Email overload? Try Priority Inbox | Official Gmail Blog

Google unveiled a new feature in Gmail to assist those (like me, perhaps) who struggle with overflowing inboxes: Gmail has always been pretty good at filtering junk mail into the ?spam? folder. But today, in addition to spam, people get a lot of mail that isn’t outright junk but isn’t very important?bologna, or ?bacn.? So we’ve evolved Gmail’s filter t…

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Google unveiled a new feature in Gmail to assist those (like me, perhaps) who struggle with overflowing inboxes:

Gmail has always been pretty good at filtering junk mail into the ?spam? folder. But today, in addition to spam, people get a lot of mail that isn't outright junk but isn't very important?bologna, or ?bacn.? So we've evolved Gmail's filter to address this problem and extended it to not only classify outright spam, but also to help users separate this "bologna" from the important stuff. In a way, Priority Inbox is like your personal assistant, helping you focus on the messages that matter without requiring you to set up complex rules.Priority Inbox splits your inbox into three sections: ?Important and unread,? ?Starred? and ?Everything else?