Harry, I hope you find an answer, I have the same problem. John
On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > I have set up a few less than a gazillion rules in Apple Mail on my iMac. The > rules sort my email into mailboxes. > > For instance I have added my high school classmates (Louisville, Seneca class > of ’63) to my address book. In the notes field for each contact I have put > Seneca. Next I created a mailbox called Seneca. Finally I set a rule that > says “If sender is member of group Seneca perform the following actions <Move > message to mailbox Seneca>” > > When Mail on my iMac is open, all messages from my class mates move to the > folder Seneca and are marked as unread. But they do not show up marked as > unread in the Seneca mail box on my iPhone or iPad. > > So I thought to create a rule in the cloud but I don't have the option of > “Sender is member of group" > > I can quit mail on my computer before I go out then all messages come to my > iphone/ipad in my main inbox, I can read them but when I return home and open > Mail the messages are in my in box and I have to apply rules on all the new > mail to sort them appropriately (or move them manually). > > So my choices are to quit the mail app when I leave home, read my messages on > my iPhone / iPad and then apply rules to my messages when I return home. > > Or leave the mail program open on my iMac when I leave home and not know that > I have received a message when I check mail on my iPhone / iPad. > > Rhetorical question: Why are the rule making capabilities in the Mail in the > cloud equal to the rule making capabilities in Mail on my iMac? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
