A mailbox is essentially a folder. Some, like inbox or drafts, are pre-built; others are created by the user. The best these can do is have messages filtered into them by simple rules, usually set up on the server side for IMAP accounts.
Smart mailboxes also hold messages, but they can get their contents by much more complex rules. For instance, you might make a smart mailbox that has all messages sent in October 2015, with attachments, from Alice or Bob. Think of the full power of a mail search, but with the ability to save the results and have them update in real time. If your mailbox is for all mail with some specific phrase in the subject, that will update itself anytime you get an email with that phrase in the subject. If you've ever used smart folders in Finder, or smart playlists in iTunes, this is the same thing. > On Sep 24, 2016, at 17:54, Agent086b <agent0...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > after installing Sierra the other day I could not get Mac Mail to work at > all,. It kept crashing. After an hour and a half with Apple care we resolved > the problem. I now have to rebuild my previous mailbox structure. What is the > difference between ordinary mailboxes and smart ones? > Sure glad I purchased Extended Apple Care when I got the Mac. It runs out at > the end of this month! Got to be lucky sometimes! > Max. > > -- > 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. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com 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. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com 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.
