keep Inbox on Top

alistair234 · 2 Nov 2006, 12:37 AM

hi, does anyone know how you keep the Inbox on top of all the other folders so the Inbox doesn't go in alphabetical with all the other folders

carverrn · 2 Nov 2006, 01:17 AM

You can't.

The best you can do is name your folders starting with a lower-case letter because they are sorted after the upper-case letters.

Regards,
Rich

kzemach · 2 Nov 2006, 02:45 AM

Another way I use to sort my folders is to use underscores, and double underscores before folder names to keep them listed in different "priority levels." Thus,

Junkmail comes before junkmail comes before _Junkmail comes before _*Junkmail comes before __Junkmail

carverrn · 2 Nov 2006, 03:29 AM

The sort order is based on the ASCII value of the characters:

space < * < - < . < digits < uppercase < _ < lowercase

As you can see, you can create folder names with special characters (space, *, -, . and _). Be careful with these, some of them you won't be able to see from IMAP. Also, in IMAP, the "." is used to designate subfolders.

Even though you can have folders named with upper and/or lower case letters, the Runbox web interface considers them the same when creating and renaming folders. This means that "Spam" and "spam" are the same names and if you try to rename "Spam" to "spam" it will say the folder already exists.

Regards,
Rich

50ftQueenie · 8 Feb 2009, 11:56 PM

Hi Runbox team,

I was just wondering if this is still the case or that something has changed in the meantime which would make it possible to have the Inbox on top of all the other folders? Same goes for the Trash and the Sent folder.

It would be very helpful since I have a lot of folders and subfolders...

Hope to hear from you. Thank you!

Cheers,
50ftQ.

carverrn · 9 Feb 2009, 02:21 AM

It's still the same.

Regards,
Rich

50ftQueenie · 10 Feb 2009, 02:03 PM

Hi Rich,

What a pity to hear, but thank you for your reply!

Cheers,
50ftQ.

2 Nov 2006, 12:37 AM	#1
alistair234 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Greenock in Scotland, UK Posts: 182	keep Inbox on Top hi, does anyone know how you keep the Inbox on top of all the other folders so the Inbox doesn't go in alphabetical with all the other folders

2 Nov 2006, 01:17 AM	#2
carverrn Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 5,606 Representative of: Runbox.com	You can't. The best you can do is name your folders starting with a lower-case letter because they are sorted after the upper-case letters. Regards, Rich

2 Nov 2006, 02:45 AM	#3
kzemach Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 51	Another way I use to sort my folders is to use underscores, and double underscores before folder names to keep them listed in different "priority levels." Thus, Junkmail comes before junkmail comes before _Junkmail comes before _*Junkmail comes before __Junkmail

2 Nov 2006, 03:29 AM	#4
carverrn Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 5,606 Representative of: Runbox.com	The sort order is based on the ASCII value of the characters: space < * < - < . < digits < uppercase < _ < lowercase As you can see, you can create folder names with special characters (space, *, -, . and _). Be careful with these, some of them you won't be able to see from IMAP. Also, in IMAP, the "." is used to designate subfolders. Even though you can have folders named with upper and/or lower case letters, the Runbox web interface considers them the same when creating and renaming folders. This means that "Spam" and "spam" are the same names and if you try to rename "Spam" to "spam" it will say the folder already exists. Regards, Rich

8 Feb 2009, 11:56 PM	#5
50ftQueenie Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 70	Hi Runbox team, I was just wondering if this is still the case or that something has changed in the meantime which would make it possible to have the Inbox on top of all the other folders? Same goes for the Trash and the Sent folder. It would be very helpful since I have a lot of folders and subfolders... Hope to hear from you. Thank you! Cheers, 50ftQ.

9 Feb 2009, 02:21 AM	#6
carverrn Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 5,606 Representative of: Runbox.com	It's still the same. Regards, Rich

10 Feb 2009, 02:03 PM	#7
50ftQueenie Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 70	Hi Rich, What a pity to hear, but thank you for your reply! Cheers, 50ftQ.