Comments on: Bacn and Paper Towels http://goldiesgabs.com/2007/08/bacn-and-paper-towels/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan http://goldiesgabs.com/2007/08/bacn-and-paper-towels/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Evan Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:13:00 +0000 http://goldiesgabs.com/?p=51#comment-37 Great stuff! On the topic of Gmail's filtering rules, one shouldn't forget that besides the pre-created filtering rules Gmail offers you can also use the special filter syntax to identify and sort your mail.<br/><br/>For example, when I sign up for a site that I have a strong feeling is going to spam me to death, I want all mail from that company to go into my 'junk' label. I could do this manually by creating a filtering rule when I first get mail from them, but it's easier to just use (using my email address as an example): evansims+junk@gmail.com. Any mail sent to that address will automatically be labeled junk, so it's a bit easier for me to notice in the inbox and deal with without spending time reading it.<br/><br/>You can combine the filtering and label system by filtering based on From: yourid+label@gmail.com rules; so I could, for example, have anything sent to evansims+junk@gmail.com moved directly to the trash.<br/><br/>Gmail is such a versatile tool, it's amazing. :) Great stuff! On the topic of Gmail’s filtering rules, one shouldn’t forget that besides the pre-created filtering rules Gmail offers you can also use the special filter syntax to identify and sort your mail.

For example, when I sign up for a site that I have a strong feeling is going to spam me to death, I want all mail from that company to go into my ‘junk’ label. I could do this manually by creating a filtering rule when I first get mail from them, but it’s easier to just use (using my email address as an example): evansims+junk@gmail.com. Any mail sent to that address will automatically be labeled junk, so it’s a bit easier for me to notice in the inbox and deal with without spending time reading it.

You can combine the filtering and label system by filtering based on From: yourid+label@gmail.com rules; so I could, for example, have anything sent to evansims+junk@gmail.com moved directly to the trash.

Gmail is such a versatile tool, it’s amazing. :)

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