Folders
Viewing Folders
You can view all stored
messages, new and old, in Folders.
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- All of your folders will be listed.
- To view a particular folder, click on the name of that folder.
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Creating Folders
If you have specific emails that you wish to save in a separate
folder, you can create a new folder.
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Create Folder.
- An Explorer User Prompt box will appear. Enter
the name for your new folder, and click OK.
- Your new folder will appear in the list of folders under Folder
Navigator.
- To divert emails of a specific type into a folder of your choosing,
see Filters.
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Renaming Folders
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the box beside the name of the folder you wish to change.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Rename Folder.
- An Explorer User Prompt box will appear. Enter
the new name for your folder, and click OK.
- Your renamed folder will appear in the list of folders under
Folder Navigator.
Deleting Folders
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the box beside the name of the folder you wish to delete.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Delete Folder.
- A confirmation prompt will appear. Click OK
to delete the folder.
- A second confirmation will appear. Click OK
to delete the folder.
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Checking Folders for New Mail
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the box beside the name of the folder you wish to check
for new emails.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Check Folder(s) for New
Mail.
- If you have new mail in that folder, the number of new emails
will appear under the envelope icon to the right of the folder
name,
- Click on the folder name to view the messages in that folder.
Downloading Folders
You can save an entire folder on your computer's hard drive to save
space on your email account.
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the box beside the name of the folder you wish to download.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Download Folder.
- A continue prompt will appear. Click OK.
- A File Download prompt will appear. Choose
Save this file to disk, and click OK.
- Select the file on your computer where you wish to save the
folder, and click Save.
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Emptying Folders
When a folder gets full,
you can delete all the contents of that folder. If the information
in that folder is important, make sure that you download [anchor
link to "Downloading Folders" chapter] the contents of
the folder to your computer's hard drive.
- From your INBOX, click Folders
in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the box beside the name of the folder you wish to download.
- From the Choose Action drop-down menu, select
Empty Folder(s).
- A confirmation prompt will appear. Click OK.
Searching Folders
If you have stored an
email but cannot remember where you put it, you can search any and
all folders to find it.
- From your INBOX, click Search
in the top navigation bar.
- Message Fields - Enter the keywords in the
appropriate fields for the email you want to find.
- Message flags -Select the types of email messages
you wish to search.
- Message folders - Select the folders you wish
to search. To search all, choose Select all.
- Click the Search button.
- The emails matching your search will appear. Click on the Subject
line of any email you wish to view.
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