Quick Tip: Give your email folder a custom name

By Adam Zeis on 28 Jul 2010 11:09 am

If you have trouble keeping your email folders straight, or just get tired of looking at jumbles of email addresses, this one's for you. In BlackBerry OS 5.0 you have the option to give a custom name to your email folder using the Manage Internet Email service. While these settings let you add, delete and tweak your email addresses, there is an often overlooked setting in the mix. While editing your address, you can choose an email account name that will show on your device homescreen. So instead of showing user@gmail.com you can have it display Adam's Email or Primary Email or whatever works for you. Just a cool feature to help keep things clean and organized. To check it out, head to the Manage Internet Email icon on your device and then choose (or add) an email address to edit, and simply enter a custom name into the "Email account name" field - thats it!

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57 comments

jcrdz Jul 28, 2010 at 11:13 am

1st!!!! Just saying, I knew that!

Pathtek4 Jul 28, 2010 at 2:12 pm

Anyways, had no idea, so thanks for the heads up!

dixon11 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:15 am

You can also do this by logging on to your carriers BIS from your computer.

webmastir Jul 29, 2010 at 8:28 am

which never works! every tried this on verizon's bis login? doesn't work.

blueyestm Jul 28, 2010 at 11:18 am

didnt know this - now i have to find that manage internet icon, i hide everything lol

nope don't find it :/

bruiser615 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 am

i had no idea i can do this , nice find adam...thanks

hornakapopolis Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 am

...not Manage Internet Email.

Hopefully, that helps you find it.

jonp Jul 28, 2010 at 7:58 pm

for me too

elvin1983 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:24 am

I didn't know I could do this... not too shabby!

Datwood2009 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:26 am

Where is the Manage Internet Email icon located? Or what does it look like because I can't seem to find it.

sweetlittlehugs Jul 28, 2010 at 12:15 pm

On my phone the icon says "email settings". Look for that

BBFTW88 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:33 am

Did this, and my hotmail icon updated to the new one with the orange envelope at the same time!

jlb21 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:40 am

Yup. Got the Yahoo icon back for my yahoo mail. Though I presume that the next time I boot or BP, that my theme will kick back in with the mail icons from the theme. No biggie.

jlb21 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:46 am

Then again, maybe it will stay. Perhaps the theme is looking for "@yahoo.com" to tell it that it is an email and should have the theme's mail icon. If so, maybe changing the name break's that link and allows the BIS setting/icon to stay.

Testing out right now with a Bat Pull.

jlb21 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:53 am

Battery Pull caused the theme's setting to come back into effect. Again, no biggie, but I wish there was a way to override a theme's setting for the icon, short of having the developer update the theme to allow the stock icon (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc.....).

teddyp6 Jul 28, 2010 at 11:37 am

Cool, never even thought about renaming the folders. I think it is a lot easier to do it through your Email setup icon(BIS) from your phone.

blueyestm Jul 28, 2010 at 11:38 am

I logged into my BIS acct online and changed it from there, didn't realize that was an option

CurlyFatAngry Jul 28, 2010 at 11:38 am

I like the wallpaper :)

artie Jul 28, 2010 at 11:48 am

Thank you,
learn something new every day.

yogi Jul 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm

Hey thats a good idea.

laollis Jul 28, 2010 at 12:11 pm

I can't find that option. Where is it?

yogi Jul 28, 2010 at 12:15 pm

...AWESOME, GREAT, WOW.

diegonei Jul 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm

I cant believe I missed that! Thanks for the tip!

SCrid2000 Jul 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm

Hhahaha, LOVE the homescreen!

yogi Jul 28, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Go to SETUP, EMAIL SETTING, click log in, clock on your register email. After that you will see email account name, change it, after save. Your done.

eggnoodle Jul 28, 2010 at 12:28 pm

I went to Setup>Manage Internet Email>select email account>
Edit>Email account name>Save. Nothing changed. My homescreen still shows name@gmail.com. Any suggestions? comments?

Meeks3479 Jul 28, 2010 at 12:33 pm

Having four email addresses going to my beautiful blackberry can be very tedious; however, changing the names to simple one word phrases (i.e. Blackberry, Personal, School and Work) makes it a snap to organize! Thanks! Can't wait to go home and show my husband!

trees247 Jul 28, 2010 at 12:43 pm

You can do this too just did it with my curve tmo

l.a.rossmann Jul 28, 2010 at 12:44 pm

I might actually go back to owning a BlackBerry and make use of this!

Smoky311 Jul 28, 2010 at 12:46 pm

Its a cool tip, but even cooler would be finding that background somewhere!

GeekInTraining Jul 28, 2010 at 12:47 pm

Got my Yahoo icon back too! Thanks for the tip!

msaxena18 Jul 28, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Hey eggnoodle, I did the same exact thing and it didnt work at first. The thing is after you save, you have to verify your email account on the next screen by putting in your email password after you hit "save" when u change your email name.

Hope that helps! Mine worked after that..good luck!

eggnoodle Jul 28, 2010 at 1:10 pm

Msaxena18 - that worked! THANKS!!!

msaxena18 Jul 28, 2010 at 1:33 pm

no prob!

candrusiak Jul 28, 2010 at 1:10 pm

I need that homescreen image! Where can I find it?

dlovell3 Jul 28, 2010 at 1:23 pm

Can we get that Home screen please.

shaleem Jul 28, 2010 at 1:31 pm

I learn something every day on this site! Got my Yahoo and Hotmail icons back too. I love it.

brindaarnold Jul 28, 2010 at 1:49 pm

I love it when I learn something new!!

g_dark20 Jul 28, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Muy buen dato.

Zipper Jul 28, 2010 at 2:46 pm

Hey Adam, thanks allot for this little trick, I don't know why I didn't even think to look for that. Now it's even cleaner looking. :)

Also to note my icon name to do this is like allot of others, it's called "email settings" and go from there. Just an FYI

Cheers mate

hbalagh Jul 28, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Thank you, I didn't know I could do this, i prefer it over showing my actual email address :)

geoffjphoto Jul 28, 2010 at 3:24 pm

If you just google "planet express", then click on images...you will find it...

justineporter Jul 28, 2010 at 3:35 pm

I didn't know this.
But I like my mail folder,
and keeping my email folders off my home screen.

Mojave Jul 28, 2010 at 4:07 pm

This is so cool. Love these neat little tricks. I also hated having my whole email address showing on my home screen. Great tip!!!! Thank you!!!!!

smrtmunchkin Jul 28, 2010 at 5:44 pm

This is a handy tip! Thanks very much!

dmarcus48 Jul 28, 2010 at 6:15 pm

The first thing I do when I get a new theme or phone is create folders for email accts, maps, browsers, stuff, etc. All my individual email accounts go into the email accts folder, all the junk verizon sends down goes into my "stuff" folder, etc. You already have the messages folder to look at all you email anyway.

xscionB Jul 28, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Where'd you snag that background? I NEED IT! lol Thanks

KTJPSY Jul 28, 2010 at 8:06 pm

Very cool!! I wish I'd known about this sooner. CrackBerry needs to publish a book with all of these little known tips and tricks. I'm constantly learning everyday I come to this site.