'On My Mac' some of which have sub folders called, for instance, 'Receipts' or 'Registrations'.


I manually drag relevant emails into those. I'm hoping that these don't get removed if my 'Inbox' gets cleared? Which is likely because it's getting pretty stuffed.

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