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You
can store messages in different folders. This is especially
useful if you have a lot of email and want to keep it
organized. The folders option allows manipulation of your
folders.
6.1
- Subscribed Folders and the Left Frame
Currently
subscribed folders are listed in the colored area to
the left. This frame may be set to automatically refresh
in the Options page. At the top of the left frame is
large and bolded heading. If changes have been made
to the subscribed folders using the folders menu item,
this list can be refreshed with the link below the title.
Oddly enough, this link is titled "refresh folder list".
The
first folder listed contains received mail. To the right
of the first folder is a number in parenthesis "( )"
reflecting the count of unread emails. This number
is likely to vary from the total number of emails displayed
in the right frame. Under the main folder are likely
to be other folders or subfolders. Colors for these
folders will change with theme choices made in the options
page.
6.2
- Delete
You
may delete any folder displayed in the drop down list
box to the left of the Delete button. Notice that this
list may not include all the folders displayed.
The special folders such as your sent or your trash
folder cannot be deleted, and of course, you cannot
delete INBOX.
6.3
- Create
Folders
may be created by simply typing the desired name into
the text box and pressing the Create button. If you
wish that this folder be a subfolder of another one,
you can choose that in the drop-down box with the list
of folders.
On
some mail servers, there are two types of folders. One
that contains messages, and one that contains folders.
You may see an option called "Let this folder contain
subfolders." If you do and you check that, the folder
you create will only be able to contain folders and
not any messages. Otherwise, you will only be able to
store messages in it and not folders.
6.4
- Rename
You
may rename any folder displayed in the drop down list
box to the left of the Rename button. Notice that this
list may not include all the folders displayed
in the left frame. For obvious reasons, you cannot rename
the sent, trash, or INBOX folders.
6.5
- Unsubscribe and Subscribe
Definitions:
Subscribe: To register a folder with the mail
server, allowing you to view it in the folder listings.
Unsubscribe: The opposite of subscribing. This
unregisters a folder with the mail server.
You
may choose as many folders as you wish from either the
subscribe or the unsubscribe box, then click the button
under the box to make the action take effect. You will
notice that the folders move to the other box. You can
then re-subscribe to them, or unsubscribe again as you
wish.
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