Set the Default Sent, Junk, and Trash Folders
How to configure the default sent, junk, and trash folders used by
the WiscMail web client and other common desktop e-mail clients.
CHANGE THE DEFAULT FOLDERS USED BY:
- Mozilla Thunderbird (Windows/Mac)
- Outlook Express
- Outlook 2003
- Outlook 2007
- Windows Mail (Vista)
- Mail (Mail.app for Mac)
- Entourage (Mac)
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x (Windows/Mac)
- Open Thunderbird
- Click Tools
- Click Account Settings
- For Sent messages, click “Copies & Folders” and choose “‘Sent’ folder on:” or specify a custom folder by selecting “Other.”
- For Junk mail, click “Junk Settings.” If Thunderbird’s adaptive junk mail controls are active, check “Move new junk messages to:” and select “'Junk’ folder on:” or specify a custom folder by selecting “Other.”
- For Trash, Thunderbird uses the “Trash” folder. Changing this requires a workaround detailed here. This process has not been confirmed.
- Click OK
Outlook Express
Outlook Express does not filter Junk mail, so it is not possible to
specify a default Junk mail folder. For Trash, Outlook 2007 uses the
“Deleted Items” folder. This cannot be modified. To modify the default
Sent folder:
- Open Outlook Express
- Click Tools
- Click Accounts…
- Click your account name
- Click Properties
- Click IMAP
- Customize the default Sent folder by checking “Store special folders on IMAP server” and entering your preferred sent folder name.
- Click OK
Outlook 2003
In Outlook 2003, it is not possible to customize the default Sent
folder (“Sent Items”), Trash folder (“Deleted Items”), or Junk folder
(“Junk E-Mail”). The junk filter can be disabled through
Tools/Options/Preferences/Junk E-Mail, but the folder name cannot be
customized when junk filtering is enabled.
Outlook 2007
- Open Outlook 2007
- Click Tools
- Click Account Settings…
- Click your account name
- Click Change…
- Click More Settings…
- Click Folders
- For Sent mail, click “Save sent mail in the Outlook Sent Items folder” to use Sent Items, or click the second option to specify a custom Sent folder.
- For Junk mail, Outlook 2007 uses the “Junk E-Mail” folder. The Outlook junk filter can be disabled through Tools/Options/Preferences/Junk E-Mail, but if enabled, the folder name cannot be edited.
- For Trash, Outlook 2007 uses the “Deleted Items” folder. This cannot be modified.
- Click OK
Windows Vista Mail
- Open Windows Mail for Vista
- Click Tools
- Click Accounts…
- Click your account name
- Click Properties
- Click IMAP
- Customize the default Sent/Drafts/Trash/Junk folders by checking “Store special folders on IMAP server” and entering your preferred folder names.
- Click OK
-
Mac Mail 2.x (Mail.app)
- Open Mac Mail
- Click the folder that you would like to use for your Sent, Trash, or Junk folder.
- Click the “Mailbox” menu
- Click “Use this mailbox for” and select Drafts, Sent, Trash, or Junk.
Entourage (Mac)
- Open Entourage
- Click Tools
- Click Accounts
- Click your account name
- Click Edit
- Click Advanced
- Customize the default Sent/Junk folders by selecting the preferred
- folder names from the drop-down menus in the “Special folders”
- section.
- Customize the default Trash folder by selecting the preferred folder
- name from the drop-down menu in the “Delete options” section.
- Click OK
Link:
http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=8235