Becoming a Professional III: Organizing
email
Use the tabs below to get to each section discussed in class
Use the tabs on this guide to access the three areas we discussed in class to help manage (or at least attempt to stay on top of) the deluge of information
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The tips listed here are for Gmail (for other email providers, check with their help information)
Tools to help manage/organize email
- Setting up Filters
- Setting up Folders (aka Labels)
- Archive (or Mute) emails
- Use "stars" (you determine how they are arranged by importance)
- Check out some of the items under the "Labs" section (under “Settings” then “Labs” tab)
- Keep in mind that labs "may change, break or disappear at any time."
Tools to help search your email:
- Use directive terms followed by colon and then the name of the folder/label to run your search in (otherwise will search "all mail" and bring results back regardless of where the message is stored):
- in:sent
- from:abc123@vt.edu
- to:xyz987@vt.edu
- label:_inbox-vet-med-photo-contest
- has:attachment
- To search within the specified label/folder or to/from options, add search terms:
- in:sent group study meeting
- from:abc123@vt.edu surgery notes
- to:xyz987@vt.edu SAVMA
- label:_inbox-vet-med-photo-contest equine entries
- has:attachment workshop