The latest (June 2017) Outlook for Mac release now supports adding folders to a Favorite list, which is at the top, but Smart Folders cannot be added as a Favorite.

You won’t see any badges for unread e-mails.

The Smart Folders group is the last on the left hand side folder list, and it cannot be placed manually on the list.

It is available in the “ Search” ribbon > “ Advanced” > filter dropdown > “ RAW Query“, the last option (it’s selected in the image below and although it’s not in English, it is in the same position): Inconveniences of Smart FoldersĪt the time of writing this, there are some inconveniences with these Smart Folders: Here’s an example of using these search filtersīut we digress – here’s where how to start using RAW Queries.

These folders are essentially saved Searches – in fact, that’s one way you can create one: just start a search and on the far right part of the ribbon you’ll find an option to save the Search.įor basic searches, the options presented in the Ribbon are mostly straightforward, but you’ll soon figure out that it’s missing very important features: one being the ability to select a “OR” statement between the selected filters. If you have a lot of e-mails or rely on having e-mail subfolders for organisation, you might want to delve into Smart Folders. In this article you’ll learn about Smart Folders and using RAW Query for creating them, and at the bottom you’ll also find a full list of the available parameters available to be used. It’s not perfect, as it is not customisable: you only get universal folders for all the Inboxes, Sent Items, Deleted Items and Drafts, all of which should be enough for many users. A feature that many users were expecting for a long-time now, present in other e-mail clients, but not Outlook.

The most recent versions of Outlook for Mac now feature Universal Folders for multiple e-mail account aggregation.

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