Smarter Mailboxes

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So I’ve run into a bug with my system already. First, I found out that you can hack the SmartMailboxes.plist file in your Library/Mail directory and change the IMAPMailboxAttributes of a smart folder from 18 to 16 and it becomes editable. So I set conditions to have it display my unread inbox (minus the spam folder) and my tickler file (MailTags due date before 1 days from today). But, if there aren’t any tickler messages displayed, it won’t show unread messages either. If there’s even one tickler message, everything is fine. I found another person asking this question on the forum, but no answers. Until someone comes up with a better solution or fixes the bug, here’s my answer. Send yourself a message with the subject “Placeholder” and set a due date of 1/1/2006 on it. Depending on how your box is sorted, it should stay at the bottom and will keep your Smart Folder working as an all-purpose GTD Inbox.