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Creating folders and subfolders in Gmail
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Monday October 5, 2009
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Monday October 5, 2009
Many people who love Gmail don't like the fact that they can't have the hierarchy they had with folders. Well, we can't magically give you folders, but we can give you the same kind of hierarchy with this handy
Gmail power user tip
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- First Download
and install GreaseMonkey.
- Once GreaseMonkey is installed you need to Download and install the Folders4Gmail Script, which runs in GreaseMonkey.
- To get the hierarchy you'll need to rename labels in Gmail.
- Take the label that you want to be at the top of the hierarchy and make it first in the renaming process.
- So, in our example we had labels Butterscotch, Greg, Stacy, and Ted.
- To put the others under Butterscotch we need to rename the labels by having Butterscotch first, followed by a forward slash /, and then the label we want below, like Greg.
- Example: Butterscotch/Greg, Butterscotch/Stacy, Butterscotch/Ted.
- Go back to the Inbox and you'll see that your primary label, in this case Butterscotch, has a + sign next to it.
- Click the + and you'll see the other beneath it in a hierarchy structure.
and install GreaseMonkey.
- Once GreaseMonkey is installed you need to Download and install the Folders4Gmail Script, which runs in GreaseMonkey.
- To get the hierarchy you'll need to rename labels in Gmail.
- Take the label that you want to be at the top of the hierarchy and make it first in the renaming process.
- So, in our example we had labels Butterscotch, Greg, Stacy, and Ted.
- To put the others under Butterscotch we need to rename the labels by having Butterscotch first, followed by a forward slash /, and then the label we want below, like Greg.
- Example: Butterscotch/Greg, Butterscotch/Stacy, Butterscotch/Ted.
- Go back to the Inbox and you'll see that your primary label, in this case Butterscotch, has a + sign next to it.
- Click the + and you'll see the other beneath it in a hierarchy structure.
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