Add, delete, or rename e-mail folders

Using folders, you can categorize and organize your e‑mail messages for easy access later. For example, you might create a folder called "Work" for job-related e‑mails, and another called "Family" to hold conversations with relatives. You can manually drag messages into folders, or use rules to automatically move messages containing particular senders or subjects to appropriate folders.

To add an e‑mail folder

1. Open Windows Mail.

2. Click the File menu, point to Folder, and then click New.

3. Type the name of your folder in the Folder name box.

4. In the Select the folder in which to create the new folder list, click the folder where you want to store your new folder.

To delete an e‑mail folder

1. Open Windows Mail.

2. In the Folders list, click the folder you want to delete.

3. Click the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Delete.

To rename an e‑mail folder

1. Open Windows Mail.

2. In the Folders list, click the folder you want to rename.

3. Click the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Rename.

4. Type the new name for the folder in the Folder Name box.