{"id":321,"date":"2008-08-13T23:13:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T03:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internettipoftheweek.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2008-08-13T23:13:18","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T03:13:18","slug":"efficient-use-of-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/321\/efficient-use-of-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficient Use of Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Efficient use of Gmail (Google&#8217;s free email service at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmail.com\">http:\/\/www.gmail.com<\/a> ) requires a paradigm shift in how you think about your email inbox.  Other email services and clients treat email as you might a piece of paper in your office.  It is either in your inbox, a filing cabinet or a trash can.  Gmail does not, however, emulate a a filing cabinet with folders, where your mail can only be in one folder at a time.  Instead, it offers a label and search system, where mail moves from your inbox to a single archive, and is retrieved via search or by one of the multiple labels that can be assigned to it.   Stephen Shankland explains why he became a Gmail convert (<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17939_109-9994405-2.html\">http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17939_109-9994405-2.html<\/a> ). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efficient use of Gmail (Google&#8217;s free email service at http:\/\/www.gmail.com ) requires a paradigm shift in how you think about your email inbox. 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