how long ago was this. it appears that this function is now working.

-Eric

On Oct 17, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> but if you mark a message as read in the smart mail box will it effect the 
> messages in the real folders? I found this not to be the  case when I was 
> trying to do a message clean up one day.
> On Oct 17, 2010, at 2:05 AM, John André Netland wrote:
> 
>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> This is not a problem. Make a couple of smart folders, set them to only show 
>> unread messages in the smart mail box rules, and add which mailbox they 
>> should work for. This way, you could for example have one smart mailbox that 
>> only shows unread private mail, and another to show only unread list 
>> messages. I use it all the time, and it works great. I can decide either to 
>> work with unread list messages sorted by thread, or switch to another smart 
>> mailbox where I will only find unread private messages, and see what is new.
>> 
>> Hope this helps!
>> 
>> Take care,
>> John André
>> 
>> 
>> On 17. okt. 2010, at 10.51, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> 
>>> that is what I was afraid of. I am used to the mozilla thunderbird approach 
>>> (I used to use it before my sight completely failed). I found the "organize 
>>> by thread" then I had to interact with the bar immediately above the 
>>> messages window to get to the proper column and set it to newest first. it 
>>> took me a few minutes to figure out how to get there.
>>> 
>>> I really wish I had a braille display here. it would make finding all this 
>>> a lot easier.
>>> 
>>> -Eric
>>> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello. sort by thread and then sort by newest first. I don't think there 
>>>> is a way to do what you are asking. I've been looking myself. Sorry.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sarah Alawami
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>>>> The early bird gets the worm. The late worm gets to live. 
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 17, 2010, at 1:00 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> ok,
>>>>> I would like mail to show only new messages (make the read ones 
>>>>> invisible). so far, I haven't found a setting that will do that. the 
>>>>> reason for this, I have nearly 400 read messages in my inbox and 
>>>>> sometimes mail puts me right at the beginning and I have to spend the 
>>>>> next 5 minutes trying to find my place.  even a command like "read next 
>>>>> unread message" with a VO command would be helpful. any solutions?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Eric
>>>>> 
>>>>> Eric Oyen - N7ZZT
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