"Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:9C46BA55-E3E5-4715-86E2-E45E6E680BF2@microsoft.com...
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM shared these words of wisdom
>
>
>>> How can I set my Impoted Email Inbox as my default Inbox when
>>> Windows mail
>>
>> You can't.
>> Why not just move all of the contents of the imported folder into
>> WinMail's Inbox.
>
> Pls permit that I take the liberty to disagree.
>
> IMHO the "inbox" should just be used for new incoming mail.
>
> It's easy enough to create folders for the storage what has already
> been read.
>
> In OE it was a true NoNo to keep more than only a few mails in the
> Inbox.
> I think that the change from the flaky DBX files might have removed the
> dangers given in OE.
This was quite important with Outlook Express but no where near as important
with WinMail since in WinMail each message is stored as an individual file.
However, it does seem foolish for someone to keep all of their email in the
same folder even if only because of the organizational mess.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com