diff --git a/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailMainFrame.wox b/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailMainFrame.wox
index 893c54cb2..1e07c0918 100644
--- a/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailMainFrame.wox
+++ b/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailMainFrame.wox
@@ -219,16 +219,19 @@
     <!-- dropdown menu for addressbook options button -->
     <div id="folderProperties" class="f-dropdown icons-dropdown" data-dropdown-content="dropdown-content">
       <ul class="button-group">
-        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.type == 'folder'">
+        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.isEditable">
           <span class="button" data-ng-click="edit()"><i class="icon-pencil"><!-- rename --></i></span>
         </li>
-        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.type == 'folder'">
+        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.isEditable">
+          <span class="button" data-ng-click="newFolder(currentFolder)"><i class="icon-plus"><!-- new mailbox --></i></span>
+        </li>
+        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.isEditable">
           <span class="button" data-ng-click="share()"><i class="icon-earth"><!-- share --></i></span>
         </li>
         <li>
           <span class="button" data-ng-click="exportMails()"><i class="icon-ion-ios7-upload-outline"><!-- export --></i></span>
         </li>
-        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.type == 'folder'">
+        <li data-ng-show="currentFolder.isEditable">
           <span class="button" data-ng-click="confirmDelete()"><i class="icon-trash"><!-- delete --></i></span>
         </li>
       </ul>
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/mailbox-model.js b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/mailbox-model.js
index 558ef7e2d..15b1ff8f8 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/mailbox-model.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/mailbox-model.js
@@ -235,6 +235,16 @@
     return Mailbox.$$resource.post(this.id, 'batchDelete', {uids: uids});
   };
 
+  /**
+   * @function $newMailbox
+   * @memberof Account.prototype
+   * @desc Create a new mailbox on the server and refresh the list of mailboxes.
+   * @returns a promise of the HTTP operations
+   */
+  Mailbox.prototype.$newMailbox = function(path, name) {
+    return this.$account.$newMailbox(path, name);
+  };
+
   /**
    * @function $omit
    * @memberof Mailbox.prototype