On my Mac and on my iPhone, Google chooses to put some email in an Important folder and does not include it in the All Inboxes folder. How do I stop this?
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Thanks again, Barney. I can try to ask Google. I don't ordinarily use any of the mail web portals. I get mail sent to various accounts and I look at All Inboxes in Apple Mail. Today I actually had another gmail message marked Important that also came to my All Inboxes folder. So it seems to be random. Never a good thing!
Today I actually had another gmail message marked Important that also came to my All Inboxes folder. So it seems to be random. Never a good thing!
That's why it doesn't work well in an email client app. The app is designed to use IMAP. Gmail isn't IMAP even though it claims to pretend to be. It can never pretend well enough because it doesn't have folders, but Labels, and messages can be tagged with multiple labels. So a message that is in multiple folders doesn't make any sense in IMAP. You end up with lots of goofiness.
Barney, thank you. I can get to the Labels tab, but I do not see how to disable the Important tab in IMAP. I did change "Important" from Hide to Show. Is that it?
Hi, I was having the same issue but I've figured out how to make the column appear. Navigate to settings in Gmail and make sure IMAP is enabled.
Once IMAP was enabled the column appeared for me and I was able to toggle off 'Show in IMAP' for my Important and Starred inbox. They have been driving me crazy I'm SO glad I've found a fix. Thanks everyone else for your suggestions!
I have heard that newer accounts don't have this capability, but I don't know for sure. Here is what you should have:
You need to disable "Show in IMAP"
In the Gmail Settings > All Settings > Labels tab, disable that label in IMAP.
No. I do not have that column. Any other ideas? Or whom should I ask?
I don't know if "show in label list" will affect it.
You would have to talk to Goolag. They designed it that way.
It is best to use Gmail in the web portal as it was designed to be used.
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