Using Mail Folders

Your incoming mail goes to your INBOX. You can keep all your mail there, or you can create additional folders to organize your mail. Because the folders you create with the Horde groupware are stored on your mail server, they are also available to you if you use another folder-capable mail client like Pine, Eudora or Outlook.

Create a New Folder

Click the Folders icon in the icon bar at the top of the window.
From the Choose Action selection box, select Create Folder.
In the dialog box which appears, type a name for your folder, then click OK.

The new folder will be created and added to your list of folders.

Delete a Folder

Warning

When you delete a folder, you delete the folder and all the messages inside it. Once the contents of a folder are deleted, they cannot be retrieved.

Click the Folders icon in the icon bar at the top of the window.
Click the checkbox next to the name of the folder(s) you want to delete. You can select more than one folder.
From the Choose Action selection box, select Delete Folder(s).
In the dialog box asking if you are completely sure you want to delete the folder, click OK.

The folder, and everything inside it, will be deleted.

To Move a Message to a Folder

From Your INBOX (or Another Folder)

Check the checkbox next to the message that you want to move.
From the Move|Copy pop-up menu, select the folder to which you want to move the message.
Click either Move or Copy (to the left of that menu).
- Move. Moves a copy of the message to the folder you selected and marks the copy in the current folder for deletion.
- Copy. Copies the message to the folder you selected, leaving a copy in the current folder.

From Within the Message

From the Move|Copy pop-up menu, select the folder to which you want to move the message.
Click either Move or Copy (to the left of that menu).

Caution

All your mailboxes are stored on the mail servers. Moving a message from one mailbox to another will not reduce the amount of space you are using or keep you from going over quota if your mailbox is full. (See the Section called Your E-Mail Quota)

To open a folder

From the Folders pop-up menu (in the upper right corner of the page), select the folder you want to open. In most browsers, that folder will open as soon as it is selected. If it doesn't open automatically, click on the Open Folder icon next to the selection list.