On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My ISP, Wildblue.net, has switched all their e-mail accounts to "gmail." > > I am accustomed to having all my mail neatly sorted into directories > with Thunderbird mail. > > Suddenly I have almost 800 messages dumped into one list broken into > pages of fifty lines. I found a rudimentary filter system but it > doesn't appear to sort my mail into directories as I am accustomed to? > Or I may be missing something ... > > Can someone tell me how to deal with this mess? At least point me in > the right direction. I am still in shock and not sure what to do next! > > Bob Goodwin > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > When I started using Gmail, my first reaction was the same as yours. Where are my folders? But after getting used to the filters, it's actually pretty good. Think of your filters as your folders. Set up a filter for each "folder". Then you set up a filtering rule where possible to automatically apply labels to mail as they come in much like you would have mail sent to a folder as it comes in. You can apply multiple labels to a single message. So for example a message could be labeled "Fedora List" and "Apache" if that message related to both Fedora listserv and to apache at the same time. Having said that you can POP or IMAP a gmail account. Simply go under account settings and enable POP or IMAP (whichever you want). Newer versions of Thunderbird actually allow you to create a Gmail account so it configures the ports properly for you. You can then send/receive messages from Thunderbird and have them saved in your webmail Gmail account as well so you can access your mail on the road just as easily as from home. You'll really appreciate gmail if you use listservs much at all. I don't delete anything. I can use the power of Google to search all my messages, only those labeled Fedora List, or whatever. Jacques B.
