Tim, Thanks very much. I will give this a try by first deleting the current mailbox, so that I can relocate it; I'm not sure how to go about just moving it.
Take care, Harry On Aug 4, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Harry, > > First, the All Mail thing from GMail is just there, it's something from > Google and, as far as I can tell, you can't do anything about it. So, I just > ignore its existence. > > Now, for your other issue, if the GMail Mailbox/InBox is selected when you > create a new mailbox, the folder will be placed in the top level of that > mailbox unless you tell it otherwise upon creation. Each mailbox is attached > to each mail account. That is, your GMail InBox is attached to the GMail > account and any other folders you've created are also attached to that > account. Mailboxes must be attached to an account, they cannot just sit > there within the Mail app without being referenced as part of a specific > account. I guess, when you set it up, you could tell the folder to be > located at the top level, the same as your InBoxes. I've never done that but > I would assume it's possible. When you create a Mailbox, in the dialog that > appears, there is a pop-up menu that is for the location of the given mailbox. > > With respect to mail not being placed where it's supposed to, that's either a > problem with the initial setup of the rule or sometimes even with the way > senders address there messages. I've noticed that sometimes people have > specific people in their To field and MacVisionaries in the cc and various > other interesting combinations. What I did for this is, in my rule, > specified that the "To" c"Contains" "MacVisionaries" and that the "cc" > "Contains" "MacVisionaries". So, in this case, you would want to match "Any" > of the rules (as opposed to "All"), and by simply asking if either "contains" > "MacVisionaries", it usually got around any of the differences in how others > addressed their messages. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-08-03, at 5:17 PM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, guys, >> >> I have set a rule for the Mac Visionaries group, but it doesn't seem to work >> the greatest. I set the rule to have messages sent to >> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com be moved to the Mac Visionaries folder, and >> it put that folder in my Google mail list for some reason. The issue is >> that I see some messages in the "Important" mailbox, some in the Mac >> Visionaries group, but not all, I don't think, and then there's the "All >> Mail" mailbox for Google. Ideally, I would like to have all messages go to >> the Mac Visionaries folder and have that folder just above my Gmail account. >> I really don't have any use for the "All Mail," "Important," the Google >> sent items folder under Google Mail, etc. It just seems like a lot of >> duplication. Any advice about how to get this sorted, including moving the >> mailbox, would be very much appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Harry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
