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GMail + Lab Features = perfect PostgreSQL Mailing list manager

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I've been following many PostgreSQL mailing lists for some time now, and because so many emails arrive in my inbox every hour, they need organising. Until recently I've used a filter on my email to label everything to and from *@postgresql.org with the label "PostgreSQL", to mark it as read and to archive it (i.e. skip the inbox). That way I could just click on the PostgreSQL label and view all the emails. But I do subscribe to a LOT of the groups, and they're all bundled into the same label. So comes Gmail Lab features to the rescue, namely " Nested Labels " and " Hide Labels from Subjects ". This does require a fair amount of initial setup, but only needs to be done once. Basically Nested Labels allows for a tree-like structure of labels defined by /parent/child/grandchild/ etc. For example, I've set up a new filter for all emails to pgsql-general to be labelled PostgreSQL/General which puts it in the General label beneath the Postg...