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    Can we categorize mails in mac mail

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by drgopoos, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. drgopoos

    drgopoos Notebook Consultant

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    I was using MS outlook in my windows and ever since i shifted to mac , i am missing the option of categorizing mails in MAC mail.

    Does any one know how to do this. I dont want to spent on entourage. :eek:
     
    drgopoos, Oct 20, 2008
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  2. Raymond Luxury-Yacht

    Raymond Luxury-Yacht Notebook Consultant

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    What kind of categorization are you interested in?

    Under the "Mailbox" tab in the Menu Bar, you may select "New Mailbox", or "New Smart Mailbox" to create the folders into which you may organize your e-mails.

    You'd see those folders on the left pane, which by default is visible----it lists your Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Trash, etc. folders. (Shift-Command-M hides/shows it)

    The "Smart" mailbox does that automatically, based on the criteria you may set, e.g., as to sender, recipient, subject, etc. etc. (Smart mailboxes, however, catalogue e-mails that "physically" reside in the Inbox or Sent folders alone.)
     
    Raymond Luxury-Yacht, Oct 20, 2008
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  3. drgopoos

    drgopoos Notebook Consultant

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    What i was looking for is slightly different.
    For eg : if i have mail folder for applications , i would like to mark them as accepted or rejected or inprocess mails and so on.... THis option is available in MS outlook. In this process, i can give different colours so that each category has its own colour.

    EG: Mark all important mails in red colour


    Thanks for the answer.

    GOpa
     
    drgopoos, Oct 21, 2008
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    rsd22 Notebook Geek

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    Did you have folders (with messages) in outlook? if so, was the transfer of those folders into mac smooth/easy? :confused:
     
    rsd22, Oct 21, 2008
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    drgopoos Notebook Consultant

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    It was easy but i wouldnt say 100 % EASY.
    i used the o2m application. i had to do a little bit of work in renaming and organizing the folders....
     
    drgopoos, Oct 22, 2008
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    My version of outlook went bad one day so I was forced to use outlook express. o2m doesn't work with express. I'll be going the Thunderbird route. Hopefully this will go off easy once I get my MBP!!
     
    rsd22, Oct 23, 2008
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