<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" id="mail-labels"> <info> <desc>Use labels to categorize your mail while keeping it in their folders.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="mail-organizing#advanced"/> <link type="seealso" xref="using-categories"/> <revision pkgversion="3.0.2" version="0.3" date="2011-07-30" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> <title>Using Labels</title> <p>You can add colored labels to emails in order to categorize them. This is similar to <link xref="using-categories">Categories</link> in the other Evolution windows.</p> <p>You can search for messages with specific labels by using the <link xref="mail-searching">quick search dropdown</link>. Also, <link xref="mail-search-folders">search folders</link> can be created based on labels.</p> <!-- TODO: Update once https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269852 is FIXED --> <section id="add"> <title>Adding a label to a message</title> <p>To assign a label to a message, right-click the message, click <gui>Label</gui>, and choose the label to apply.</p> <p>You can also quickly add a new label by choosing <gui>New Label</gui>.</p> </section> <section id="manage"> <title>Managing labels</title> <p>You can add, edit and delete all labels under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Preferences</gui><gui>Labels</gui></guiseq>. Note that you cannot remove the default labels.</p> </section> </page>