Hi everyone, The important label appears to be applied when you archive an email, at least for me when I do it with Thunderbird. It disappeared from my inbox and ends up showing up under important. It seems that archiving email is a default behavior for the application of an important label in Gmail.
Tony Hernandez Sent from my mobile device > On Sep 23, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this was already explained in this thread, but Gmail uses labels to > display your emails. The important label is just a label added to a message. > When you look in your important folder, you're just seeing your messages that > have the important label. You're not seeing duplicates of your messages. You > only have one copy of your message in Gmail. > > The all mail folder just shows you all of the email in your account > regardless of what labels each message has. > > I just use my in box. As I read messages, I either delete them, move them to > a folder or save them to reply to later. When I delete them, they get moved > to the trash folder, and they'll be removed from my account in about 30 days. > I check out the all mail folder if I can't find a message, such as when I'm > not sure what folder I might have moved it to. I haven't gotten into the > habit of using the important folder. > >> On 23/09/16 05:03, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone wrote: >> Hi all. I have read this thread, more or less anyway, and just have a >> couple of comments. >> >> When first I noticed this mailbox, it it irritated me! Anyway, I then >> discovered that, at least with Gmail and Thunderbird, you don't have to >> see the box and can just ignore it! >> >> Are used to read from that mailbox on my phone and do it first, so that >> I didn't get duplicates in my inbox. However, now I don't do that. I >> have simply forget it! I just read all my mail in the all mailbox when >> ever possible because then I think I have seen it all and don't want to >> bother any more to look for any! >> >> I hope someone finds this helpful and that's all I can offer on the >> subject! :-) >> >> On 23 Sep 2016, at 01:26, Alan Lemly <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Mary, >> >> >> >> I took the postbox reference to mean accessing the gmail account via the >> web interface and one's browser. You might be right though. >> >> >> >> Alan >> >> >> >> *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mary Otten >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2016 6:55 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: What is the "important" box in Gmail? >> >> >> >> Thanks, Alan. It does sound like this was intended for a particular app. >> Post box, which I assume is a Mail app for the Mac. Maybe it's possible >> to hide this folder on the phone. Kind of doubt it, but whatever. >> Anyway, thank you for posting. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Sep 22, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Mary, >> >> >> >> Following my signature is the text from a page which discusses the >> Google Important folder and how to re-train its intelligence or how >> to unsubscribe from it. Be aware that this information is from a >> sighted perspective so I have no clue whether the settings >> referenced are accessible. The information pasted comes from this >> website: >> >> >> >> >> http://support.postbox-inc.com/hc/en-us/articles/204362930-Gmail-Important-Folder >> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure that like all things Gmail, no actual folders are >> involved. Gmail groups everything based on labels and I suspect if >> you're seeing the same message in multiple "folders", it's because >> it has more than one Gmail label assigned to it. You would normally >> be the one charged with assigning these labels but it sounds as if >> Google takes it upon itself to try and tag important messages based >> on some algorithm. >> >> >> >> Good luck and I hope this is helpful. >> >> >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> >> >> *Gmail Important Folder* >> >> Having lots of unimportant e-mails labeled “Important” can be >> annoying. The “Important” label is assigned to a message by Google, >> based on Google’s adaptive understanding of your interests and >> priorities. There are a couple of things you can do about this. You >> can do either, or both. >> >> *The Slow Fix: Re-Training Google* >> >> You can re-train Google about what’s important to you by removing >> the label from each message you don’t consider important. If there’s >> message that you think is important that Google’s has not labeled >> properly, you can assign the Important label to it. Eventually, >> Google’s behavior will more accurately reflect your wishes. >> >> Here’s how to remove a message’s label in Postbox: >> >> 1. Select an e-mail in Postbox’s message list. >> 2. Hover your cursor over the Important label in the upper-right >> corner of the message and click x when it appears to let Google >> know the message is not important. >> >> Here's how to add a message's label in Postbox: >> >> 1. Select an e-mail in Postbox’s message list. >> 2. In the upper-right corner of the message, you’ll see a popup menu. >> <image001.jpg> >> 3. In this popup menu, select the /Assign Label/ submenu. >> 4. Assign the Important label to the message to let Google know the >> message is important. >> >> *The Quick Fix: Hiding the Important Folder in Postbox* >> >> You can unsubscribe from Google’s Important folder, so you don’t >> have to see or deal with it. (It remains on Google’s servers. It’s >> just hidden in Postbox.) >> >> Here are instructions >> >> <http://support.postbox-inc.com/entries/484524-subscribing-to-imap-folders> >> for unsubscribing from the Important folder. >> >> After unsubscribing from the Important folder: >> >> 1. Go to /Postbox (OS X)/Tools (Windows) > Preferences/Options > >> Accounts > [your account] > Advanced…/ >> 2. Check the/Show only subscribed folders/ option. >> 3. Restart Postbox. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mary Otten >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:37 AM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: What is the "important" box in Gmail? >> >> >> >> I'm not exactly sure when this folder turned up. It could be, that >> it has been there for a long time. But I see that it has a lot of >> messages in it. Some of them seem to be duplicates that her and >> other folders, but I'm not sure about all. And if they are >> duplicates, I don't need them twice. Anyway, if somebody knows how >> to get rid of it or how to keep it from filling up, that would be great. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Sep 22, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Rajmund <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Mary, this folder, for me, was there even before I got an IOS >> device. Not too sure whether you can get rid of it, and if so, >> how, or what's it's purpose. >> >> >> >> Sent from a Braille Sense >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mary Otten <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: VIPhone 'ChalmersAS' via <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:54 pm >> Subject: What is the "important" box in Gmail? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have noticed that I have a box in my Gmail account called >> "important". I never set this up, nor did I specifically >> flag messages or senders whose posts should be put there. >> Yet I have something like 200 messages in this box.. How did >> that happen? How can I stop that? 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