Re: subfolders

Thanks.  That worked like a charm!

"nobody" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>> I'm just guessing here, but it appears that I will not be able to 
>> download and remove the emails in the subfolders unless I move them to 
>> the main inbox.
>
> You can "download and remove" them by simply dragging and dropping them 
> within Outlook Express from one of the subfolders within your IMAP account 
> to any of your local folders. (You can do the same thing in Outlook, too, 
> but this does not preserve all the headers). Once you have dragged the 
> messages over to your local folders, they will be "marked as deleted" in 
> your IMAP subfolder. You can then use the "purge delete messages" function 
> (called simply "Purge" in OE) to remove them for good from your IMAP 
> subfolder.
>
>> I just thought there might be some way to access the subfolders using POP 
>> as well.
>
> No, POP is an old protocol that does not understand the whole concept of 
> folders and will only get the messages from your inbox.
>
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