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Mail how to find subfolder in- where is the path?
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Sep 10, 2018, 11:44 AM
 
With an email, you want to know folder it's in. Mail list it in upper right , but it cuts off the name, and you can't know the folder path or where inner, sub folder is. I knew the solution. Can't remember it. How see path?
     
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Sep 10, 2018, 12:34 PM
 
I think we need a screenshot. Do you want to find the email in the finder, or are you looking at the folders within mail?
     
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Sep 10, 2018, 01:28 PM
 
A thanks,Not going to finder. All within Mail

Lets say you make folder in mail, and then subfolder.

You search on email that resides in that subfolder a year later.

How see path?
     
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Sep 10, 2018, 08:31 PM
 
Ok, for me, emails in this PETS folder, if I do a search for the sender, in the list of results, and I click on the email, in the right of the email next to the date there is a PETS tag which to me looks like what folder it's in.



I don't really nest folders too much for email though.
     
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Sep 11, 2018, 11:08 AM
 
Andi, thanks, let me put it this way. I just did test, 4 folders in, copied the guys email, bam upper right Mail show the 1st folder it's in, nothing else. HOW DO I see the navigation bread crumbs to find the email?
     
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Sep 11, 2018, 11:21 AM
 
how much nesting are you doing?!?!

I will do another test tonight, but suspect mail doesn't do such deep level breadcrumbs.
     
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Sep 11, 2018, 11:37 AM
 
I do see breadcrumbs even one folder in. where is it?
     
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Sep 11, 2018, 11:47 AM
 
click on an email in your search result. Look on the right side of the email next to the date. It doesn't look like a breadcrumb but a light button.
     
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Sep 11, 2018, 12:45 PM
 
Thanks A, just looked, really, really hard. Can't find it.
     
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Sep 12, 2018, 11:49 AM
 
Here. I made a nested folder and found the item in it. It does not show full breadcrumbs but you can see the email is in the folder Cats.

     
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Sep 12, 2018, 12:26 PM
 
Andi, I already knew that before posting. I see upper right and also in window pane the folder the searched email is in.

But sometimes, I can't remember where the heck that folder is! Where did I nest that sub- folder three years ago when I made it?

Very frustrating. Not your fault of course, guess hopeless.
     
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Sep 12, 2018, 12:52 PM
 
Good one! Apple fault.. odd as they so good about breadcrumbs with OS.
     
   
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