Select the message you want to move.

Open the Edit menu and choose Move to Folder .

INTRODUCTION

Rather than keeping all your messages in your Inbox, you can delete messages you don't need and move messages you want to keep to folders you have created.

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Selecting Messages

For help selecting the messages you want to move, refer to the task "Selecting Messages" in Part 3.

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Moving Other Messages

You aren't limited to moving messages only from your Inbox. You can select messages in any folders and move them to other folders.

The Move Items dialog box opens. Click the folder to which you want to move the selected messages (in this example, the Business folder.)

Click OK .

The messages are moved. (To confirm the move, open the folder.)

Open the Tools menu and choose Organize Messages .

The Organize pane opens. Click the Using Colors link.

Click the down arrow next to the Color Messages field and choose From (to color all messages from a particular person) or Sent To (to color all messages to a particular person).

Type the e-mail address of the person whose messages you want to color.

INTRODUCTION

In addition to using folders to organize messages, you can also use colors. For example, you might apply a special color to all messages from a particular person. You can then see at a glance which messages are from that person.

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Moving Messages

You can also use the Organize pane to move messages to a different folder. To do so, open the Tools menu and choose Organize , click the Using Folders link, and select the messages you want to move. Display the Folder drop-down list, select the folder to which the selected messages should be moved, and click the Move button.

Click the down arrow next to the In field and select the color you want to apply.

Click the Apply Color button.

Messages that match the criteria are displayed in the color you selected.

Click the Organize pane's Close (x) button to close it.