Organizing Your E-mail into Folders

If you save your e-mails, after a while, you realize that it's difficult to find any particular message because you have so many. Organizing both your incoming and sent e-mails into folders helps tremendously. Here's how:

1. In the Folder panel of Outlook Express (on the left), click Inbox.
2. From the menu, choose File > Folder > New (PC) or File > New > Subfolder (Mac).
3. In the Create Folder dialog box, type the folder name and click OK (PC) or type the folder name and press Enter (Mac).
4. To add folders for your sent mail, click Sent Items and repeat steps 2 & 3.
5. To create a subfolder within a folder, click the folder and follow steps 2 & 3.

Changing the Location of the Mail Folder on Your Hard Drive For the PC

You can change where Outlook Express stores your email messages. Do this if you like to back them up regularly and need to find them easily. Choose Tools > Options and click the Maintenance tab. Click Store Folder and type a new location. Click OK twice.

If you can find a way to do this on the Mac, please e-mail us at computerhelpdesk@mum.edu .