by Bethany Rizzardi, Project & Technical Communications Coordinator

Here are the top tips that emerged from a class I recently co-led on Strategies to Better Manage Your Email. I hope you find them as useful as I do!

Use Priority Inbox to get through your email faster
Email is great, except when there’s too much of it. Priority Inbox automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else, so you can focus on what really matters.  http://mail.google.com/mail/help/priority-inbox.html

Use Stars to indicate a note is special
Use stars to easily mark certain messages as important or show that you need to reply to them later. Check out Superstars in Gmail Labs for more star options. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=5904

Organize your email with labels
Labels work like folders and tags at the same time. Apply colored labels to important emails so you can quickly scan your inbox for key messages. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=118708

Avoid email gaffes with Undo Send
Everyone’s favorite – also known as the Oops! button. Give yourself a grace period of a few seconds to cancel when you’ve pressed Send too soon, and then edit your message before resending. https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&fs=1&view=pu&st=labs

More tips and screen shots on the ITS website at www.humboldt.edu/its/google-mailtips.