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Email Account Configuration
I have successfully created two web-based accounts in Outlook 2003. The
account I created first appears at the bottom of the folders [also set as default]. This is the one I used most and I would like it to appear at the top of the mail folders. Guidance sought |
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Maurice wrote:
I have successfully created two web-based accounts in Outlook 2003. The account I created first appears at the bottom of the folders [also set as default]. This is the one I used most and I would like it to appear at the top of the mail folders. Guidance sought Sorry, but Outlook doesn't access web-based accounts. They must be POP, IMAP, Exchange, or Hotmail/MSN/Windows Live accounts (HTTP). "Web-based" means you'd be accessing them with a web browser. Please be explicit in describing the account types(s) you've created. Also, keep in mind that "folder sets" and "accounts" aren't synonymous, so "accounts" do not appear in the folder list, folder sets do. I'll grant that for some account types, the account and its folder set are linked so that you can't have one without the other, but they're still separate concepts. Your default folders (the delivery location folders) are likely to appear first and I don't think you'll be able to do anything about that. If the accounts are IMAP or HTTP, their folder sets may appear in the order in which you add the account to the mail profile, but I haven't experimented enough to know if that's true always. It could be that Outlook will always alphabetize the folders sets based on their display names. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Much thanks for the timely reply. I did omit the fact that both accounts are
'IMAP' and the account of most interest was set as default. I am thinking that one could remove the folder of interest then add it back. This action would make it the 'latest' folder set and perhaps promote it to a higher position. If I do so I would ask for guidance on how to remove and restore this folder without losing anything. "Brian Tillman" wrote: Maurice wrote: I have successfully created two web-based accounts in Outlook 2003. The account I created first appears at the bottom of the folders [also set as default]. This is the one I used most and I would like it to appear at the top of the mail folders. Guidance sought Sorry, but Outlook doesn't access web-based accounts. They must be POP, IMAP, Exchange, or Hotmail/MSN/Windows Live accounts (HTTP). "Web-based" means you'd be accessing them with a web browser. Please be explicit in describing the account types(s) you've created. Also, keep in mind that "folder sets" and "accounts" aren't synonymous, so "accounts" do not appear in the folder list, folder sets do. I'll grant that for some account types, the account and its folder set are linked so that you can't have one without the other, but they're still separate concepts. Your default folders (the delivery location folders) are likely to appear first and I don't think you'll be able to do anything about that. If the accounts are IMAP or HTTP, their folder sets may appear in the order in which you add the account to the mail profile, but I haven't experimented enough to know if that's true always. It could be that Outlook will always alphabetize the folders sets based on their display names. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Maurice wrote:
Much thanks for the timely reply. I did omit the fact that both accounts are 'IMAP' and the account of most interest was set as default. I am thinking that one could remove the folder of interest then add it back. This action would make it the 'latest' folder set and perhaps promote it to a higher position. If I do so I would ask for guidance on how to remove and restore this folder without losing anything. You need to remove the account in order to remove the folder set for IMAP accounts. Remove the IMAP account whose folders appear above the one you wish to be first. Stop and restart Outlook. Add the account in again and see if the newly added folders appear lower in the list. You don't need to worry about saving anything because IMAP accounts keep messages on the server and the folders will be reconstructed when you connect. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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