Mailbox View

You can view your messages in either a Mailbox View or a Folder View.  

Usage Guidelines

To use the Mailbox view, from the My Email page click the mailbox view button. Select a folder and all the messages for the selected folder appears in the Mailbox View.

To help you locate your messages, you can sort your email by clicking on the link you want to sort them by. You can sort your email messages by selecting one of these column headings:

New

You can sort your new and old messages. Click the New column heading to sort your new messages from your old messages. New (unread) messages are designated with a symbol.

Note:  If you want to designate an old (read) message as a new (unread) message, select the checkbox next to the message and then click the Mark as Unread button.

From

Click the From column heading to sort your messages in alphabetical order by your sender's email address.

Subject

Click the Subject column heading to sort your messages in alphabetical order by the subject of the email.

Date

Click the Date column heading to sort your messages in numerical order from the date the message was received.

Size

Click the Size column heading to sort your messages in numerical order of the size of the message.

Click the Select All button to select all the messages in the selected folder for a particular action, such as Mark as Read, Flag, Unflag, or Delete (to delete all your messages at once).

Click the Mark as Read button to mark messages in the folder as being read.

Click the Mark as Unread button to mark messages in the folder as being unread.

Click the Flag/Unflag button to place special emphasis on selected messages that you want to locate quickly.

Click the Delete button to move messages to the Trash folder. To permanently delete messages, you must delete them from the Trash folder.

When deleting messages from the Trash folder, you can opt for a confirmation message to appear before the deletion occurs. You can activate this setting in Mail Preferences. For additional information, refer to the Mail Preferences topic in this help file.

Use the Switch To button to move messages between folders. To move a message from one folder to another folder:

  1. Select the message.

  2. Select a target folder.

  3. Click the Switch To button.

The message is moved to the target folder.

Click the Advanced button to filter messages in the current folder.

 

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