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Mr.Magnetichead
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Gmail Question

Post by Mr.Magnetichead »

How do I set up sub folders so I can better organise my mail?
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Post by phantasmagoria »

you can't...

you can give mail tags based on rules, much the same as you can with outlook/eudora etc and then you can sort by these tags, but you can't actually section mail into different folders

...which is a little irritating
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Post by mjrpes »

This is the same reason that I don't use Picasa for organizing pictures.
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Post by Foo »

Pop a tag on the email then click 'archive.
When you want to view one of your 'folders' just input the tag name into search.

Same goes for picasa.

Offers much more flex than just folders. Cause now something can be 'friends and family' as well as 'ordering' or 'useful info'
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Post by mjrpes »

My memory is foul. I don't want to be limited to 'search' in order to remember categories.
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Post by Dave »

i just type a bit of what im lookiing for in the search box and let it take care of it.. no categorization needed
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Post by X-R-Cist »

face it gmail ownts
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Post by Foo »

mjrpes wrote:My memory is foul. I don't want to be limited to 'search' in order to remember categories.
.... all your tags are listed.
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Post by mjrpes »

gmail owns.
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

mjrpes wrote:gmail owns.
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Post by Giraffe }{unter »

Setup a label for each group of emails you can create a filter to auto label everything if you wish.

Once you archive your items just click on the labels on the left pane to open only those emails.

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