How to "label" the mails, as that in gmail

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How to "label" the mails, as that in gmail

My question is simple

I like to use the Mail in Moutain Lion but since I use gmail heavily, I wonder how to "label" selected email as that done in gmail browser.

In OSX Mail there are "mailbox" that collect all the emails in the same gmail "label". So there should be a way to "put/label" the selected email "into/by" the "mailbox", right?

Now what I could do is reading the email in OSX Mail, but when I want to label a selected email I go back to the browser and label it.

It is so indirect and not handy.

Please advise

Thanks !

iMac 20, iphone 4, ipad.

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 2:57 PM

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Answer 1

stanleyoowa Author

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Aug 3, 2012 5:35 PM in response to wyrmsmaug

Wow I found the solution.

Instead of using "flag", sorry it is not good enough for me, when right click the email there is a "copy to" option.

I could "copy to" the selected mail to the folder I want while leaving it in the "inbox"

Great.

Thank you !!

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Aug 3, 2012 3:25 PM in response to stanleyoowa

Mail doesn't support "labels" the same way that Gmail does.

It is possible to set up your Gmail labels so each of them is shown as an IMAP folder. This is a Gmail configuration preference. Do that, and Mail will show each label as a folder. Simplly file each message in a folder and it will be "labeled" in Gmail.

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stanleyoowa Author

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Aug 3, 2012 4:59 PM in response to William Lloyd

Thank you for your reply.

But, by your approach, then the selected mail is not longer in the "inbox", right ?

In OSX Mail, I could move one mail into one mailbox and indeed in Gmail it will be moved into the corresponding folder. But it is no longer shown in the "inbox". Am I doing something wrong?

I used to just "label" the selected mail in browser because in this way it still stay in the "inbox" :>

BTW, how in OSX Mail "label" a selected mail while still keep it in the "inbox" ?

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Answer 4

Aug 3, 2012 5:18 PM in response to stanleyoowa

Would 'flagging' the email help? Right click on the email you wish to label and select a flag...

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Answer 5

Aug 3, 2012 5:37 PM in response to stanleyoowa

Nice to have a simple solution!

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