Email app that supports multiple unified custom folders?
I have several emails accounts I've accumulated over the years, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo(?!) and even old childhood ones that some services use. I'm looking for an email client that supports custom united folders. For example, a single unified, "purchases"…
I have several emails accounts I've accumulated over the years, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo(?!) and even old childhood ones that some services use. I'm looking for an email client that supports custom united folders. For example, a single unified, "purchases" folder that can show receipts etc from multiple emails addresses, or a "Home Server" folder etc. Are there any emails clients that can do this? What I've tried / looked at Thunderbird (Android) Thunderbird has a unified inbox, but does not have unified custom folders. So I can't have one purchases folder that spans multiple accounts. There is a Github issue about unified folders here but it looks like they’re only planning unified system folders (Inbox, Sent, Spam), not custom ones. Bluemail Looks to have unified system folders but not custom unified folders. Outlook My current daily driver. Unified inbox works, but again no unified custom folders.
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It's surprisingly hard to find a mobile client that does this well. Syncing custom unified states across multiple accounts (IMAP) requires constant background processing, which is probably why apps like Thunderbird haven't prioritized it for Android yet due to battery constraints. As a workaround, I usually handle this server-side. I set up auto-forwarding rules on my secondary accounts to send specific emails (like receipts) to one 'Master' account, and then let that master account automatically tag/folder them. It keeps the Android client lightweight and clean.