What is a 'hanging folder'?

What is a 'hanging folder'?

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A hanging folder in email, are the folders that hang usually to the left side of the inbox, or whatever application is open such as the calendar or the contacts. It's just a list of folders where you're storing emails. In Outlook, people create hanging folders under the mailbox for various projects or for people they're working with and so-forth. Those are called the hanging folders.