Comments on: Quick Tip: Apple Mail “Unread” Smart Mailbox

By: Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:27:41 +0000

Is it just me or does this not just create a folder that will show everything you haven’t replied to? therefore bring up everything that i like to keep but have no need to reply to and not mail marked unread?

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:50:56 +0000

That’s amazing!!! I am so glad I found this post…. this was one thing that really bothered me about Mac Mail and I kept searching for alternatives such as Thunderbird. But now that I found this post and can have a unread folder, I’m totally keeping this program. Now everything I need is there. Thank you so much!!!

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:25:06 +0000

Is there a way so that I can see if I have received new messages. Like a visible, rather than audio, new mail notifyer?

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:37:04 +0000

you do know what the tiny red number on the mail icon in the dock is for, right michael? a tip: it has something to do with your unread mail…

nevertheless i too appreciate smart folders. i use filters and separate folders more than smart folders though, sorting my mail by senders, topics and the likes. i do have a smart box for flagged mail though.

By: Eric Ritchey

Eric Ritchey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:09:00 +0000

I use this as well as a “flagged” setting. That way I can flag the items i want to come back to to either respond to or read again because once you click out of the Unread Messages smart mailbox, all the read messages go away. With the messages flagged, I can come back to them without searching through my entire email filing system (folders for bills, family, church, misc, school, consulting, then filtered even further beyond that), which can be a frustrating to have to go through.