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Gmail tip: Use “Quick Links” to help you find important mail quickly

Do you use Gmail? The new “Quick Links” feature, offered via Google’s Gmail Labs project, can help save you time and highlight important mail.

WHAT QUICK LINKS DOES
Think of it as sort of a “Saved searches” feature . Basically, you can take any search and “save” it so that it appears as an option under a Quick Links menu on the lefthand side of your Gmail screen. For instance, one of my favorite quick links is this saved search: “TO:me IN:inbox.” When I click on this link now, it shows me all mail that’s been sent to me personally that’s still in my inbox, weeding out all the “junk” bulk mail… e.g., newsletters, ads from vendors, etc. Other options could be showing mail just from a specific time period that has attachments, mail that is starred but not in your inbox, etc.

HOW TO GET THE QUICK LINKS FEATURE IN YOUR GMAIL
1) Go to your Gmail.
2) Click on “Settings” at the top of the page.
3) Then click on “Labs”
4) You’ll find many add-ons, or labs features which may interest you. Enable “Quick Links” and/or any other labs features you like.
5) Lastly, click “Save changes” at the bottom.

HOW TO USE QUICK LINKS
1) Type in any search into Gmail (in the regular search bar, or using the Advanced Search).
2) Click “Add Quick Link” on the lefthand side of your Gmail page. Voila!

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For those of you who have used Quick Links, what are some of the favorite / most useful / most creative links you’ve created?

- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 16:08 [ Permalink ]
- Filed under geekery • communication tools • geek tips
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Please leave a comment below so this entry is less lonely.

Comment from fceblog Argentina [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Adam, Thank you for this explanation. The clearest I’ve found. - Posted on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 14:35 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Glad you found it helpful - Posted on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 17:43 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Skip US [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	With features like this it is no wonder gmail is trouncing hotmail. When I first got on the internet, everyone had hotmail, but now pretty much everyone has gmail. PS What engine is this blog powered by? Looks like it my be Expression Engine. - Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 5:13 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Skip, always cool to see people lovin’ Gmail . And yep, you’re right that I power this blog with Expression Engine, though—as you can probably tell—I’ve created new templates from scratch. That explains why it’s unique but ugly - Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 11:55 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Kelly [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Thanks for the tip! I’m spreading the news. - Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 17:41 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Angelina Maben India [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Thanks to explan this usefull tips. - Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:14 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Eric Paul United Kingdom [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	@Adam, Really Appreciated Your Job to Find out useful points of Gmail services. I just checked all the points and all are the Unique. I would Like to use More Features updation in Gmail. Thanks, Eric - Posted on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 2:11 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from doipedoi [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Thank you for this explanation!!! - Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 5:02 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Alex Bochum, Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	fantastic tip, thanks adam. - Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 2:37 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I’m delighted you’ve all found this so useful. And I hope you’ve been checking out the many new very-cool labs options in Gmail! - Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 0:51 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Lissa [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	hi Adam. thanks for the tip!... simple! by the way, do you know if there is a way to alpha sort the Quick Links? - Posted on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 16:48 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Hi Lissa, Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s a way to do that yet. I do hope the developer of the Quick Links thing will add the ability to sort or move links around - Posted on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 16:49 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Tim UK [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Adam This is a useful feature. Try this link: http://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#advanced-search/subset=all&attach=true It shows you all emails attachments. Tim - Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 2:33 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Ah, thanks, Tim. Ever since Gmail started using “fixed” URLs for stuff (including threads), the service has gotten even handier - Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 22:43 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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