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Post by abbby » Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:42 pm

Had a shock when I saw the Promotions folder and saw some important mails then went straight to Promotions folder in gmail.

How can we avoid important mails from being thrown into promotions folder? :???: :???:
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Re: Gmail

Post by smoulder » Sun, 10 Oct 2021 1:33 pm

There are actually no folders but labels in Gmail.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Sun, 10 Oct 2021 8:29 pm

Isn't the term folder and labels the same in actual usage? Isn't it just bits added to files to lump them on a screen view when actually the individual files are all over the place on the storage platform? Could call them jars but I thinks another coding platforms already uses that term. Or am I missing something?
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Re: Gmail

Post by Lisafuller » Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:38 pm

You could flag certain senders as not spam or go through the promotion folder and identify the important letters and flag those. The system will learn.

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Re: Gmail

Post by smoulder » Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:53 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:
Sun, 10 Oct 2021 8:29 pm
Isn't the term folder and labels the same in actual usage? Isn't it just bits added to files to lump them on a screen view when actually the individual files are all over the place on the storage platform? Could call them jars but I thinks another coding platforms already uses that term. Or am I missing something?
That's true. It's more of a hierarchy thing. And the way they've done "labels" in gmail can sometimes be a bit clunky like different experiences across different clients. The other one is that you can't just right click on a "folder" (label) and say "empty folder". Finding and mass deleting old emails is another big headache but that's another story.

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