How to Create Local Folders for Email

Create local folders to organize your emails.

Frequent users of email programs often desire to organize and save some of the emails they receive. Organizing emails into folders within the inbox is an effective way of categorizing the emails. Create local folders for email by using separate folders to store various saved emails. Organizing saved emails into local folders allows easy access to emails.

Instructions

1. Open your email program. Open the main inbox in the email program.

2. Look for the function to create a new folder within the inbox. In Windows Hotmail, use the "Manage Folders" link in the left sidebar. In Yahoo mail, go to the "My Folders" link in the left sidebar and click "New." In Outlook or Outlook Express, right-click on the "Inbox" link in the left sidebar and select "New Folder."

3. Name the folder by entering a name in the field that appears. Select a name that describes the emails to be stored in this folder. Click "OK."

4. Move the emails to the new local folder by opening the inbox and dragging the appropriate emails to the new folder. Alternatively, use a "move" function and select the emails to be moved and then designate the new folder as the target folder.

Tips & Warnings

• Create new message rules to file new emails directly into the new local folder. Filter emails into the new local folder by the sender's email address or by keywords from the subject line. Emails you receive that fit these filters will automatically go into the new folder.

References

• University of Arizona: Email Folders

Resources

• Outlook 2007 Help and How-To