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NO SPAM FOLDER IN MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD

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I would like to have a spam folder in Mozilla Thunderbird. I have AOL as my email client. It would make things simpler if there was a spam folder so the spam messages can sync right to that folder. I don't like going on the web at www.aol.com just to check for spam messages. So please add a spam folder to Mozilla Thunderbird in the next update and by the way, let's keep the junk folder too.

I would like to have a spam folder in Mozilla Thunderbird. I have AOL as my email client. It would make things simpler if there was a spam folder so the spam messages can sync right to that folder. I don't like going on the web at www.aol.com just to check for spam messages. So please add a spam folder to Mozilla Thunderbird in the next update and by the way, let's keep the junk folder too.

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Was a spam folder one of the choices? If so it should show along with all the other folders for that account.

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Thunderbird does not use the word Spam or create a Spam folder.

If your account at AOL is IMAP then subscribe to it so it shows. If AOL only offers POP then that is not going to happen.

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I do have an AOL account. You said if my AOL account is IMAP then subscribe to it so the spam folder shows. What do you mean by subscribing to it?

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From the Menu Bar select File-Subscribe

If your menu bar is hidden press the alt key.

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I did what you said. Go to FILE, then select SUBSCRIBE. All of the folders were already selected; then I hit OK. Now where is the Spam folder?

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Was a spam folder one of the choices? If so it should show along with all the other folders for that account.

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I found out what I did. I had deleted the spam folder; then when you said the spam folder should be there; I created a spam folder; hit subscribe and I now see the spam folder with the spam messages downloaded to it. Thanks for the great help!

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