Organizing Email

You can create folders in your email program for email you would like to keep, but not have in the Inbox folder. You could have a folder for the best jokes you've received, for an event such as a family gathering, or for correspondence with a particular person or related to a particular subject.

To create a folder, whether in Outlook Express or Netscape, click on File and look for New, Folder, or New Folder. That will open a window for you to tell where you want the new folder to be, and what to name it. Once you click the OK button, you'll see the folder appear on the list with the other folders.

Moving an email into the folder you want is easy. In the list of emails on the right, just click on the email you want to move, on the name or on the little envelope symbol in front of it, and just drag it over and put it on top of the folder you want it inside.

Also, your email program can be open offline, so you don't have to use connection time when you read, organize, or write your email. Connection is only necessary when you want to send or receive email. If you are connected, you can disconnect by rightclicking on the connection symbol - the two green-faced computers down next to your clock - and clicking on 'Disconnect'. If you open the program, you should have an opportunity, in the window that is ready to dial the phone for you, to click on 'Cancel' or 'Work Offline'.