| Tip 68 | Use a VIP Mailbox |
Mail features a way of prioritizing email from certain people who you value above others—a feature Apple calls the VIP mailbox (short for Very Important People, of course).
The feature isn’t activated by default and can’t be found on any menu but is actually easy to set up.
Configuring VIP Mail
To activate the feature, you must first mark at least one person who sends you email as a VIP. To do this, select any email from the individual, and then click the empty star alongside their name in the mail, or right-click their name in the From field of an email and select Add to VIPs.
Once you do this, a new VIP mailbox will appear in the mailbox list sidebar and Favorites toolbar (if you have either visible—you can select to ...
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