Windows Mail - Rules?

I set up Windows Mail to access my AOL mail, but I can't get it to work like
AOL software. Is there a way to create a mail rule to automatically move
mail to an Old Mail folder after it's been read? I like that AOL
automatically cleans out my InBox, but Windows Mail just leaves them there.

Eric

Do you know what " Proprietary " means

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"Eric" <> wrote in message
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>I set up Windows Mail to access my AOL mail, but I can't get it to work like AOL
>software. Is there a way to create a mail rule to automatically move mail to an
>Old Mail folder after it's been read? I like that AOL automatically cleans out my
>InBox, but Windows Mail just leaves them there.
>

I know the meaning of the word but I don't know your point. Does Windows
Mail have an option to set up rules to move email messages for you or not?

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> Eric
>
> Do you know what " Proprietary " means
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Eric" <> wrote in message
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>>I set up Windows Mail to access my AOL mail, but I can't get it to work
>>like AOL software. Is there a way to create a mail rule to automatically
>>move mail to an Old Mail folder after it's been read? I like that AOL
>>automatically cleans out my InBox, but Windows Mail just leaves them
>>there.
>>
>

Windows Mail has a rules feature, but they act automatically only on
incoming messages, and only on POP (not IMAP) accounts. You can
invoke a rule manually for a one-shot operation on any folder, but
there is no way to differentiate a read message from an unread message.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Eric" <> wrote in message news:...
>I know the meaning of the word but I don't know your point. Does Windows
> Mail have an option to set up rules to move email messages for you or not?
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Eric
>>
>> Do you know what " Proprietary " means
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Eric" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I set up Windows Mail to access my AOL mail, but I can't get it to work
>>>like AOL software. Is there a way to create a mail rule to automatically
>>>move mail to an Old Mail folder after it's been read? I like that AOL
>>>automatically cleans out my InBox, but Windows Mail just leaves them
>>>there.
>>>
>>
>
>

Thank you. That is the sort of response I was looking for. I like how AOL
automatically moves email out of the InBox to an Old Mail folder after I've
read them, then deletes them after a specified time maybe a week, with a
button to "keep as new" for the few I don't want moved out. It's annoying
to have to move them out manually in Windows Mail. It could be an
acceptable workaround to be able to delete them if it saves deleted mail for
a specified time period (just one extra button to click before moving on to
read the next message).

I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember how.
Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email providers'
accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would be very useful to be
able to set up rules to route incoming mail by sender to different folders.



"Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
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Windows Mail has a rules feature, but they act automatically only on
incoming messages, and only on POP (not IMAP) accounts. You can
invoke a rule manually for a one-shot operation on any folder, but
there is no way to differentiate a read message from an unread message.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

Eric schrieb:
> Gary VanderMolen wrote:

> Windows Mail has a rules feature, but they act automatically only on
> incoming messages, and only on POP (not IMAP) accounts. You can
> invoke a rule manually for a one-shot operation on any folder, but
> there is no way to differentiate a read message from an unread
> message.
>
> Thank you. That is the sort of response I was looking for. I like
> how AOL automatically moves email out of the InBox to an Old Mail
> folder after I've read them, then deletes them after a specified time
> maybe a week, with a button to "keep as new" for the few I don't want
> moved out. It's annoying to have to move them out manually in
> Windows Mail.

Different on my side: I always keep things that I do not deleted right
after reading in a hierarchy of different folders for different purposes
and actions. So moving items from the inbox to the respective folder is
just the normal action.
And it's easy enough to mark several mails and then have them moved to
the same folder in a "bulk" operation.

> It could be an acceptable workaround to be able to
> delete them if it saves deleted mail for a specified time period
> (just one extra button to click before moving on to read the next
> message).

There is no such feature in WinMail.

> I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember
> how. Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email
> providers' accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would be
> very useful to be able to set up rules to route incoming mail by
> sender to different folders.

I myself have only IMAP accounts.
I can not say whether or not AOL offers IMAP too.
But what for what you have in mind it would not be of help: *rules* in
WinMail are not operable for IMAP accounts.

