I guess the answer is that I just kissed my inbox goodbye, that is unless there is a way to have the root inbox "show unlabeled only." Seeing every email that has arrived in one list is a tremendous downgrade. Not being able to see a brief list of what hasn't been processed is actually a problem for me. Thought gmail was powerful. It's my opinion that you might be overplaying the idea of the label. It is not a new concept and is not especially versatile for email use. Its simplicity does not seem to impart any unique benefit, other than maybe saving server space.
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:42:50 PM UTC-6, Zack Tennant wrote: > > You have to remember that GMail only ever keeps one copy of a message. If > you say delete; from anywhere, you're deleting the one and only copy. With > IMAP this is a bit different since it is label aware; but generally it's > straight forward. > > This help article should help you keep things straight. > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/77657?hl=en > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Nick Mirro <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Why were my messages deleted? I am uncertain about how to use rules and >> or labels to get the desired result. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:04:12 PM UTC-6, Nick Mirro wrote: >>> >>> Hello! I have a large exchange mailbox (>10 years) that I am migrating >>> to gmail. Still wanting to use the Outlook2010 app but by IMAP to gmail. >>> >>> In Outlook, "rules" moved messages to folders. In gmail, labels are >>> nice but have a shortcoming for me. >>> >>> A label leaves every message I ever get in the root Inbox. In Outlook, >>> a rule could "move" the message to a folder or subfolder, eliminating it >>> from the inbox. Is there a way to duplicate this somehow or am I doomed to >>> having a billion mixed messages in the Outlook inbox with matching messages >>> in the Outlook folders? >>> >>> Thanks :-) >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
