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On 07/07/08 12:50, -ray wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> Don't know about Hotmail, but when last I used Yahoo, it had
>> folders. There's no other way to organize multiple mailing lists.
>
> Nonsense... I organize many mailing lists in gmail. You create the
> filter to say skip the INBOX and file directly to this label.
So it goes into All Mail? I've got a hundred thousand emails...
>> But because that's impossible in Gmail, people give up. And FOSS
>> newbies don't know that there's a better way to organize data.
>
> Agreed... i felt the same. However once you let go of the "but i *need*
> folders" mentality, gmail labels are actually easier and more efficient
> than folders.
>
> To take that a step further, I spoke to a Google guy at Educause last
> year. He said he doesn't even bother organizing into labels anymore...
> whenever he needs something he just searches for it. If the search is
> good enough to always find what you need, why waste time trying to
> organize it?
And if you aren't sure exactly what to search for?
That's why I like proper MUAs, which show thread nesting and have
folders.
> Agree with Shannon... IMO gmail is the best free email out there.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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