[OT] folders in gmail

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I've recent moved my decades of email archives to Gmail and am very happy to
> have made the switch ... if for no other reason than to be able to search
> those archives in a way that Thunderbird or Evolution never even tried.
> Moving conceptually from conventional IMAP folders to Gmail labels takes
> some getting used to, but isn't a step down in functionality. I like that I
> can assign multiple labels to an email, whereas in IMAP a mail can only go
> in one folder.
>
> I also highly recommend that Gmail function that allows you to construct
> filters based on emails in your inbox. Either open a message or check
> multiple messages (to which you want the same action performed), then go the
> "more actions" drop-down and select "Filter messages like these". It then
> takes you through one step that helps you refine the criteria of what's
> filtered, and a next screen on what to do with them. I find this very
> useful; it allows Gmail to move, flag, star or delete anything that you
> might want to filter.
>
> Personally, I found the Gmail filters more flexible to use than
> Thunderbird's.
>

What I like most about Gmail and miss in Thunderbird is it's ability
to thread conversations.

> - Evan
>
>

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Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav

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