Having just migrated to a Mac has given me the opportunity to reconsider how I was doing somethings previously, and this is one that I think is worth sharing.
If you like me have multiple email inbox in either Entourage then you will understand the hassle of checking the accounts for new mail. Certainly in my windows environment I used to check each account independently, processing the mails as I went...This is of course not the most efficient way, and means that you may be unaware of an important message in another account whilst dealing with spam in another...My solution? The Global Inbox...
Entourage supports pre-canned searches that appear as folders called "Mail Views", using these we can create a Global Inbox that contains the items from all the others, here's how...
In Entourage you will have a folder called Mail Views, expand this as needed, and having done so right click on the Mail Views icon, and select New Saved Search (not sure why the term changes in the menu)...
Now create search criteria similar to mine (substituting your own folder names)
Having added all of your folders, make sure that you have changed the settings to read "Match if any criteria are met", click save provide a suitably original name for your new Inbox, and you're ready to become instantly more productive.
What makes this solution doubly perfect is that Entourage is smart enough to figure out which Inbox the message was sent to, and defaults to that account when you want to reply to a message in your Global Inbox.
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