Wanted: Smarter Gmail filtering
Kevin Day, February 20th, 2008A while ago when I first saw Gmail’s option for “Filter messages like these,” I thought that it would use Bayesian statistics to automatically determine which category an email falls into. I was disappointed that it just starts the filter menu with the “To” field pre-populated.
Joel Spolsky mentioned that his company’s software filters email that way and it works effectively.
It just seems like a lot more Google-like way of organizing things rather than filtering based on To/From addresses.
Yes, agreed.
I’d even settle for filters that learn and guess how I file things based on To/From, rather than me having to instruct it manually.
The decision is extremely straightforward most of the time.
- Jeff Schuler, February 21st, 2008, 12:29 pmLeave a Reply
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