Folder views in Thunderbird

Pt. 4 of 10 | 2:15 |

Beginner's Guide to email with Thunderbird

Thursday November 5, 2009

Folders are a simple way to

organize your inbox

. You can keep all your work emails straight, your personal emails sorted and your other emails organized. Thunderbird offers a variety of folder options that make it easy to

take control of your inbox

and

keep your email inbox organized

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- Thunderbird gives you a variety of folder views to help you manager your email.

- In the menu bar click on View and move down to Folder.

- To the right you'll see your selections.

- All shows you all of the available folders in Thunderbird.

- Select Unread to see only the folders that contain unread email.

- This is extremely handy especially if you have many folders. Use Unread to make sure you don't miss responding to any emails.

- Select Favorite to see only folders you've marked as Favorite.

- You can mark any folder as a Favorite by highlighting the folder, right-clicking, and selecting Favorite Folder.

- Select View then Folder and then Recent to see folders that you've worked with recently and folders that have recently received email.

- These Folder Views give you flexibility when viewing your email.

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