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What is the Folder Pre-Choice option and what does it do?


The main purpose of this feature is so that mail gets pre-sorted into folders by
our mail system without the need of defining filters in your mail client.

When the feature "Folder Pre-Choice" is activated for a mail address you can add a
plus symbol, "+", followed by the name of the target folder to the local part of the
mail address. Mail will then be delivered to the IMAP folder instead of the Inbox.

For example, you have the address "mail@yourdomain" and activate this feature.
Then when you subscribe to a newsletter from, for example, Amazon, you can simply
give them the mail address "mail+amazon@yourdomain". Now any mail that is sent to
mail+amazon@yourdomain will be automatically delivered directly to the folder you
have created called "amazon". Do the same for eBay (mail+ebay@yourdomain), 1&1
(mail+1and1@yourdomain) and so on, and you will have a very nice and tidy mailbox.

Please note: The folder must have been created before via IMAP or WebMail.

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