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Inbox overview

The inbox is the default screen when you open SuperMail. Messages show newest first. Counts and totals in the toolbar, sidebar, list badges, and pagination use your locale for number grouping (for example thousands separators).

SuperMail inbox showing prioritized messages, tags, and account filters

The three panes

  • Sidebar - accounts, folders, tags, starred, and search.
  • List - one row per message in the current folder / tag / search. A +N badge on a row indicates the message is part of a larger thread; opening it loads the full thread.
  • Reader - the selected thread, with reply at the bottom.

On mobile, list and reader stack - tap a row to open, swipe back to return.

SuperMail mobile inbox on a phone

Threading

The list shows individual messages, not collapsed threads, so you can see exactly when each reply landed. When you open a message, the reader fetches the rest of the thread (by In-Reply-To and References headers) and shows the full conversation in order.

Email detail view with attachments and message metadata

Each list row shows:

  • Sender avatar and display name.
  • Subject.
  • Snippet of the message body.
  • Tag badges.
  • Attachment paperclip if the message has attachments.
  • A business or personal icon when the sender is confidently classified (on web, a narrow dedicated column at the end of the row beside the subject and preview; hover or focus the icon for the tooltip). On mobile, tap the icon beside the date for the same explainer. Unknown or in-progress classifications stay hidden on the list so we do not imply false certainty; open the message to see those states in the reader.
  • Relative timestamp.
  • A +N thread-count badge if there are other messages in the same thread.

Unified vs per-account

Toggle from the top of the sidebar:

  • All inboxes - chronological view across every connected account. Good for quick triage.
  • Per-account - scoped to one mailbox. Good for focused time.

Bulk actions

Select messages with the row checkboxes (or use the toolbar’s select-all). With messages selected, the toolbar exposes archive, delete, mark read / unread, move, and tag.

Read state

  • Read state syncs back to the source provider (IMAP \Seen flag).
  • “Unread” in SuperMail = unread in Gmail / Outlook / Yahoo / IMAP, and vice versa.
  • Opening a message in the reader marks it read.

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