Creating default folders to store messages

Default folders allow you to store messages.

The mail program must be installed on your system.

Use the following procedure to create a letters mailbox directory to store messages in folders:

To check if the set folder option has been enabled in the .mailrc file, at the mailbox prompt, type:
```
set
```
If the set folder option has been enabled, the system responds with the following:
```
folder /home/george/letters
```
In this example, letters is the directory in which mail folders will be stored.
If the set folder option has not been enabled, make a set folder entry in the .mailrc file:
```
set folder=/home/george/letters
```
In this example, /home/george is George's home directory and letters is the directory in which mail folders will be stored. The set folder option will allow you to use the plus sign (+) shorthand notation to save messages in your letters directory.
If a letters directory does not exist, you must create a letters directory in your home directory. From your home directory, at your system command line, type:
```
mkdir letters
```

Use the following procedure to keep a record of messages you send to others:

Type the following statement in your .mailrc file:
```
set record=letters/mailout
```
If a letters directory does not exist, you must create a letters directory in your home directory. From your home directory, at your system command line, type:
```
mkdir letters
```
To read copies of the messages you have sent to others, type:
```
mail -f +mailout
```
In this example, the file mailout contains copies of the messages you have sent to others.