GMail Priority Inbox

RacyRed

Has anyone else had this beta product arrive on their Gmail account?

It sorts your mail based on what you read and reply to, then offers it to you in 3 different sections, Important and unread, Starred and the rest. Once you have read an important email it sends it to the "the rest" section.

Bit that gets me is, am I happy about gmail having so much interest in what I am or am not reading - NO I'm damned well not, but I don't suppose declining this tool will change that.

This clip explains what it does. http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en-GB/priority-inbox.html

Russel245

The system will be algorithm based, so I highly doubt anybody actually reads your emails.

On top of that even declining the service wouldn't change the potential for your data to be insecure.



So far as the service goes, it is just a personalised method of sorting your emails, as you can see it is purely based on what you do on your account. Not using it is completely up to you, there is no obligation for it other than having a cleaner inbox.

RacyRed

Russel245 wrote: »

The system will be algorithm based, so I highly doubt anybody actually reads your emails.

On top of that even declining the service wouldn't change the potential for your data to be insecure.

So far as the service goes, it is just a personalised method of sorting your emails, as you can see it is purely based on what you do on your account. Not using it is completely up to you, there is no obligation for it other than having a cleaner inbox.

I realise that, but I wasn't happy at being reminded of the insecurity.

That said, the tool itself seems very good. I love having all of my starred mail right there near the top of the page. It reminds me of why I stared it and what I meant to do about it

robt_2

It is only an extension of the spam filter - think of it as that if it makes you feel better.

You can change which categories appear and which order they are displayed in too if you haven't found the settings for it yet.

John_Gray

Still no sign of an option to avoid having your emails strung together in 'Conversations', whether you like it or not...

tronator

John_Gray wrote: »

Still no sign of an option to avoid having your emails strung together in 'Conversations', whether you like it or not...

Use a local email client...

darkblue_2

Every email provider has certain drawbacks. I actually like having conversations strung together. If I didn't, I wouldn't use gmail.

johncalvin2

yeah I tried it before 2 days and it looks good but we need to set few email as important or not important and its kind of filter I guess.

RacyRed

robt wrote: »

It is only an extension of the spam filter - think of it as that if it makes you feel better.

You can change which categories appear and which order they are displayed in too if you haven't found the settings for it yet.

I'd not found that yet, it sounds interesting. Thanks.