Rainald Taesler

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.

This is what I Had in mind.

> 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.

Indeed! Only too true.

Rainald