"Comcast custom folders" means folders you are creating up on the mail
server using the webmail interface to your account (i.e.,
http://www.comcast.net/qry/goto?app=mail). Or did you create these
folders within *Outlook*? Since you're talking about sorting (by
category) and since Comcast provides no server-side rules that you can
define, I have to assume you are using rules in Outlook to move mails
into folders defined in Outlook based on a category that has been
assigned to those mails.
Rules only fire *automatically* when the mails are received (i.e., when
they go into the Inbox folder). Rules are only exercised against mails
in the Inbox folder by default. If you manually exercise the rules, the
items need to be in the Inbox folder UNLESS you select a different
parent folder from which to start exercising the rules. I don't have
Outlook on my new-built host but, as I recall, and when exercising the
rules manually, you had to select which folder on which to run the
selected rules. The default is the Inbox folder. Pick a different
folder when you manually run your rules. Again, automatic execution of
rules only is against mails in the Inbox folder.
julio wrote:
> I'm afraid you are speaking a little above my head. My Comcast custom
> folders are folders I have sorted my emails into by catagory once I have read
> them. It appears the only way I can move them to Outlook 2003 is to move the
> emails back into my inbox, so they will be received in Outlook. Which means
> they will have to be resorted once they reach Outlook. Is this correct? Is
> this the only way I can accomplish this? Thanks so much for your help.
>
> "VanguardLH" wrote:
>
>> And what are "Comcast custom folders"? Some server-side folders you
>> created using the webmail interface to your Comcast e-mail account? If
>> so, Comcast doesn't support IMAP so you won't be able to display and
>> synchronize on those folders. Comcast only supports POP, and POP only
>> understands the concept of a single mailbox (no folders). In the
>> webmail interface, the Inbox folder is linked to your mailbox. Those
>> other folders are for organization that is server-side only (because you
>> can't use IMAP with that account).
>>
>> "julio" wrote ...
>>> How do I copy my Comcast custom folders to Outlook 2003? Thank you.
>>
>>
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