Understanding file management

Keeping message folders

Messenger provides these folders:

• Inbox: where Messenger stores new mail

• Outbox or Unsent Messages: contains messages you've deferred for later delivery or messages sent while working offline.

  Note: If you've upgraded to Communicator from a previous version of Navigator, this folder is called Outbox. If your computer did not contain a previous version of Navigator when you installed Communicator, this folder is called Unsent Messages.

• Drafts: contains messages that you want to finish later before sending.

• Sent: contains copies of messages you've sent.

• Trash: contains messages you've deleted.

Creating a message folder

1. From a message list window (see figure 1) or the Message Center, choose the File menu, and then choose New Folder.

2. Type a name for the new folder.

3. Choose the folder where you want Messenger to create the new folder.

   If you don't want to create the new folder as a subfolder, choose Local Mail.

4. Click OK.

Figure 1

Moving messages to another folder

1. From the message list, select the message you want to move.

   Click a message header to select it. To select additional messages, hold down the Shift key to select adjacent messages. To select nonadjacent messages, hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the Command key (Macintosh).

2. Click and hold down the File button.

3. Choose the name of the folder you want to move the message to.

Opening a message folder

In a message list window, choose the name of the folder from the folder list, then click on the folder. This will prompt you to the messages that are in the particular folder you have selected. (see Figure 2)

Figure 2

Deleting a message folder

1. From the Communicator menu, choose Message Center. (Figure 3)

2. Select the folder that you want to delete.

3. From the Edit menu, choose Delete Folder. (Figure 4)

Figure 3

Figure 4