Rainald

"Rainald Taesler" <> wrote in message
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>> It could be an acceptable workaround to be able to
>> delete them if it saves deleted mail for a specified time period
>> (just one extra button to click before moving on to read the next
>> message).
>
> There is no such feature in WinMail.
>
So deleted mail cannot be retrieved? So I have to drag mail to a different
folder if I might want to save it but don't want it cluttering up my InBox?

>> I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember
>> how. Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email
>> providers' accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would be
>> very useful to be able to set up rules to route incoming mail by
>> sender to different folders.
>
> I myself have only IMAP accounts.
> I can not say whether or not AOL offers IMAP too.
> But what for what you have in mind it would not be of help: *rules* in
> WinMail are not operable for IMAP accounts.
>
> Rainald
>
I don't remember if I used POP or IMAP to set up my AOL. The Windows Live
setup page
(http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/wi...AolAccount.htm)
says let Windows Live handle it automatically so I don't know what it's
default would be.

As they say, different strokes for different folks. I grew up with
POP email, and I can't stand the comparatively sluggish responses
to keyboard commands in webmail or IMAP mail.
I don't mind moving older emails manually to an archive folder
once a week. Actually I delete most emails after reading them
because they are of only transitory value.

AOL recommends IMAP rather than POP access:
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/imap/express.html

However, their older POP access may still work. Give it a try.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Eric" <> wrote in message news:...
> Thank you. That is the sort of response I was looking for. I like how AOL
> automatically moves email out of the InBox to an Old Mail folder after I've
> read them, then deletes them after a specified time maybe a week, with a
> button to "keep as new" for the few I don't want moved out. It's annoying
> to have to move them out manually in Windows Mail. It could be an
> acceptable workaround to be able to delete them if it saves deleted mail for
> a specified time period (just one extra button to click before moving on to
> read the next message).
>
> I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember how.
> Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email providers'
> accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would be very useful to be
> able to set up rules to route incoming mail by sender to different folders.
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> Windows Mail has a rules feature, but they act automatically only on
> incoming messages, and only on POP (not IMAP) accounts. You can
> invoke a rule manually for a one-shot operation on any folder, but
> there is no way to differentiate a read message from an unread message.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
>

Eric wrote:
[...]
>> I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember
>>> how. Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email
>>> providers' accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would
>>> be very useful to be able to set up rules to route incoming mail by
>>> sender to different folders.
>>
>> I myself have only IMAP accounts.
>> I can not say whether or not AOL offers IMAP too.
>> But what for what you have in mind it would not be of help: *rules*
>> in WinMail are not operable for IMAP accounts.
>>
> I don't remember if I used POP or IMAP to set up my AOL. The Windows
> Live setup page
>
(http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/wi...ailAccounts/se
tupAolAccount.htm)
> says let Windows Live handle it automatically so I don't know what
> it's default would be.

What might WLM (Windows Live Mail) have to do with the discussion in
this thread?

Rainald

"Rainald Taesler" <> wrote in message
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> Eric wrote:
> [...]
>>> I did set up Windows Mail to read my AOL email but I don't remember
>>>> how. Can it be set up as POP (or where can I find out which email
>>>> providers' accounts can be set up as POP versus IMAP)? That would
>>>> be very useful to be able to set up rules to route incoming mail by
>>>> sender to different folders.
>>>
>>> I myself have only IMAP accounts.
>>> I can not say whether or not AOL offers IMAP too.
>>> But what for what you have in mind it would not be of help: *rules*
>>> in WinMail are not operable for IMAP accounts.
>>>
>> I don't remember if I used POP or IMAP to set up my AOL. The Windows
>> Live setup page
>>
> (http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/wi...ailAccounts/se
> tupAolAccount.htm)
>> says let Windows Live handle it automatically so I don't know what
>> it's default would be.
>
> What might WLM (Windows Live Mail) have to do with the discussion in
> this thread?
>
> Rainald
>
That it doesn't say which way it sets it up, when they say it will
automatically set up email without prompting for POP or IMAP information,
and someone suggested in another thread that Windows Mail is obsolete and I
should use Windows Live Mail instead.
(did Windows Mail have this sort of automatic setup?)
That is annoying if POP allowed mail setup rules to automatically route
different incoming email to different folders and IMAP doesn't allow it and
providers are preferring IMAP for some reason.
(is there another reason I should want to use IMAP versus POP?)