Google's Adam Lasnik writes about another new feature in Gmail. If you subscribe to a mailing list and you receive each new message in Gmail, you may run into boring threads that just continue to be boring. Gmail lets you mute these threads, so you still receive new messages but they're automatically archived.
To mute a thread, just type m while reading it. Each muted thread gets the label mute (and also muted), so you can find all your muted threads by searching for label:mute.
Note that this works only for mails that are not sent directly to you, which is the case for mailing lists.
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51 minutes ago
Just pressing the M does not work for me. Also how can I use a filter to apply two labels???
ReplyDeletem should work.
ReplyDeleteTwo labels = two filters :(
Hitting m doesn't work for me too. Also, I wonder why isn't this feature advertised among the new ones and why no button is provided?
ReplyDeleteYou can find details about this feature in Gmail's support center.
ReplyDeleteRemember this should work only for mails that weren't sent to you (your address isn't in TO or CC).
I've tested this feature again and IT WORKS.
ReplyDeleteI also can't seem to make this work.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's a localised thing?
Nope, doesn't work for me and I've verified that my email address is not in any of the address fields.
ReplyDeleteyou guys have to turn on "shortcuts" in settings -> general
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