Hello Bqumgrenze,
baumgrenze wrote:2) How do I get the mail client interface to display the inbox in the Onemain profile.
I think you should find that the Onemain Inbox will be created the first time you receive an email, you could send yourself one to see if that causes the Inbox to appear, I'm not sure but it may only appear after restarting SeaMonkey, it's a long time since I was in that position!
Incidentally, if you create an Inbox folder (which you can only do if there isn't already an Inbox folder!) it won't behave like the one created by SeaMonkey, in so far as the one created by SeaMonkey appears as the first folder under the main account and not, as one might expect, in it's correct alphabetical position in the folder tree, which is what happens with one you create. There must be some attribute of the Seamonkey created one that makes it immune from alphabetical sorting but the one you create, is subject to that sorting. The same must also apply to the other 'system' folders, Drafts, Templates, Sent, etc. Also, you can't rename a 'system' folder, unlike ones you create. By the way, most of these folders are usually created the first time you try to access them, by, for example, sending an email for the first time will create the Sent folder and saving an email for the first will create the Drafts folder.
baumgrenze wrote:3) I'm not clear about the 'standard' structure of the Folder Pane. I believe we are using the term Local Folders differently.
I've always thought that when the 'Local Folders' were mentioned, it was to the 'Local Folders' in SeaMonkey, rather than all the folders in SeaMonkey being 'local' rather than on the mail server, except for IMAP where such a distinction seems reasonable.
I haven't ever used the Local Folders, preferring to keep all my mail in the main account. In the link to
Local Folders, it mentions using a Global Inbox (that is: the Local Folders Inbox which, in this situation, is automatically created) and says "If you configure a POP account to use a Global Inbox, the new messages are downloaded into an Inbox folder in Local Folders, and the POP accounts folders are hidden in the folder pane." To me, that is a reason for /not/ using them!
baumgrenze wrote:2) As I looked at mine and read Dave's suggestion I could see merit in something like a simple alphabetical breakdown that when expanded reveals all folders A-E, F-J, etc With many subfolders, I've found it tedious to file selected files to drag from a Name or Sender sorted Inbox into the appropriate subfolder in Local Folders since they do not all fit on the screen.
When I receive any email, after I have read them, I move them to an appropriate folder or sub-folder, then I compact my Inbox (it's not essential to do this, as long as the folders are compacted on a regular basis) so it is completely empty for most of the time. I have found this arrangement to be entirely satisfactory and don't find it tedious.
Isn't it the case that, with an folder containing mail sorted by date that they don't all fit on the screen?
Dragging email from one folder to another is one method, you can also move them by clicking on File and selecting the destination folder from the lists shown, Recent, Main Account or Local Folders.
My Folder pane is organised by having a folder for every person or organisation with whom I exchange emails, I also have some folders for a group of contacts with the same interest and have subfolders for each person/organisation in that group.
Maybe this will show what I mean (Ignore the dots, they're just for keeping the list organised!):
<>Dave's Sky Broadband Account
....................| Inbox
....................| Drafts
....................| Templates
....................| Sent
....................| Archives
....................| Junk
....................| Deleted (Trash)
....................| Unsent Messages
....................| Affinity Water
....................| Aiwa
....................| Alan
....................| Alexandra Palace (The Birthplace of High Definition Television!)
....................<> Amateur Radio
...............................| Adrian
...............................| Andrew
...............................| Chris
...............................| Duncan
...............................| GB3HV + HCATV Group
...............................| John
...............................| Mike
...............................| OFCOM (Equivalent to the US FCC)
...............................| Rallies
...............................| RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain)
...............................| UK ATV Group
....................| Andy
....................| Asus
....................<> BATC ( British Amateur Television Club)
...............................| Andy
...............................| Brian
...............................| Chris
...............................| Dicky
...............................| Graham
...............................| Paul
...............................| Richard
....................<> BBC
...............................| BBC Shop
...............................| The Radio 4 Theme etc.
...............................| World Service
...............................| Written Archives
....................| British Gas
....................| British Government
....................| British Telecom
....................| Canon
....................| David
....................| DEC Disasters Emergency Committee
....................| EAC
..........| etc, etc.
It seems to me, that having a large number of messages in the Inbox, even if sorted by date, would make locating a specific email rather difficult!
baumgrenze wrote:6) As I delete mail and even subfolders should I see a corresponding reduction in the size of my Profile folder? Treesize Free tells me that ~40% of my available System Disk (a 128 Gb SSD) is dedicated to Windows and 19.3% to Mozilla Mail.
Provided you have compacted the folders afterwards, yes, there should be a corresponding reduction in the file size.
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Regards,
Dave.