You didn't quote the most important part of my point. > Concrete folders displays messages that have been "physically" put in them, > whereas smart folders display messages based upon some search algorithm.
-- Andy Fragen On Sat, Mar 25, 2006, computer artwork by subhash said: >[Andy Fragen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 24.3.2006 um 15:17 Uhr:] > >>But are they really different things. > >Yes, I think so. > >>They're both folders and as such >>should have all the same features and characteristics of folders. > >No. Smart folders and real folders have only the name in common. >Next thing will be that people want to put messages physically in smart >folders because they are folders as the others. That is not the case, is it? > >>The >>only real difference is what they display. > >And why. And that smart folders are more like a collection of aliases >while real folders (at least in the finder) are a collection of files.
