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Create a colorless top-level Mail folder
I did this by accident. Now I would like to drop mail into that "colorless folder" and I can't. Is there an easy way to convert it to a blue folder that can hold messages? (Easier than recreating new folders and dragging the old stuff to the new, I mean.)
Create a colorless top-level Mail folder
As far as I can tell, a blue folder in mail.app has both a folder AND a .mbox file of that name in your mail folder in your user Library. The white folder only has a folder (no .mbox). That is why you can't put mail in it directly. There doesn't seem to be a good way to create an .mbox for an existing folder in mail.app.
Will this work?
I'm not at my Mac right now to test this, but couldn't you just
Will this work?
Yes, that will work, and that's exactly what I've done to solve my problem. But I still think the interface would be more intuitive and graceful if you could drop messages, or folders, into a white folder, thereby converting it into a blue one.
Create a colorless top-level Mail folder
not a problem.... First, quit Mail.app, then from your terminal of choice, |
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