Google set to unveil "priority inbox" for Gmail

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BANGALORE | Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:50am EDT

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Google is set to unveil a new feature to its Gmail service that aims to separate a user's important emails from the ones that do not get read often.

The new feature called "Priority Inbox" will help users focus on messages that matter without having to set up complex rules, Google said in its official blog.

The Priority Inbox application splits the inbox into three sections: 'Important and unread', 'Starred' and 'Everything Else'.

"As messages come in, Gmail automatically flags some of them as important. Gmail uses a variety of signals to predict which messages are important, including the people you email most and which messages you open and reply to," the company said.

Google said Priority Inbox will roll out to all Gmail users, including those who use Google Apps, over the next week.

(Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Michael Shields )
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MrGart wrote:
You know what, Google? Don’t bother. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Change is not the same thing as improvement. This thing is never going to work perfectly and will just add to all the Internet frustration.

Aug 31, 2010 7:25am EDT  --  Report as abuse
kaceltd wrote:
Kindly add, “folder” options; as in Hotmail. One can then group, by priority or subject matter. I am confronted with hundreds of read emails, constantly in the ‘INbox’.

Aug 31, 2010 7:53am EDT  --  Report as abuse
pkchu520 wrote:
I found folders and sub-folders very handy in organizing my messages but no major clients ever thought of this idea.

Aug 31, 2010 8:51am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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