How to Setup Folders and Subfolders in Thunderbird

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Tip 1 - How to Setup Folders and Subfolders in Thunderbird | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by coryj 558 | permalink

Mozilla Thunderbird is a light, quick and easy way to get your emails and messages organized. But before diving into this fully-featured piece of freeware, you'll need to set up the skeleton of your organizational system using that old school standby--the file folder.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_4451271_setup-folders-subfolders-thunderbird.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Filter SubFolders

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by cnc 2 | permalink

Applies mail filters to sub folders of an IMAP account, not just the Inbox

For further reading: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/filter-subfolders/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How can I get Thunderbird to check subfolders on IMAP?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Aluizer Malab | permalink

I have Thunderbird set up to use my Gmail account through IMAP. All works well and good, except for one problem: I have a group of gmail mail filters set up to redirect mail into different labels ...

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/57896/how-can-i-get-thunderbird-to-check-subfolders-on-imap ^[3]