Using smart mailboxes to sort out inbox

Hi all-
Is it possible to sort out all the mail into smart mailboxes so that they don't appear in the inbox? Currently, I have smart mailboxes set up but those messages that have been sorted into the smart mailboxes still appear in the inbox.
Thanks

no that is not possible. smart mailboxes are used to filter/find mail based on a rule/criteria, and then if one chooses process them to other normal mailboxes or delete after having sent/read... so the nature of an email that gets filtered to a smart mailbox is to show up in that smart mailbox and in whatever mailbox they show up in other than that smart mailbox - also based on the rule you set of course. for you to have these emails not show up in inbox you would then have to create a normal mailbox and move them there, or delete them.
hope this helps

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