- Listserve emails being devoured by other messages?
- Discussions taking up a ton of real estate in your Inbox?
- Prefer to review and address them all at once instead of one at a time?
Maybe it’s time to use Labels in your Gmail Inbox. Labels are used to store your emails in an organized way. And an email can have multiple Labels!
Step 1
Create labels to organize Gmail
- Go to Gmail.
- On the left under “Inbox”, scroll down, then click More.
- Click Create new label.
- Name your label.
- Click Create.
See Google’s full instructions for more help.
Step 2
Create a filter that automatically labels emails
- In the Search box at the top, click the drop-down on the right.
- Enter terms to match specific messages.
To filter and label emails from your listserve, enter the email address in the From: field. - At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.
- Scroll to Apply the label: and choose a label.
- Click Create filter.
See Google’s full instructions for more help.
What Happens Next
When new listserve emails arrive in your Inbox, they are given the new Label. To view only listserve emails, click that label on the left. Easy Peasy!
Be sure to check out the instructions linked above. They cover great tools like how to “archive” emails to the label so they skip the Inbox.
That’s the best way of organizing your listserv emails in your Gmail Inbox.
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