Mac Mail - Grouping Mailboxes

Hi, is there a way to deal with each user account on it's own rather than have the 'Mailboxes > Inbox, Sent etc' set-up followed by each user account below that? I have read time and again people suggsting setting up smart mailboxes but this seems a bit unnecessary when outlook for mail has a simple option to 'group similar mailboxes together' or not as the case may be. Before you suggest just using outlook for mac I already am but need a separate mail application to deal with different email accounts as I currently need to keep track of 10 user accounts and would prefer to separate them, I was hoping mac mail would make my life easier!

Let's see if we can work through your problem.
A Smart folder's contents will NOT sync to other devices. It's a way to view messages on one device.
An IMAP folder will sync to other devices. IMAP folders do NOT show up under "On My Mac".
A folder under "On My Mac" will not sync to other devices.
The Friends & Family, insurance etc folders work fine and still show up on all devices. It's only the smart mailbox that seems to 'hide' my mail from her on my other devices.
The account is an IMAP account.
The Friends & Family folders exist only as it states "On My Mac". They do NOT sync. If you move messages to these folders the changes will not be reflected on other devices. While you can create the same "On My Mac" folders on multiple devices, they are not created via the server.
Please verify that both your accounts types. I suspect at least one is set as POP on this computer.
Open Mail > Preferences > Accounts > select account > you should see account type
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