Mac上的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)可让您以更可自定义的方式查看接收和发送的电子邮件(view your received and sent emails in a more customizable way)。这种类型的邮箱可以在Mac上的(Mac)Mail应用程序中创建，然后您可以为您的电子邮件分配各种规则。
您的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)的这些规则决定您的电子邮件是否应该进入它。仅当电子邮件满足您创建的特定邮箱的所有条件时，它们才会被放置在您的邮箱中。
在您的Apple Mail应用程序中创建一个新的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)非常简单快捷。
在 Mac 上的 Mail 中创建智能邮箱(Creating a Smart Mailbox In Mail On a Mac)
在您继续并在Mac上创建您的第一个Smart Mailbox之前，请记住，这些更改仅在Mac上的(Mac)Mail应用程序中可用。您发送和接收的所有电子邮件都不会被标记为任何内容，您也不会在网络或任何其他版本的电子邮件帐户上看到任何此类邮箱。
该功能仅存在于邮件(Mail)应用程序中，可帮助您在电子邮件帐户中查找特定电子邮件(find specific emails)。
- 单击Launchpad，搜索Mail，然后在看到它时单击它。
- 当它打开时，找到顶部显示邮箱(Mailbox)的选项，单击它，然后选择新建智能邮箱(New Smart Mailbox)选项。它可以让您为您的特定电子邮件创建一个全新的邮箱。
- 在以下屏幕上，您需要在各个字段中输入详细信息来创建您的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)。
智能邮箱名称(Smart Mailbox Name)- 输入此邮箱的相关名称。
包含匹配的邮件(Contains messages that match)- 选择所有(all)将匹配邮箱中所有条件的所有电子邮件。选择任何(any)会将符合您的任一条件的电子邮件放入邮箱中。
- 使用下拉菜单指定您的条件。这些是您的电子邮件在为您放入此智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)之前必须匹配的条件。您可以添加多个条件，并且有大量选项可供选择。如果您愿意，您还可以选择包含来自Trash和Sent的电子邮件。(Sent)
- 最后，单击“确定(OK)”完成智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)的设置。
- 您新创建的邮箱应出现在屏幕左侧边栏中的智能邮箱部分。(Smart Mailboxes)您可以单击它来查看符合预定义邮箱规则的电子邮件。
Mac Mail App 中智能邮箱的各种用途(Various Uses Of Smart Mailboxes In The Mac Mail App)
在Mac上的(Mac)Mail应用程序中创建Smart Mailbox非常简单，但它与您为其配置的规则一样好。如果您指定了严格的规则来很好地定义您的电子邮件要求，那么您只会在邮箱中看到您想要的电子邮件。
但是，另一方面，如果您的规则过于宽泛且未正确设置，您会发现有时甚至不需要的电子邮件也会进入此智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)。
如果您想开始使用该功能但目前想不出任何好的规则，以下使用示例可能对您有用。
为特定人的电子邮件(Emails From Someone Specific)创建智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)
这是最常用的一个，您可以在Mac上设置一个Smart Mailbox，它只包含来自您在规则集中定义的用户的电子邮件。来自特定人员的所有电子邮件都将收集在一个邮箱中。
我们假设用户有多个电子邮件地址，并且您希望将这两个地址都放入一个邮箱。
- 在邮箱(Mailbox)条件屏幕上，指定如下规则：
智能邮箱名称(Smart Mailbox Name )- 输入电子邮件发件人(Emails from)，然后输入人名。
- 从下拉菜单中选择任何一个。(any)
- 选择From、contains，然后输入用户的第一个电子邮件地址。
- 单击+（加号）并添加与上述相同的另一条规则，只是将电子邮件地址更改为用户的第二封电子邮件。
- 最后，点击OK创建并保存Smart Mailbox。
(View Emails)查看具有特定附件类型的(Certain Attachment Type)电子邮件
如果您经常收到带有某些附件类型（例如PDF）的电子邮件，您可以从其他电子邮件中过滤掉这些电子邮件，并将它们放在一边供您查看。
我们将创建一个邮箱来收集包含PDF附件的电子邮件。
- 在新的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)屏幕上指定如下规则。
- 输入PDF 附件(PDF Attachments )作为名称。
- 从下拉菜单中选择全部。(all)
- 选择附件类型(Attachment type)，然后从旁边的下拉列表中选择PDF 。
- 单击“确定(OK)”完成智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)的设置。
- 使用标准屏幕上的下拉菜单为该功能提供更高级的用途。
在邮件应用程序中编辑智能邮箱(Editing a Smart Mailbox In The Mail App)
如果您想更改智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)中的某些内容，可以通过在应用程序中编辑邮箱来完成。
- 打开邮件(Mail)应用程序，右键单击您的智能邮箱(Smart Mailbox)，然后选择编辑智能邮箱(Edit Smart Mailbox)。
- 在以下屏幕上编辑(Edit)邮箱规则，然后单击OK。
删除 Mail 中的智能邮箱(Deleting a Smart Mailbox In Mail)
当您换工作、老板的电子邮件更改或发生任何事情使您的智能邮箱变得无关紧要时，您可以从(Mailbox)邮件(Mail)应用程序中摆脱它。删除邮箱不会删除您的电子邮件(Deleting the mailbox won’t delete your emails)，它们将继续存在于您的电子邮件服务器上。
- 打开邮件(Mail)应用程序，找到您的邮箱，右键单击它，然后选择删除邮箱(Delete Mailbox)。
- 在屏幕上出现的提示中单击删除以删除邮箱。(Delete)
在 Mac 上的 Mail 中创建智能邮箱文件夹(Creating a Smart Mailbox Folder In Mail On a Mac)
智能邮箱文件夹(A Smart Mailbox folder)是您选择保存在一个位置的一组智能邮箱。(Smart Mailboxes)您可以创建文件夹，将您选择的邮箱添加到其中，然后单击即可访问它们。
- 启动Mail并选择Mailbox，然后选择New Smart Mailbox Folder。
- 将(Drag)您的智能邮箱拖到(Smart Mailboxes)文件夹中，它们将被添加到其中以便于访问。
How To Create Smart Mailboxes In Mail On Mac
A Smart Mailbox on your Mac lets you view your received and sent emails in a more customizable way. This type of mailbox can be created inside the Mail app on your Mac, and you can then assign various rules for your emails.
