How do I move mailboxes to the top or bottom of my mailbox list? How do I change a mailbox's priority?

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There are some mailboxes that I use all the time. I have so many mailboxes that I have to scroll down a long list to find the one I want. I would like to have certain mailboxes to be at the top of my Inbox.

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Hoon Park, Official Rep, replied on November 17, 2008 16:17
You can change the priority level for a mailboxes to High, Normal (default), or Low.

Any mailbox marked High priority will be moved to the top of your mailbox list, and Low priority will be moved to the bottom. Mailboxes with the same priority will be organized in alphabetical order.

To change the priority level for a mailbox:

1. Go to the Settings button in the top right
2. Click on the Mailboxes tab at the left
3. Click on the Mailbox you wish to change the priority for
4. Choose the Priority level from the drop-down menu next to "Priority"
5. Click the Save button that is closest to the Priority field

Also, you can double-click the mailbox name in your OtherInbox to get to the mailbox settings page.

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Hoon Park, Official Rep, replied on November 17, 2008 16:17

You can change the priority level for a mailboxes to High, Normal (default), or Low.

Any mailbox marked High priority will be moved to the top of your mailbox list, and Low priority will be moved to the bottom. Mailboxes with the same priority will be organized in alphabetical order.

To change the priority level for a mailbox:

1. Go to the Settings button in the top right
2. Click on the Mailboxes tab at the left
3. Click on the Mailbox you wish to change the priority for
4. Choose the Priority level from the drop-down menu next to "Priority"
5. Click the Save button that is closest to the Priority field

Also, you can double-click the mailbox name in your OtherInbox to get to the mailbox settings page.

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pendolino commented on June 22, 2009 17:27

thanks. works as advertised. looking forward to groups/tags for lumping mailboxes together.
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hfloyd replied on March 14, 2009 00:05

So that is what the "Priority" option is for!
Thanks!
(You might want to put some tooltip info or something next to that under "Settings")

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Phil Gates replied on June 22, 2009 18:19

It's great to be able to prioritize mailboxes, however it would save a lot of page refreshes (and time) if the UI provided a list of mailboxes, each with a priority selection box, and a Save button for all the changes on the page.

It would also be very useful to be able to specify a default priority for all new mailboxes, instead of everything defaulting to Normal.

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Hoon Park, (Official Rep), commented on June 22, 2009 19:14

We currently are working on some new UI for the mailboxes settings page to allow for some settings changes to be made en masse rather than one mailbox at a time. Thanks for letting us know you would like to see this!