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Email Folders

Rainmail Email allows users to have multiple folders and organize emails into these folders. By default, each account is provided with 5 folders, namely Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts, Trash and Spam. Users can customize by adding or deleting folders and or sub-folders. In this section, you will look at various features available with managing Folders in Rainmail Email

 

Sl. No. 
Feature 
Button 
Detailed Description 
Add Folder 
 
Users can create custom new folders as follows:
  • To add a new folder to the list of existing folders
  1. Right click on your email address and click on Add folder
  2. The following dialog pops up. Type the name of the folder you want to create
  1. Click Ok
  2. The newly created folder gets added under your username
  • To add a sub-folder to the list of existing folders
  1. Right click on folder you want to add a sub-folder to. A menu pops up. Click on Add folder
  2. The following dialog pops up. Type the name of the folder you want to create
  3. Click Ok
  4. The newly created sub-folder gets added to the specified folder
 
Folder View 
 
The default folders (created by the system) are displayed first. The user created folders are displayed last or inside the default folders. Against each folder, the number of unread emails is displayed. 
Rename Folders 
 
  1. Users can rename a folder by right-clicking on the folder name and selecting the Rename button.
  2. A dialog with an edit box pops up. Enter a new name for the folder and click Ok
Note: Only user created folders can be renamed. The default folders cannot be renamed 
Folder Properties 
 
Rainmail Email by default, automatically checks with the server for new messages and updates the email folders. Users can customize which folder gets automatically synchronized by
  1. Right-clicking on the folder name and selecting Properties
  2. A new dialog pops up. Unchecking the check box disables automatic checking of the folder for new messages. (the check box is checked by default)
  3. Click Ok to close the dialog
 
Mark as Read 
 
Users can mark all emails in a folder as Read by right-clicking on the folder name and selecting Mark as Read button 
Delete Folder 
 
Users can delete a folder and its contents by right-clicking on the folder name and selecting Delete button from the menu. This is an irreversible process and the folder and its contents cannot be recovered.
Note: Only user created folders can be deleted. The default folders cannot be deleted 
Subscribe to folders 
 
  1. Users can manage subscription to email folders, add and delete folders by right-clicking on the folder name and selecting Subscribe to folders.
  2. A new dialog pops up with this list of folders in you account
  • To subscribe/unsubscribe to a folder click on the check box next to folder name and click Ok. Unsubscribing a folder removes that folder from display on your Web mail email page.
  • To add a folder,click on Add and type in the name of the folder in the dialog that comes up
  • To delete a folder, select the folder and click on Delete. A confirmation message ops up. Click Ok to continue
Note: Only user created folders can be modified. The default folders cannot be modified 
Empty Folder 
 
Users can delete the contents of a folder by right-clicking on the folder name and selecting Empty folder button from the menu. This is an irreversible process and the folder's contents cannot be recovered. 
Move old emails 
 
This feature is a useful tool to clean out old emails.
  1. Right click on a folder name and select Move old mails
  2. A new dialog pops up requesting for the following information
    • Move to: Select the folder to which the messages have to be moved
    • All emails before: Specify the date prior to which the emails have to be selected. All emails in the folder with dates prior to the specified date will be selected
    • Click Ok

 
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