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Hi Jack! I think it depends on the e-mail platform you are using. I know for me with Yahoo mail I had to log into my yahoo account and create the folders from there but I did this on the desktop, and when I logged into my iPhone mail account the subfolders were there. My same folders are on the iPad too once you set up your account for your mail. Hope this makes some kind of sense for you.
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twerppoet said:IMAP and Exchange accounts can sync folders to the server. This is what ipadfreak is describing. When you set up all you email readers this way then every email reader can read / save to / and copy from those shared folders.
Essentially, as long as you have an internet connection (which you need to send and receive email anyway) those folders are accessible everywhere.
Most, but not quite all, mail services offer IMAP account setups. Many businesses use Exchange. In some cases, like Google, you can choose either of these account types.
The actual folders have to be set up from your computer or web site email. The iPad will automatically detect and show you those folders.
twerppoet said:No problem, though it remains to be seen if we've solved/answered the OP's problem.
From what I am able to understand, I am guessing that my problem is that I have pop email account?
From what I am able to understand, I am guessing that my problem is that I have pop email account?
It might be. What type of email account to you have?
Some services offer both, so you may be able to go to IMAP and keep your current address. If not, there are almost always ways to do specific tasks. It's just a matter of addressing what you need to accomplish rather than focusing on how you think it has to be done. (did that make sense?)
And some people do prefer the POP account. It's not all bad, just less flexible.
twerppoet said:I looked over their site, and looks like they only offer a POP3 server. That is disappointing.
If you don't have to use the embarqmail account as your main email, I recommend getting a Google account and switching to GMail. You can forward your embarqmail to Google so you only deal with the one account, or leave it on the iPad as a backup. Either way you still get your old mail while getting all your contacts to switch over.
If you need to keep your embarqmail account as your main email, let me know exactly what you need to do and maybe I can think of a way to do it.
I have three email addresses myself. Once you get used to it, it is't that hard to shuffle emails from one to the other if needed. So even if you can't completely switch to GMail it can still be used to store important emails in a place that can be gotten too from anywhere, though it make take an extra step or two.
There are other solutions. For instance an Evernote account comes with an email address that you can send/forward emails to. The contents of the email get saved as a note, and Evernote has plenty of folder organization and searching options. It also has an app for just about every device and OS, and a web page client. You can get to your notes from anywhere you have internet access (or off line if you mark them as favorites.) The negative is that the stored notes are no longer emails that you can forward or retrieve the addresses from.