Gmail absolutely does do server-side rules. They're called filters, and you can use them to sort messages just like Jonathan was saying. On Aug 26, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Joe Quinn <jdawg1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you use for your mail? I assume Gmail doesn't do this server-side > rules thing? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 26, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > >> To answer the original poster's question, I have experienced a number of >> annoyances in Mail under mavericks, but smart mailboxes are not one. For me >> they are working as well as they always have. >> I like smart mailboxes a lot, and for business purposes they really help me >> to keep track of different projects easily. For example, I have a smart >> mailbox for each book and tutorial I have produced, where I keep purchase >> records and confirmation emails. It makes it easy for me to see who has >> purchased what, and if I need to, to contact everyone who purchased a >> product at once. Very nifty. >> I don't think smart mailboxes are the best tool for putting messages from >> lists into a specific folder though. As someone else already pointed out, if >> you use a smart mailbox for this, the messages not only end up in the smart >> mailbox, but they also stay in your Inbox. I used to use mail rules to move >> email from specific lists into specific folders and that worked really well. >> Now that I have an accessible iMap provider, I use server-side rules to do >> this job, the advantage being that if I'm checking mail on an iThing, the >> mail appears in the correct folder even if Mail on the Mac isn't running, >> since the rules are server side. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 23/08/2014, at 7:28 am, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thats entirely the purpose of smart mail boxes. Allows you to organize >>> depending on type (such as email address, subject or any of a number of >>> other things). Because of the number of mailing lists I am on, I simply >>> have a smart mailbox for each one. I also have an unread messages smart >>> mailbox that excludes messages to the others, this way, I can look for >>> uncategorized mail from friends. So far, this has made my life in email a >>> lot easier to deal with. You do have to be careful about what criteria >>> that you use. The wrong ones can lead to a lot of confusion. >>> >>> Anyway, thats how I use smart mail boxes. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >>> >>>> I don't think so. I believe it just groups message together. >>>> Matt Dierckens >>>> Macintosh Trainer >>>> Blind Access Training >>>> www.blindaccesstraining.com >>>> 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 >>>> Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com >>>> Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 10:30, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So does smart box behave like a VIP box? I don't understand why you'd >>>>> want a smart box. Please explain. >>>>> >>>>> Kawal. >>>>> >>>>>> On 22 Aug 2014, at 01:11 pm, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> With a smart mailbox, you can have certain rules set up. I have a smart >>>>>> mailbox for all mac visionaries message to go to the smart mailbox >>>>>> called mac visionaries. The only problem, all the messages still show up >>>>>> in your inbox. 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