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kevs
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Apr 14, 2018, 06:49 PM
 
This is a nice feature but how do you do it? How tell Mail which emails are important?
     
ghporter
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Apr 14, 2018, 10:06 PM
 
In Mail 11.3 I do not see a "Sort by Importance" option. I have Attachments, Date, Flags, From, Size, Subject, To, and Unread. No "Importance" option here...

Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
     
kevs  (op)
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Apr 14, 2018, 10:22 PM
 
thanks G I'm still on Sierra so maybe that got rid of it?

That said, it there a way to sort a specific folder with flexibility? i.e. I sort it manually what I want at the top?
     
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Apr 16, 2018, 11:39 AM
 
What do you consider important? You could make a rule that all emails from ImportantPerson goes to an Important folder, etc.
     
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Apr 16, 2018, 11:47 AM
 
Andi, that's not the idea, the idea is to order manually, that what I'd like, to move up and down way I like... but..?
     
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Apr 20, 2018, 03:25 PM
 
You could create important folders and manually move things there, but I suspect that would be very time consuming.

I create folders for events or groups, and sort them that way. Rules are great for that. It keeps those emails out of the flood of daily email.
     
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May 1, 2018, 09:51 PM
 
I use the Flag feature. I actually hate this word (it connotes bad email) and how it is implemented also, so I use Spark, which implements the Flag feature in a better way and names it Pin (it connotes important email) instead, which is much more appropriate.
     
   
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