{"id":2019,"date":"2012-04-12T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cis.bentley.edu\/sandbox\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2012-04-12T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:58:01","slug":"how-to-use-gmail-wisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissandbox.bentley.edu\/sandbox\/index.php\/2012\/04\/12\/how-to-use-gmail-wisely\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Gmail wisely?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,
\nHave you ever felt tired about the tons of emails you receive every day? Especially those commercials from the brands that you don\u2019t even remember when you gave out your email address. What\u2019s worse, those important emails were buried among your email ocean and didn\u2019t get your timely attention.
\nGmail offers a bunch of functions that you may not know about. I would like to share some of them with you.
\nBasic tools:
\n1.Filter emails.
\nDo you want Gmail automatically delete some emails for you or put them somewhere?
\n Here is how to do it:
\n Open an email that you want to add tag on, click the \u201cmore\u201d button (the one next to \u201creply\u201d button)
\n Choose \u201cFilter messages like this\u201d and you will see the window below:
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n


\nHere, you can specify the email address, subject, and keywords of those emails that you want to filter. Click on \u201ccreate filter with this search.\u201d You will see this :
\n\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Check it out, now you can make Gmail automatically do many operations for you. Choose what you want and click \u201ccreate filter,\u201d your filter will be created successfully! <\/p>\n

2.\tTag management
\nYou might be familiar with \u201cstar\u201d tool, with which you can mark your important emails.
\nYou may not know that you can use TAG to manage ALL your emails. <\/p>\n

You can add multiple tags on certain kind of emails with different colors. So you can recognize different email categories easily, and you can view all emails with certain tag.
\nJust like this:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is how to do it:
\n\u2022When viewing your Inbox, select the checkbox next to those messages, click the Labels button, and click the label you want. (Or check the boxes next to several labels and click Apply.) <\/p>\n

Right on the left of the \u201cLabel\u201d button, there is the \u201cmove to\u201d button, which allows you to archive your emails into different folders. So you could click on certain tag on the left side to open certain category. <\/p>\n

\u2022When viewing a message, click the Labels button to add a label to the message. More amazingly, you can also click and drag a label from the left side and drop it on the message! <\/p>\n

\u2022Now, you can add different colors for different tags. Click the little arrow next to the tag on the left. So when your email comes, it will show like the picture above. <\/p>\n

3.Archive & Spam report
\nGmail provides you a lot free space to store anything you want. The emails in your spam box will be removed permanently after 30 days, while those emails you archived will be stored permanently. <\/p>\n

Click this \u201carchive\u201d button \"\"<\/a>, and the email will be moved to \u201cAll Mail.\u201d Thus, you can leave those old emails there without sorting out them. Every time you need anything, just search inside \u201cAll Mail.\u201d <\/p>\n

After you report spam \"\"<\/a>, Gmail will quickly start to block similar emails. The more you report, the more efficient and accurate Gmail will become. So make a contribution and let more people avoid spam!<\/p>\n

4.General tips<\/p>\n

You can do almost anything you want with Gmail\u2019s settings. Most people are familiar with these in general settings: Add personal picture, personal signature, vacation responder, and so on. <\/p>\n

But there are some settings which are very useful but are often ignored by most of people. <\/p>\n

One of them is \u201cpersonal level indicators\u201d
\nBy showing indicators, you could immediately tell whether the email is sent to only you. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

5.Go to check the Gmail Lab, it is awesome! <\/p>\n

All the functions above are very basic and general. Gmail Labs allows you to try out experimental new features in Gmail. <\/p>\n

Open your Gmail setting, click on \u201cLabs\u201d on the top menu.
\nCheck it out; there are so many new functions for you to try!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many of them are really cool!
\nYou could view information on Youtube, Picasa, and Yelp through Gmail;
\nYou could make your task list and put emails in the list, and access your task list through your smartphone;
\nYou could send text message to your friend\u2019s cellphone with Gmail!
\nThere are too many functions to count. <\/p>\n

When you try functions in labs. Keep this in mind:
\n\u2022They may break at any time.
\n\u2022Similarly, they may disappear temporarily or permanently.
\n\u2022They may work so well that they graduate and become regular features.
\nWhen you are having fun with those new functions, you also helped improving Gmail. <\/p>\n

Go and mess around with your Gmail today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, Have you ever felt tired about the tons of emails you receive every day? Especially those commercials from the brands that you don\u2019t even remember when you gave out your email address. What\u2019s worse, those important emails were buried among your email ocean and didn\u2019t get your timely attention. 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