The Mac does things backwards to what you might expect. Instead of offering each account and folders under it, Mail on OS X offers one folder, with accounts under it. For example, if you find the inbox, you can press right arrow to view all four accounts, thus viewing inbox emails from jut that account. The advantage is that, if you want to just get to all your mail and don't care which account it's from, you can simply view your unified inbox and not choose an account. I do this nearly all the time, and it lets me view email from all my accounts so I can quickly see everything.
There are ways of setting things up however you'd like. For instance, you could make each account's inbox a favorite, then switch to each one with cmd-1 through cmd-4. Or, you could embrace the unified approach for inboxes, and set up a folder for each mailing list or mailing list category you're on. That's my setup--cmd-1 for my unified inbox, cmd-2 for my Apple-related lists, and cmd-3 for my programming-related lists. The nice thing about this latter option is that, if you use server-based rules to sort messages to different folders, those rules apply equally on your Mac and your phone, or any other device you use (like an iPad). > On Jan 11, 2016, at 17:41, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Finally I am working to get away from Thunderbird under Windows and use > Apple's Mail. But years of TB is making it difficult for me to learn a new > Mail application. > > Because of the recent threads here, I unchecked Classic view. What I need > to work out is how to manage 4 email accounts, one of which is strictly for > email lists. In TB I would leave that one expanded and browse the mailboxes > under that account. I may have toggled something off because now I do hear > which account I am looking at when on the mailbox table. > > I never used the unified folders in TB and thus I want to solve this. Then > I can move on to learning to work in the Messages table. I have collected > notes from this list and from Applevis, much of which has been helpful. > Thanks. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
