4.3 Getting Organized with Folders

Evolution, like most other mail systems, stores mail in folders. You start out with a few mail folders, such as Inbox, Outbox, and Drafts, but you can create as many as you like. Create new folders by clicking Folder > New, or by right-clicking in the folder list and selecting New Folder.

When you click OK, your new folder appears in the folder view. You can then move the messages to it by dragging and dropping them, or right click > Move to folder or press Shift+Ctrl+V.

You can also drop the messages to a particular folder by selecting Message > Move to folder or press Shift+Ctrl +V. This will open Select folder window, where you can drop your message to any of the folders listed.

If you want to create a new folder click New at the bottom left of the window. Specify the location and enter the label of the folder at the entry box appeared at the top. You can also move the messages from one folder to another by selecting the message and then press Move tab at the bottom right.

If you create a filter with the filter assistant, you can have mail filed automatically. For that select Edit > Message Filters to appear Message Filters window

Click the Add tab to appear Add Rule window from where you can set different criteria for filtering messages. For more information refer Section 4.5.1, Creating New Filter Rules.

NOTE:The Inbox folder on most IMAP servers cannot contain both subfolders and messages. When you create additional folders on your IMAP mail server, branch them from the root of the IMAP account's folder tree, not from the Inbox. If you create subfolders in your Inbox folder, you lose the ability to read messages that exist in your Inbox until you move the folders out of the way.