The Favourites screen allows you to define a list of favourite mail folders. This list appears in the pull-down listing in the common toolbar, replacing the list of default folders. Once you have one or more Favourite mail folders an expanded set of actions becomes available on the Message List screen.
The first time you access this screen it will show you a listing of your mail folders, something like the following:-
![]() | INBOX | ![]() |
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mailing-listA | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
received | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
saved-messages | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
sent-mail | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
test-folder | Add to Favourites |
![]() | testdir |
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The layout of the screen is similar to that in the main Mail Folders screen.
The top and bottom bars have common elements at the right hand side:-
Cancel | returns you to the main Mail Folder screen, and no actions are taken. |
Refresh | checks the contents of the directory on the server. |
The Folder icon
indicates that the line refers to a mail folder, and also shows the
name of the folder and actions that can be performed on that folder.
To make a folder a favourite simply use the Add to Favourites
button by the chosen folder.
Once you have selected one or more folders to Add to Favourites the status line is updated, for example
Status: Added mail/test-folder to favourites list |
and the mail folder listing changes and will look something like the following:-
![]() | INBOX | Make Preferred | Favourite mail folders: | ![]() |
mail/mailing-listA | Remove from Favourites | Make Preferred | ![]() |
mail/test-folder | Remove from Favourites | Make Preferred | Folder list: | ![]() |
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mailing-listA | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
received | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
saved-messages | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
sent-mail | Add to Favourites | ![]() |
test-folder | Add to Favourites |
![]() | testdir |
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The Make Preferred option allows you to select one mail folder as a dominant favourite. Once you have selected this, the listing for that folder changes, for example selecting the mail/test-folder mail folder changes that line to:-
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mail/test-folder | Remove from Favourites | Current Preferred |
If you subsequently wish to change your Preferred folder, simply select a different folder to Make Preferred.
Having a Preferred folder means that that becomes the default folder listed in the pull-down listing in the common toolbar.