# Moving email messages into Delta

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458 "2021-02-05T20:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Pasty)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/1 "2021-02-05T20:54:46Z")

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I forwarded a message to someone from an email client. I then received a reply, but although this person was a delta chat contact, the email did not appear there in the Delta Chat app. I think that is expected as it was not initiated in delta chat. So I went to my email client and moved the email into the folder ‘DeltaChat’ and marked it as unread. That appeared to work, it then became available in Delta Chat. But I wonder if that will break things for Delta Chat in some way?

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**Author:** ![Gh0stz](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/gh0stz/32/851_2.png) [@Gh0stz](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Gh0stz)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/2 "2021-02-06T11:30:17Z")

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I don’t think it will cause any problems on Delta Chat.  
Couldn’t see the email because you read it from another client?  
Did you set “Check Inbox” to DC?

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**Author:** ![Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Pasty)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/3 "2021-02-06T17:22:14Z")

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I cannot remember now. I don’t see an option called “check inbox”. I am using android 10 and gmail, delta chat 1.14.5

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**Author:** ![Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Simon)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/4 "2021-02-06T19:42:10Z")

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> [@Pasty](#):
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> I don’t see an option called “check inbox”.

settings → advanced → imap folder settings

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**Author:** ![Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@Pasty](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Pasty)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/5 "2021-02-10T14:41:54Z")

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I see a setting called “watch inbox folder” which is set to on. It only has on or off.

Also there is a “watch deltachat folder” which is on.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/moving-email-messages-into-delta/1458/6 "2026-10-06T15:02:54Z")

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