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Everyone has probably used it at one point in their history with computers. Microsoft Outlook, a email tool that comes with every Windows distribution, is used to send, receive, and manage email. Some of our inboxes get obese and need to lose some weight, well that's what we are going to do today.

There is a option in everyone version of outlook to use folders. If you have your outlook the way it came you should see them on the right side of the screen. If you do not see the folders bar then do the following: Click View > Layout.. > Then check the folders bar checkbox. After you've done that you will see a new bar on the left hand side of the screen. Here you can add some folders such as "E-Schools" "Emails From Mom" "Emails From Dad" and so on... To add a folder simply right click where it says "Local Folders" and then go down to "New Folder..." Now you will enter the folder name and click ok, you will see your new folder on the left. To delete a folder you right click on it and click delete. To get you emails you want into the folders you simply click and hold down..while holding down drag it over the top of the folder and then unclick.

Identities is a nifty little tool in Outlook that lets you have as many identities as you want. Say you had a Surfmore, Hotmail, and Yahoo account. The Surfmore account was yours and the other two are your children's. You can make two different Identities, one for you and one for your children. Then when the children switch to their identity and check the mail, they only get their mail and not yours. To add a new identity you go to File > Identities > Add New Identity. Enter the name of the person whom the identity is for and click ok. To switch identities go to File > Switch Identity. When you switch identities its almost like opening a whole new copy of Outlook, you will need to enter your settings again for this new identity.