Ditto to what John Dutton says. Labels are every bit as functional as folders, and you can create "filters" that will automatically make happen what you want. For example: if a message is to pianotech and contains the word "temperament", "archive" it (which removes it from your Inbox) and apply the label "temperament" (which makes it appear in the Temperament label).
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Dutton</b> <<a href="mailto:duttonjw@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">duttonjw@gmail.com
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<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi John F,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Gmail does not have folders per
se. What it does have is 'labels' which essentially function
like folders. You can edit or create 'labels' from the
<settings> tab in the upper right hand corner of the screen after
login. One could then filter incoming email with particular key words to
one label or another and/or with a star. If you need technical support
remember that it might take a while from Sweden for the monk to arrive ;-)</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">John Dutton</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Billings, MT</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> John Formsma
[mailto:<a href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">formsma@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 19 February, 2007 07:58<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> managing Pianotech content (update)</span></p><span>
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The downside I see in Gmail now is that you cannot create new folders to store
things in; e.g. a "Touchweight" folder. Perhaps folder creation will
be added in the future. The upsides are the ease of use, virtually unlimited
storage, plus the little desktop gadgets you can add...like a weather "mini-window",
or an email indicator with a preview thing. RSS feeds, etc. Pretty neat.</p>
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