Re: Confused about Mail mailboxes (local and remote)

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	2017-03-08 20:40 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-03-08, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
> A new question: does Mail only allow one level of subfolders? For
> example, if I create a mailbox on my Mac called "Clients" and I
> make subfolders that say "Businesses" and "Nonprofits," is that
> as far as I can go? When I choose New Mailbox, the options for
> where I can create it don't seem to go below "Clients." I can't,
> for example, make "Current" and "Past" folders under "Nonprofits."
> Is that correct?

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.

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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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