How-to: Reorder folder in Mail?
Hi All,
Is it possible to reorder folders in the left side column in Mail? I'd like to customize the order so I'm not limited to keeping them alphabetical. The same question for RSS feeds and associated folders.
Is there a way to do this without having to change the names?
Thanks.
I think you will find that you can only use that to drop a mailbox inside another. Within a mailbox (or within On My Mac) the ordering is alphabetic.
AK
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Chucho
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