# Favourites

The Favourites screen allows you to define a list of favourite mail folders. This list appears in the pull-down listing in the common toolbar, replacing the list of default folders. Once you have one or more Favourite mail folders an expanded set of actions becomes available on the Message List screen.

The first time you access this screen it will show you a listing of your mail folders, something like the following:-

## Favourite mail folders

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INBOX |  |  | saved-messages | Add to Favourites |
sent-mail | Add to Favourites |  |
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testdir |  |  |

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The layout of the screen is similar to that in the main Mail Folders screen.

Cancel | returns you to the main Mail Folder screen, and no actions are taken.
Refresh | checks the contents of the directory on the server.

Use to expand collapsed directories.

## Selecting favourites

The Folder icon indicates that the line refers to a mail folder, and also shows the name of the folder and actions that can be performed on that folder. To make a folder a favourite simply use the Add to Favourites button by the chosen folder.

## Using favourites

Once you have selected one or more folders to Add to Favourites the status line is updated, for example

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Status: Added mail/test-folder to favourites list

and the mail folder listing changes and will look something like the following:-

## Favourite mail folders

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INBOX | Make Preferred |
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Favourite mail folders: |  |  |  | mail/mailing-listA | Remove from Favourites | Make Preferred | mail/test-folder | Remove from Favourites | Make Preferred | Folder list: |  |  |  | mailing-listA | Add to Favourites |  | received | Add to Favourites |  | saved-messages | Add to Favourites |  | sent-mail | Add to Favourites |  | test-folder | Add to Favourites |  | testdir |  |

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The Make Preferred option allows you to select one mail folder as a dominant favourite. Once you have selected this, the listing for that folder changes, for example selecting the mail/test-folder mail folder changes that line to:-

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| mail/test-folder | Remove from Favourites | Current Preferred

If you subsequently wish to change your Preferred folder, simply select a different folder to Make Preferred.

Having a Preferred folder means that that becomes the default folder listed in the pull-down listing in the common toolbar.