Knowledgik

Found this nifty little tip on EscapeLogic today, as I was consolidating my multiple email boxes. If you have gmail, aren’t that into archiving, and have a crap-ton of unread emails, here’s how to eliminate that annoying problem:

So, you’ve just imported thousands of emails into your GMail account with the POP function? Well you now have thousands of messages marked “Unread” in your inbox. This is annoying. You could go page by page (25 to 100 at a time) marking your messages as “Read,” but here is the “All in one swoop” approach:

-In the search box, enter the following “is:unread” (without the quotes).
-In the “Select:” area, Click “All”
-A new link appears, Click it: “Select all conversations that match this search”
-Click the drop down box “More actions…” and select “Mark as Read.”
-Click OK on the confirmation box that says “This action will affect all messages in the search. Are you sure you want to apply the action?”

That’s it. You’re done.

That’s helpful, man.