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#WHAT IS A SMART MAILBOX ON MAC MAIL HOW TO#
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#WHAT IS A SMART MAILBOX ON MAC MAIL MANUAL#
If you are still having problems with Mail after following step one, try manual reindexing.

Mail will automatically attempt to reindex your messages if it detects problems with the mailboxes, but sometimes a manual reindex is the best option. Manual reindexing of Mail messages is the only way to go if the application has become so unresponsive it barely works at all, search is not functioning correctly or the app won't launch. If you are still having issues, or Mail fails to launch, you should try a manual reindex. Now that you've completed these steps, work with Mail a little longer. While the process takes place, you may experience system performance lag, as it can consume a lot of system resources and memory.Īnother caveat, if you use IMAP or Exchange with any of the accounts, the process will redownload every message from the server, so you'll use a lot of bandwidth. You must repeat this step for each one of your Mailboxes. If you have a large mailbox, you can expect the process to take a few hours. At the bottom of the pane choose the Rebuild option. Launch Mail, select one of your mailboxes and click on the Mailbox menu. You can also change the mailbox settings and name from this same dropdown and if you right-click a Smart Mailbox, even edit its rules after it’s been made.Rebuilding a Mailbox in Mail sound daunting but it really isn't. It’ll ask if you’re sure to prevent you from accidentally deleting your mailbox. Mailboxes are easy to delete-just right-click the mailbox in the sidebar and select “Delete Mailbox” from the dropdown. Since Smart Mailboxes are just searches that don’t actually store your emails inside them, you can delete them without fear of losing your data. This mailbox will go into its own category, and you don’t have to worry about moving items into it. Generally, anything you search for regularly can be made into a Smart Mailbox to save you some typing. You can add multiple rules and change the conditions for each rule. There are a lot of options, but the main ones you’ll likely use are at the top, such as searching the email body, subject, or sender. This brings up a dialog where you can choose the rule you’d like this Smart Mailbox to follow. To make one, hover next to “Smart Mailboxes” in the sidebar, then click the + button.
