Folders: organizing your mail

You can organize your mail into folders. Folders are displayed in the left pane. Some folders are provided by default:

Note:

When viewed in the folder list displayed by clicking View/Manage Folders, the default folders named Junk and Sent in the left pane appear under the names sent-mail and junk-mail.

Viewing your list of folders

Viewing the messages in a folder

To view the messages contained in a folder

  1. In the left pane, click View/Manage Folders. A list of your folders appears in the right pane.
  2. Select the folder that you want to view by clicking its name. On the menu bar, click View Messages.
  3. Alternatively, double click the folder name.


Adding folders

  1. In the left pane, click View/Manage Folders. A list of your folders appears in the right pane.
  2. On the menu bar, click New Folder.
  3. Enter a name for the new folder and click New Folder. If you want this new folder to be a subfolder within an existing folder, enter the name of the parent folder, followed by a slash ( / ), followed by the new folder name. For example, subdir/foldername.
  4. The new folder appears in the list.


Deleting folders

Note:

Unlike deleted messages, deleted folders are not moved to the Trash, and they cannot be retrieved.

To delete a folder

  1. In the left pane, click View/Manage Folders. A list of your folders appears in the right pane.
  2. Click the folder that you want to delete. On the menu bar, click Delete.
  3. Click Delete Forever to confirm.


Renaming folders

  1. In the left pane, click View/Manage Folders. A list of your folders appears in the right pane.
  2. Click the folder that you want to rename. On the menu bar, click Rename.
  3. Enter the new name.
  4. Click Rename Folder to confirm.


Routing mail to folders

You can set up Alpine to route incoming and outgoing messages to designated folders.

To route a copy of an outgoing message to a folder

To route incoming messages to a folder