Labels & Filters

What This Does

Filters are rules that act on incoming mail—skip inbox, apply a label, forward, delete. Labels are tags you apply to organize threads across folders.

Why It's Useful

Manual sorting does not scale past 50 emails a day. Filters put client mail, receipts, and newsletters where they belong automatically.

How to Do It

1. Search for a pattern (e.g., from:stripe.com)
2. Click the search bar dropdown → Create filter
3. Choose actions: Apply label, Skip inbox, etc.
4. Create matching labels with colors for at-a-glance scanning

Try This Now

Create a filter that labels and skips inbox for one newsletter.