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| Path | csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail |
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) |
| Date | 8 Mar 2017 22:34:27 GMT |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Lines | 51 |
| Message-ID | <eibf7jFf216U4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <o9kitb$ioa$1@dont-email.me> <slrnobu3q0.1uhh.g.kreme@snow.local> <o9pnvm$ocg$1@dont-email.me> <eib8igFe1ajU1@mid.individual.net> <o9pvgs$ljl$1@dont-email.me> |
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| Mail-Copies-To | nobody |
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On 2017-03-08, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote: > > In article <eib8igFe1ajU1@mid.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >>On 2017-03-08, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote: >>> >>> A new question: does Mail only allow one level of subfolders? >> >>Hmm... You can have as many nested mailboxes as you want. I don't see >>the behavior you describe. If I highlight a mailbox and execute the New >>Mailbox command, it shows the entire hierarchy. I just created a 4-level >>hierarchy as a test without issue. > > Well, that's weird. Were you creating them on the server or on your Mac? I always create them right there in Mail. I don't see much point in going someplace else to do what can be done right in the app. > The following screenshots were made just now on my iMac (El Cap), but > I'm seeing exactly the same behavior on my MacBook (Sierra). I created > a new folder called Level1: > > http://www.wintertime.com/Personal/AppleMail/iMac-OnMyMac.png Was Level1 created by Mail or some other means? Does the same thing happen when you try creating it the other way? > When I choose New Mailbox, putting the new mailbox within Level1 isn't > an option. I even quit and restarted Mail to make sure that everything > was indexed okay. > > http://www.wintertime.com/Personal/AppleMail/iMac-NewMailbox.png > Note also that if I select one of the existing On My Mac folders that > already have subfolders, I'm not offered the option of creating a new > subfolder. The only reason those subfolders exist now is because I > imported them. > > Any idea whether there's some setting I can change so that I can create > nested folders with the New Mailbox command? I think you may need to ask your IMAP provider for help. I suspect their IMAP setup is configured strangely. I have to wonder what IMAP server software they are running. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-06 21:04 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2017-03-06 16:27 -0500
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-06 22:04 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-06 17:13 -0500
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-06 23:17 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-06 18:31 -0500
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 00:24 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-07 18:06 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-07 19:48 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-08 20:01 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-08 20:40 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-08 22:10 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-08 22:34 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-09 01:56 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-09 15:22 +1300
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-09 02:44 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-09 02:59 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-09 03:30 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-09 09:06 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-09 02:43 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2017-03-09 12:20 -0600
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-09 09:02 +0000
Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote) Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2017-03-09 12:05 -0600
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