emails in One Inbox

[mokuti via MacKB.com]

Dear Anyone,
Greetings to all, and I am new to this.
I am tired of searching for my emails in various accounts.
Is there a way of merging all the folder, i.e. all Inboxes, All Sent messages,
All Drafts etc...?
Is there a rule I cna create that will do this?
I am using a Gmail IMAP account and a .ME IMAP account.

Thank you for the help in advance.
Mokuti

 

[Diane Ross]

Is there a rule I cna create that will do this?
I am using a Gmail IMAP account and a .ME IMAP account.

Custom View - All Inboxes

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/inbox.html#all_inbox>

 

[mokuti via MacKB.com]

Thanks Diane for the help
I am really newbie to rules.
Is there a "Rules for Dummies" page?
I ahve tried it but seem to get it wrong.

I am so verythankful for your web site.
Blesssings
Mokuti

 

[Diane Ross]

I am really newbie to rules.
Is there a "Rules for Dummies" page?
I ahve tried it but seem to get it wrong.

First, what you want is not a Rule. It's a custom Mail View. Any
Spotlight search in Entourage can be saved as a custom Mail View.

To create a custom view, select Mail Views in the Folder list.
Click on New in the tool bar.
You need to select the Inbox for each IMAP account as shown in the example.

Get Started Lesson: Learn to Setup Rules

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/lesson.html>

There are 3 different kind of rules in Entourage:

Mailing List Manager (MLM)
Junk Mail Filter
Rules (custom rules you create)

They run in the order listed above. The custom rules also run in the
order they are listed. (top runs first)

Use the MLM for all lists. Use rules for the remainder. Try to use
categories instead of individual addresses when possible. When a new
address is added to a contact in the Address Book then it will
automatically be acted on by the rule if you use categories in your
rules. See example:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule002.html>

1) POP Rules act on a message ONLY when it first arrives in the Inbox
(On My Computer), NOT when it arrives in any other folder. Once it's
moved to another folder it won't be seen by rules.

2) IMAP Rules are meant to act on a message ONLY when it first arrives
in the IMAP INBOX, not when moved to another IMAP folder.

3) Exchange Rules act on a message ONLY when it first arrives in the
Exchange Inbox.

Each type of account has it's own rules. Click on the correct tab to
check your rules. (Mail (POP), Mail (IMAP) Mail (Exchange), News, Outgoing)

(Windows Live Hotmail is now POP)


See "Using Rules with Entourage" for help and examples:

<http://entourage.mvps.org/rules/index.html>