# BaseMailboxFolder

The folder in each mailbox from which the connector starts crawling. The connector retrieves messages from this folder and all subfolders that pass the restrictions defined by other configuration parameters, such as FolderPathCantHaveRegex and FolderPathMustHaveRegex.

The default value, `MsgFolderRoot`, is the folder that contains the Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent Items, Calendar, Contacts, and other message folders.

You can set this parameter to one of the following values:

- `Calendar`
- `Contacts`
- `DeletedItems`
- `Drafts`
- `Inbox`
- `Journal`
- `Notes`
- `Outbox`
- `SentItems`
- `Tasks`
- `MsgFolderRoot`
- `PublicFoldersRoot`
- `Root`
- `JunkEmail`
- `SearchFolders`
- `VoiceMail`
- `RecoverableItemsRoot`
- `RecoverableItemsDeletions`
- `RecoverableItemsVersions`
- `RecoverableItemsPurges`
- `ArchiveRoot`
- `ArchiveMsgFolderRoot`
- `ArchiveDeletedItems`
- `ArchiveRecoverableItemsRoot`
- `ArchiveRecoverableItemsDeletions`
- `ArchiveRecoverableItemsVersions`
- `ArchiveRecoverableItemsPurges`
- `SyncIssues`
- `Conflicts`
- `LocalFailures`
- `ServerFailures`
- `RecipientCache`
- `QuickContacts`
- `ConversationHistory`
- `ToDoSearch`

Type: | String
Default: | `MsgFolderRoot`
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName or FetchTasks
Example: | To retrieve messages only from the inbox or subfolders of the inbox: `BaseMailboxFolder=Inbox`
See Also: |

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