I do use labels and filters. I suppose I could have a catch-all
semi-trash label where I filed things that I presently delete but I
have a natural tendency to be too much of a packrat anyway so I prefer
to just delete such items.


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:08 AM, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I use gmail, but I still delete stuff. I don't really like the "never
>> delete an email again" idea - it makes it harder to find what I want.
>
> I don't.
> The "labels", which are approximately equivalent to mailboxes, make it
> reasonably easy to separate what from =A0chaff.
> You can cause incoming emails to skip the inbox and have labels =A0added
> as desired.
> You can click on "All Mail" =A0to see what's new and then use searches li=
ke
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0label: ItsRubbish
>
> or multiple labels eg
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 label: unread label:PICLIST
>
> to select desired subsets.
>
> Archiving allows you to semi delete things.
>
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>
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