Thanks for that tip. I now have it working the way I wanted. It Took me quite a while to get all the vanagon list emails I already had into the archive. I could only do 100 at a time. Fred On 5/12/06, Geordie Birch <geordie@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5/11/06, Frederich Mertz <braap.blau@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have gmail to put a label on the emails from the list but can't figure > out > > how to make a folder for them and have it put them in the folder. Can > you > > help? > > Strictly speaking gmail doesn't have folders - mail is either in > your inbox or "archived". You can edit your existing filters to have > mail skip your inbox in addition to being labelled. One difference > from the folder system is that mail can have more than one label. > > Just click on "create new filter" and you can edit your existing > filters. If it is confusing send me another email off list and I can > give you more help. > > Gmail puts a list of all your labels on the left side of the screen. > You click on a certain label and it shows you only the mail that has > that label. You can search (with Google's powerful technology) your > entire archive or specifically labelled mail for keywords eg. diesel, > "Jane Doe", (westy OR westfalia), (fryday OR friday), or whatever. > > Geordie. > |
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