Andy, You don't need to create labels for categories. Categories are already defined as "labels" which can be displayed in the left sidebar. If you go to settings/labels, you'll see that they list first the system labels, then categories, then circles, then user-defined labels.
Kenneth On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes i can create my own filters, and that is what i did. But i don't >> benefit from the automatic filtering anymore. I have to manually select >> each mail and apply a filter. > > > This doesn't make sense. Filters always happen automatically. Plus I > don't think there is a way to "apply a filter". > > Maybe you meant to write "labels" instead of "filters"? > > I think you can create filters to make Categories also show up as Labels > too. Create a filter, and in the "Has the words" field, type > "category:promotions" (or whatever). Then for an action, have the filter > give it an appropriate Label. > > FYI, I don't use Categories, either the old (Lab) or new version. > > Andy > > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
