I can see both sides of this.
I, like Ron, sort/organize everything into folders and that's just how
I'm wired now. That said, I can totally see how I now have tunnel vision
that this is the only way, or even the best way, of doing things.
-- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ Ron Johnson wrote: > 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. > ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.org ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.orgReceived on 07/07/08
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