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Subscribe to or unsubscribe from an IMAP folder

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

In Mail, in the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.), click the Inbox for the IMAP (IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol): Unlike Internet e-mail protocols such as POP3, IMAP creates folders on a server to store/organize messages for retrieval by other computers. You can read message headers only and select which messages to download.) account that contains a folder you want to subscribe to or unsubscribe from.
On the Tools menu, click IMAP Folders.
Do one of the following:
Subscribe to a folder
1. Click Query.
2. In the Folders box, click the folder you want to subscribe to. To select multiple folders, hold down CTRL while clicking folder names.
3. Click Subscribe.
Unsubscribe from a folder
1. Click the Subscribed tab.
2. Click Query.
3. In the Folders box, click the folder you want to unsubscribe from. To select multiple folders, hold down CTRL while clicking folder names.
4. Click Unsubscribe.