Mailspring: Saved Searches / Search Folders / Smart Folders

[aksdb]

I would be nice to have a way to either create virtual folders combining selected other folders, or to be able to mark arbitrary folders as inboxes.

Use case:
I have one IMAP server where I collect mail from several other mail accounts. Each mail gets sorted by the mail server into appropriate sub folders. Therefore I have multiple "inbox" folders in my IMAP account. I would like to have one (virtual) folder to rule them all so I can have a quick overview over new email, independent from their source.

Does this feature exist in another mail client or tool you use?

Yes. For example in Evolution you can create so called "search folders" with criteria matching multiple source folders. Then that folder will show all mails from the selected folders combined.

[bengotow]

Hey! Search folders are actually on the roadmap and I think it'd be the best way to handle this in the UI. Step 1 is a minor refresh of the search bar to make the advanced logic more obvious (you can do in:inbox OR in:folderA but it's unclear), and then I'll tackle this.

[mattkatz]

👍 also would like this.

[narthur]

@bengotow The roadmap seems to indicate you've shipped saved searches, but I can't figure out how to save a search to my sidebar. How do you do that?

[panter-dsd]

I also need this feature. I use subfolders for splitting my subscriptions (like a News/Global, News/Russia, Work/Important, Work/Support, etc). Also I use this way for configuration of notifications: for instance I don't want to get notifications about any News subfolders but I really need to get the notification for the Work subfolders.

[flindeberg]

Mailmate has a killer implementation of virtual or smart folders:
https://manual.mailmate-app.com/organize

Which is really useful if you handle lots of mail and need to organize accordingly. Very useful together with IMAP labels (#1006)