INBOX
All messages which your friends send to you arrive in your inbox . The number beside the inbox shows you the number of the new messages .
STARRED
You can add stars to special messages or conversations .
You can assign stars to important messages or conversations .
Use the stars as a visual reminder .
How to use the stars
- Select the message
- Press More Actions and then click add stars from drop-down menu .
How to remove the stars
- Select the message.
- Press Remove Star.
CHATS
Chats appear only when you use English ( US ) in Change Language .You can save chats in chat history and search for them just like email messages .You can not save chats in anyone's Gmail account , if you press "go off the record" , using Google talk .
SENT MAIL
All messages which you send to your friends are saved in Sent Mail .
DRAFTS
The messages which you've typed but do not send to your friend are saved in Drafts .
ALL MAIL
Every message is saved in All Mail , but the deleted mails are not saved . To see all of your mail , you must click All Mail .
SPAM
Spam filters keep unwanted messages out of your inbox . If you see unwanted messages in your inbox , use "Report as spam" from More Actions .....drop-down menu .
If you want to move unwanted message to your inbox , select the message and press "not spam" above the mail box . And open the message , click more option and then press "add sender to the contact list" .
SELECTING THE MESSAGE
Click the box next to the sender's name
ARCHIVE
- Select the message .
- Press Archive above the mail box .
Archive removes the message from your inbox but it does not delete it . Archived messages are saved in "All Mail" . If you want to see "Archived messages" , press All Mail .
LABEL
To create label
- Select New label from the More Actions ......drop-down menu .
- Enter the name in the text box .
- Click Ok .
Labeling the message
- Select the message .
- Select label name from the More Actions....drop-down menu .
After labeling the message or conversation , you can remove it from your inbox by archiving it . It is saved in All Mail . If you want to see it , you can open from the label or from All Mail .
To edit a label
- Click edit label at the bottom of the labels box .
- Click rename next to the label .
- Enter the new label name .
- Click Ok .
To delete a label
- Click edit label at the bottom of the labels box .
- Click remove next to the label .
- Click Ok .
Removing the label
- Select the message that you heve labelled.
- Click Remove label "................." above the messages.
FILTER
Filter allows you to automatically manage incoming mail . You can create up to 20 filters .
Click create a filter at the top of the Gmail page . Create a filter box will appear. In the from: field , enter email address . If you have more than one , you use OR . Make sure to add parentheses ( ) around everything listed in the from : field .
For example :
- From : ( name@yahoo.com OR name@gmail.com )
- To : ( Your own email address ) soemoew@gamil.com
- Subject : dinner ( no problem if you don't enter here )
- Has the words : something ( no problem if you don't enter here )
- Dosen't have : walking ( no problem if you don't enter here )
Click Next Stept . Edit a filter box will appear .
Choose action ( Click the boxes next to them . )
- Skip the Inbox ( Archive it )
- Star it .
- Apply the label .
- Forward it to ................email address .
- Delete it .
Click Update Filter after you have selected the action you like to take on messages , .
