Gmail 管理

Five simple rules for keeping an empty inboxのコメントで気づいたんですが、数に限りあるフィルタを使うにはとりあえず大まかな区切りでフィルタリングしてしまうのが有効なんですね。たとえば自分がいくつかの ML を購読しているとしたら、それらをまとめて OR して「Mailing List」というラベルが付くようなフィルタを作ればいいそうです。

1. A noteworthy addition to the filtering of email. Gmail has a finite allowed number of filters. It can be advantageous (it is to me) to make e.g. a "newsletter" filter, as Gmail allows operators such as "OR" when creating filters.

So what I would suggest is make a filter called "newsletters" and when you receive newsletters that are not in the filter, simply add them to that filter. What I have done is created one where the "skip inbox" is checked off and the "From" field looks like this "newsletter@whatever.com OR newsletters@skipit.com OR ..." and I add an "OR new@newsletter.com" when one in not in the filter. Then also apply a label (e.g. "newsletter") and you're good to go. Within a month you will be unproductive free.

I have also other labels and corresponding filters, such as "community", "friends & family" (where skip inbox is not checked), "software updates" etc.. Choose what filters and labels make sense to you based on the how you read your email. (e.g. if it is more important to read your community emails than your newsletters, it would be logical to separate them with different labels/filters).