them into individual inboxes?
how quaint 😉
what do they really mean?
Google groups allow collaborative inboxes
https://support.google.com/a/answer/167430
You can also use Mail Delegation instead
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/138350?hl=en-GB
filtering rules applies labels automatically to email so that they get classified together – a bit like making folders, but less restricting.
ATP
I have my own company account and also a second company account.
You can have multiple sign-ons in chrome running simultaneously if you want (so for example I will have two tabs open in Drive – one for MyCo, one for OtherCo), I dont have to sign in each time.*
I also have mail that arrives at OtherCoMailbox, automatically forwarded to MyCo so I only need to have one inbox open if I want to. These emails are automatically labelled so I can identify them easily. I can reply or compose emails in MyCo inbox from OtherCo email address too so I dont need to switch about.
the only time I need to open OtherCo mail box is if I want to do one-click saving of attachments to OtherCo Gdrive – if you do it in a mail box, regardless of to which address it was sent, it will go to the Gdrive associated with the mail account. I can however, always download an attachment and then drag it into the open OtherCo Gdrive tab without having to go to OtherCo mailbox. It takes 3 or 4 seconds longer. But time is money Rodney! 🙂
For details go to cogwheel settings in Mail:
Accounts > Send mail as (to create email origin address authorisations – PS you can also apply “from” specific signatures – so my OtherCo sig is appended to all mails I compose from OtherCo address while composing emails even if doing so in MyCo mailbox.)
Also Accounts > Grant access to your account
It all sounds a bit complex, but in reality it is so simple and seamless I dont have to think about it.
* something to bear in mind on chromebooks is that while I can have open/signed in Gdrive Tabs for multiple accounts, only the account for which I am currently signed into the chromebook OS for will sync offline Gdrive stuff.
If I need to have a sync’d local copy of something on OtherCo (v rare) before I leave the house, I just log into OtherCo on my chromebook for 10 minutes to let it sync to the local SSD any recently opened files.