This folder disappears when all your new mail has been read and reappears when you get new messages. If you happen to be logged into your account in e-mail when mail comes in, a messages flashes across your screen that you have new mail. To get it, you have to select newmail . After exiting mail, folders are updated. Read messages are moved out of the folder newmail into a folder called mail.
All old messages stay in mail until they are deleted.
Deleting them is a good idea to keep from using all the space in your account. Wastebasket dumps alldeleted messages when the mail program is exited. Selecting folders To move among these folders, use the select command while you are in mail. Type show folder if you are unsure what folder you are in. If you are not on-line it is delivered to a folder called newmail.