Creating a Mailbox or Folder Using the Mailbox Menu
To create a new mailbox or mail folder, do the following:
1. From the Mailbox menu, choose New, or from a mail folder submenu (placing the new mailbox in that folder). The New Mailbox dialog box appears.
2. To create a mailbox, type in the new mailbox name and click OK. The mailbox is created and added to the Mailbox and Transfer menus and to the Mailboxes window.
3. To create a mail folder, type the name of the new mail folder and check the Make it a folder option. Click OK to create the folder. The New Mailbox dialog box appears again. Type the name of a mailbox to create within the new folder, then click OK. The new folder and its mailbox are displayed in the Mailbox and Transfer menus and in the Mailboxes window.
Transferring Messages
You can transfer messages to any of your mailboxes. There are several ways to do this:
ï Select the message(s) you want to transfer, then select a mailbox from the Transfer menu.
ï Select the message(s) you want to transfer, then right-click the selection and choose a mailbox from the transfer submenu.
ï Drag a message summary to an open mailbox window or to a mailbox icon in the Mailboxes window.
To put a copy of a message in another mailbox (instead of transferring the message), hold down the Shift key and use one of the transfer options above. This is useful if you want to file a message in more than one mailbox.
If you try to transfer a message to the Out mailbox an alert appears informing you that some header information may be removed from the message during transfer. Click Yes to transfer the message.
Note: You can undo mailbox transfers using the Undo command under the Edit menu.
Dragging Messages
You can drag messages from one mailbox to another using the message summaries or the Tow Truck icon in an open message window.
… To drag a message summary to another mailbox, select the message summary (or summaries) and drag the summary into any open or minimized mailbox window, or any mailbox in the Mailboxes window. When you release the mouse button, the message is transferred.
… To drag an open message to another mailbox, hold down the mouse over the Tow Truck icon and drag the message into any open mailbox or any mailbox in the Mailboxes window. When you release the mouse button, the message is transferred.
When dragging to the Mailboxes window, pause over a closed folder and the folder temporarily opens, making its mailboxes visible so that you can complete the drop operation. The folder closes again when you complete or cancel the drop.
Note: You can only drag messages around if the Allow drag and drop transfers box is checked in the Mailboxes Options Window found in Options on the Tools menu.
Creating a Mailbox or Folder During Transfer
To create a mailbox and transfer the current message into it at the same time, choose New from the Transfer menu instead of the name of a mailbox. The New Mailbox dialog box appears.
You can create a new mailbox or mail folder (for details, see Creating Mailboxes and Folders ). When you are done, the current message is transferred into the new mailbox.
To create the new mailbox without transferring the message into it, check the Donít transfer, just create mailbox option.