Your Mailbox

<<Sending and Receiving Emails

Most people confuse their mailbox with their inbox. You mailbox consists of multiple folder some are created automatically by the email client and other you create yourself so that you can better organise your email.

The client create folders differ with email protocol (POP3 or IMAP4) but the common ones are:

  • Inbox  -Received email is delivered here
  • Outbox- Mail waiting to be sent is held here (should be empty)
  • Sent Items - Sent mail is copies here (default setup but can be changed)
  • Deleted Items - Deleted items are kept here until permanently being deleted when you empty it.
  • Drafts- Unfinished emails can be stored here.

Creating Addition Folders

If you have lots of email messages then the best way of organising them is to create separate folders for each type of email. You could place email from your mom in one folder and from you son in another folder etc.

You can even configure message rules to move email automatically into the folder. New folders can be created under any of the default folders with the exception of the deleted items folder. I personally prefer to create all my folders underneath the inbox folder.

Creating a New Folder (example using outlook express)

1. Right click the folder where you want to create you new folder and choose new folder.

create new folder Outlook Express

2. Give the folder a name and click ok.

create new folder Outlook Express

3. The folder appears as a subfolder of the inbox

folder list Outlook Express

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