how do I create a Mailbox?
I have mailboxes in Eudora. Where are mailboxes in Thunderbird?
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Perhaps you mean you want to create a new folder in your mail account, so you can move emails from Inbox into that folder.
Right click on mail account name in left Folder Pane and select 'New Folder'. Give folder a name. click on 'Create Folder' button.
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They are called accounts in Thunderbird. File|New|Existing Mail Account is the usual route to add a new one.
Use alt or F10 to show a menu if you don't have one, or look under "New Message" in the horrible Application Menu behind the hamburger button.
I don't want a new account - which is what File>new>existing is asking me to implement. I want a new mailbox in my existing account in order to deposit desired messages - just like in Eudora.
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Perhaps you mean you want to create a new folder in your mail account, so you can move emails from Inbox into that folder.
Right click on mail account name in left Folder Pane and select 'New Folder'. Give folder a name. click on 'Create Folder' button.
When I get an e-mail message from a sender which I intend to be in a specific folder - can this e-mail automatically enter the intended folder - like in Eudora?
either Via 'Menu Bar'
- 'Tools' > 'Message Filters'
OR via 'Mail Toolbar'
- 'Menu icon' > 'Message filters' > 'Message filters'
filters for: select the mail account name click on 'New'
Give filter a suitable name. Select 'Getting new Mail' and 'filter before Junk Classification'
If only one condition or you need all conditions to be true then: select: 'Match all of the following'
If you need to enter more than one condition but any of them could be true: Select; 'Match any of the following'
'From' and 'Contains' and email address If more than one email address, say you want emails from two people to go into folder, click on small + sign to create a new line. 'From' and 'Contains' and email address of second person
Perform these actions: 'Move Message To' and click on 'Choose folder' select the mail account name and choose the folder. click on OK
Now enable filter in list by putting a check in the checkbox.
Message filters run in the order listed. So if an email has been moved etc due to a previous filter action then the following filters will not pick up the 'moved' email.
click on OK Next time you receive new mail from those email addresses, the filter will auto check and move email into the specified folder.