Why is Selected Folders grayed out?

Why is Selected Folders grayed out?

Some mail servers only support the POP3 mail server protocol. 

The POP3 protocol inherently does not support folders whereas the IMAP protocol does. 

To overcome this, first, make sure that your mail server supports IMAP and then change the protocol in the Mail Server tab to IMAP.

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