Creating and Managing Folders in Web-Based Email
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To help you manage your email, Web-Based Email lets you organize your message in folders. When you create folders, they display alphabetically beneath your Web-Based Email default folders (Inbox, Bulk Mail, Drafts, Send Later, Sent Items, and Trash).
To Create Folders
- Log in to Web-Based Email.
- Click New Folder.
- Enter a Folder Name, and then select the folder's location from the As a sub-folder of menu.
To move messages in to a folder, do one of the following:
- Click and drag the message into the folder that displays in Web-Based Email's list of folders.
- Select or open the message, select the folder from the Move to Folder menu, and then click Move.
- If you are forwarding or replying to a message, select the folder from the Send & File menu that displays while you are composing your email.
To Manage Folders
- Log in to Web-Based Email.
- Right-click the folder, and then select one of the following:
- New Mail Notice — If you use the Web-Based Email Notifier, select to turn the folder's new mail notification on or off.
- Auto Purge — Select the frequency that this folder automatically purges all of its email.
- New Subfolder — Create a new folder as a subfolder of the folder.
- Move Folder — Move this folder within your Web-Based Email's list of folders.
- Rename Folder — Enter a new name for the folder.
- Delete Folder — Remove this folder and all of its contents from your Web-Based Email.
- Mark All as Read — Mark all emails in this folder as "Read," so that they do not display as new messages.
- Move Messages — Move all of a folder's messages to a different folder.
- Sort & File — Let Web-Based Email move emails into folders for you, based on your current folder use.
- Purge Messages — Permanently delete all messages in the folder.
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Options — Select the folder's behavior:
- Thread Messages — Display messages in threads, which displays messages and their replies next to each other.
- Long Listing — Display a user's email address and name, if available.
- Show To Column — Display a column showing the email's original recipient.
- Unread At Top — Display your unread emails above all others.
- Flagged At Top — Display your flagged emails above all others.
- Properties — Display your folder's Quota Used and Message Count.