On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 18:17 -0500, Jacques B. wrote: > 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. I'm doing that right now via IMAP, but using Evolution instead of TB. Works great except that Gmail filters have one limitation compared to folders: they're not hierarchical. This can get messy when you have lots of folders/filters (as I do). poc
