E-mail Folders

Most people seem to keep all their e-mail in their inbox. However, after a year or two, it becomes an unorganized mess.  Here's a suggestion on how to better manage your inbox (and also applies to sent mail).

The answer, in additon to deleting mail you really don't need, is to create folders!

We'll use an example that creates a new folder for you to keep the computer tips newsletters we send out.

For Outlook Express (other e-mail clients work in a similar manner):

First, you have to have your "view" set properly. Here's how to do that:

1. Click the View menu, Layout...

2. Make sure the "Folder List" checkbox is checked.

OK, Now here's how to create more folders:

1. Right-Click the "Local Folders" folder (it's at the top of the "folders" window). Select New Folder.

2. You'll be presented with a screen where you can name your folder. Type in "Computer Tips" (or whatever you would like to call your new folder) and click OK.

That's it! You have a new folder where you can keep all these little nuggets of computer knowledge I send along to you. After you're done reading an issue that you would like to hang on to, just drag it to that folder. To view the messages in a folder, just click the folder. You can have as many of these little folders as you like.  You can create folders within folders too.