These rules for your Smart Mailbox decide if your emails should go into it or not. The emails will only be placed in your mailbox if they fulfill all the conditions of that particular mailbox you’ve created.
Making a new Smart Mailbox in your Apple Mail app is pretty easy and quick.
Creating a Smart Mailbox In Mail On a Mac
Before you proceed and create your first ever Smart Mailbox on your Mac, keep in mind that these changes will only be available in the Mail app on your Mac. All the emails that you send and receive won’t be tagged for anything nor will you see any such mailboxes on the web or any other version of your email account.
The feature only exists in the Mail app to help you find specific emails in your email account.
- Click on Launchpad, search for Mail, and click on it when you see it.
- When it opens, find the option that says Mailbox at the top, click on it, and choose the New Smart Mailbox option. It’ll let you create a completely new mailbox for your specific emails.
- On the following screen, you’ll need to enter details in various fields to create your Smart Mailbox.
Smart Mailbox Name – enter a relevant name for this mailbox.
Contains messages that match – selecting all will place all emails that match all the conditions in the mailbox. Selecting any will place the emails that match any one of your conditions in the mailbox.
- Use the dropdown menus to specify your conditions. These are the conditions that your emails must match before they’re placed in this Smart Mailbox for you. You can add multiple conditions and there are a ton of options to choose from. You also have the option to include emails from both Trash and Sent, if you wish.
- Finally, click on OK to finish setting up your Smart Mailbox.
- Your newly created mailbox should appear in the Smart Mailboxes section in the left sidebar of your screen. You can click on it to view your emails that match the predefined mailbox rules.
Various Uses Of Smart Mailboxes In The Mac Mail App
Creating a Smart Mailbox is pretty easy in the Mail app on a Mac, but it’s only as good as the rules you have configured for it. If you’ve specified tight rules that define your email requirements very well, you’ll only see the emails you wanted in your mailbox.
However, on the other side, if your rules are too broad and haven’t been set up properly, you’ll find that sometimes even unwanted emails make their way into this Smart Mailbox.
If you want to get started with the feature but can’t think of any good rules at the moment, the following usage examples might be useful to you.
Create a Smart Mailbox For Emails From Someone Specific
This is the most used one, and you can set up a Smart Mailbox on Mac that will only contain emails from the user you define in the rules set. All emails from that someone specific will be gathered in a single mailbox for you.
We assume the user has multiple email addresses and you want to put both into a single mailbox.
- While on the Mailbox criteria screen, specify the rules as the following:
Smart Mailbox Name – enter Emails from and then the person’s name.
- Select any from the dropdown menu.
- Select From, contains, and enter the user’s first email address.
- Click on the + (plus) sign and add another rule the same as above except for changing the email address to the user’s second email.
- Finally, click on OK to create and save the Smart Mailbox.
View Emails With a Certain Attachment Type
If you often receive emails with certain attachment types, say PDF, you can filter out these emails from the rest and have them kept aside for you to view.
We’ll create a mailbox that gathers emails containing PDF attachments.
- Specify the rules as the following on the new Smart Mailbox screen.
- Enter PDF Attachments as the name.
- Select all from the dropdown menu.
- Select Attachment type and then choose PDF from the dropdown next to it.
- Click on OK to finish setting up the Smart Mailbox.
- Use the dropdown menu on the criteria screen to come up with more advanced uses for this feature.
Editing a Smart Mailbox In The Mail App
If you want to change something in a Smart Mailbox, you can do it by editing the mailbox in the app.
- Open the Mail app, right-click on your Smart Mailbox, and choose Edit Smart Mailbox.
- Edit the mailbox rules on the following screen and click on OK.
Deleting a Smart Mailbox In Mail
When you change a job, your boss’ email changes, or anything happens and makes your Smart Mailbox irrelevant, you can get rid of it from the Mail app. Deleting the mailbox won’t delete your emails and they’ll continue to exist on your email server.
- Open the Mail app, find your mailbox, right-click on it, and select Delete Mailbox.
- Click on Delete in the prompt that appears on your screen to get rid of the mailbox.
Creating a Smart Mailbox Folder In Mail On a Mac
A Smart Mailbox folder is a group of Smart Mailboxes that you’ve chosen to keep in a single place. You can create the folder, add your chosen mailboxes to it, and then access them all with a single click.
- Launch Mail and select Mailbox followed by New Smart Mailbox Folder.
- Enter a name for the folder and click on OK.
- Drag your Smart Mailboxes to the folder and they’ll be added to it for easy access.
