But Gmail will not put all incoming mail into what is called Inbox.
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iOS 18.2: Here's How Mail Categories Work
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But, couldn't you create folders of the desired categories and have rules that move contacts into those folders? Not quite the same.
Just stay on that tab ( see below )
My email messages are all there
If I go down. I see them categorised
You can get there from the app swiping from the left edge of your screen towards the centre.
If this were really smart, I wouldn't need to turn it off. I keep an empty Inbox strategy. With up to 20 e-mails, this categorization is useless. Only when I haven't read e-mails all day, would this be useful. So, I would have to turn it off most of the time and just on once in a while. That isn't what AI should be about, right?
That seems counter productive to the AI summary purpose.
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Why is apple dedicating software engineering resources to ruining the Mail app and destroying the Photos app instead of fixing Siri and autocorrect, which have been broken from inception? Make it make sense......
this kind of "categorizatiion" (or, lack of it) of Mail continues to be one of the biggest differences between how macOS and iOS Mail is handled.
in macOS Mail, a user can make Smart Mailboxes, which group your mail into user set folders.
in iOS Mail, apple tells us that there are smart mailboxes in iOS, but what it doesn't tell us is that the user can not set the parameters. apple calls such "mailboxes" as Today, or, VIP, or Unread.
so, here again, apple disappoints us by giving us some AI generated preconceived version of its smart mailboxes.
it doesn't give us the ability to set parameters.
we do have the ability (through rules) to set hard coated mailboxes. but not smart mailboxes.
in macOS Mail, a user can make Smart Mailboxes, which group your mail into user set folders.
in iOS Mail, apple tells us that there are smart mailboxes in iOS, but what it doesn't tell us is that the user can not set the parameters. apple calls such "mailboxes" as Today, or, VIP, or Unread.
so, here again, apple disappoints us by giving us some AI generated preconceived version of its smart mailboxes.
it doesn't give us the ability to set parameters.
we do have the ability (through rules) to set hard coated mailboxes. but not smart mailboxes.
I use the gmail web interface on my Mac and iPad, Safari, all emails except spam/junk go into the inbox where they belong.
That sound like me, maybe it because we lived in different times. I used to use YAM on an Amiga and then Outlook express on Windows 95, then a few different ones, ending up using Thunderbird. I did use windows mail for a week or so, but went back to Thunderbird. I was going to carry on using Thunderbird when I moved to Mac, but thought I would give the mac mail app a go and to be honest it is okay.
But I agree with you, I don't want it sorting out my emails, I have my email provider doing that with filters I set.
Just realised it says IOS, not mac OS
Makes no difference to me unless it comes to mac.
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I agree but, it’s not a big deal to turn off and go back to normal for MR nerds. The problem is Apple didn’t bother telling the average non-Apple nerd it is on by default, which may cause some people to miss important email etc.
Settings > Apps > Mail > Show Contact Photos
I just go to showing all emails then ignore the categorization completely. What works for me will likely not work for others.
Who in Apple has decided that this feature should have only 1 category per sender? It is so useless, as almost all the businesses can send you messages of different categories.
Bemused when it first opened and within a few hours was missing important incoming emails. Turned to list view but returned to take another look. It had categorised several emails incorrectly so I would I have to check every category each time I used it.
It’s now permanently switched off.
It’s now permanently switched off.
Even though all mail is applied, I never get any alerts on my phone of any new mail even though I'd have 20 new messages in my box
I can see how this will be very useful for certain people, but I keep my inbox really clean and it's not much help at least as of now.
I did get a little irritated as the update did change several settings which I had to find and turn back on.
I did get a little irritated as the update did change several settings which I had to find and turn back on.
Oh - the "focused Inbox" from Microsoft has arrived. Some time ago, M$ even hat this multiplying "clutter"-folder, one could not get rid of, which seems to have vanished now.
As long as there is not defalut "on", I am fine with it. I did not manage to discover it on my iPhone, but I am warned now... *Evanesco* 🎆
As long as there is not defalut "on", I am fine with it. I did not manage to discover it on my iPhone, but I am warned now... *Evanesco* 🎆