Keeping up with Answering Email

[Jean Price]

Hello All,

I know I am a disorganised person but having gmail is not helping.

Some years ago, when I had another email provider, it all came in through Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and I had numerous folders set up, eg DNA, Hodgson, Urgent Answer, and as I read each email I moved it to the appropriate folder.

I don't think I can do that with gmail.

Sometimes you don't want to answer an email the same day - it needs some thought - and I am finding that these emails slip out of sight.

Please tell me what you do.

Is there a programme I can put in front of gmail to do the same thing as my ancient programme used to do? Or can I still use it - but how do I set it up.

Thank you for listening to me,
Jean

[tonepad]

Gmail uses Labels instead of Folders


How to use Gmail labels to tame your inbox:

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3445984/how-to-use-gmail-labels-to-tame-your-inbox.html


Tony

[LizzieW]

I use gmail and  have lots of emails in folders.  I use Thunderbird so maybe it's their system, but I can just click on "Inbox" and there is an option to make a new folder.  I do that, name it and then put in emails I want to deal with later.

Other emails to do with family history etc. I file away to folders I have under My Documents on Word.

[HarryW]

I use MS Outlook partly because I have lots of different subject matter off line folders.   I have three different email providers, one of which is gmail - it works fine with Outlook

[LizzieW]

My husband uses Outlook and gmail and he has folders on Outlook for emails he needs to look at again, regarding Bridge, etc.

[Girl Guide]

Like Lizzie's husband I use Outlook and create folders for particular subjects.  My grocery orders and Amazon orders are just two of them.

[Jean Price]

Goodness Me, you are all so organised.

Thank you tonepad for the link to gmail "Labels". However I don't think that's quite what I need.

I will have to see if I remember how I set up Outlook in the first place, and perhaps I can replicate that.
Thank you

Jean

[JenB]

Thank you tonepad for the link to gmail "Labels". However I don't think that's quite what I need.

'Labels' are exactly the same as folders. Only the name is different.
You simply file your emails under the appropriate 'label', exactly as you would file them in a 'folder' in outlook.

[IgorStrav]

I have a folder (it could be a label) called PENDING.

Then I can look at this regularly to see what I put in it to 'think about', and then if I respond I can put the whole thing into the right permanent folder or label.

there's no reason you couldn't have various PENDING ones, too - perhaps one for orders you've placed online and want to keep your original order receipt until you've got the goods/one for genealogical queries/one for family queries etc etc etc