I love the click and drag functionality of the all-new mail. It makes moving messages a snap. But if reaching for your mouse is too tiring, have I got a tip for you. This tip is squarely aimed at all you efficiency freaks out there – you know who you are ;-). Before we begin, I have to give credit where credit is due… I pilfered this tip from my colleague Ryan from the States who writes the US Mail Blog.
This tip allows you to move messages to your folders just by using a single keystroke. Let’s say you have your folders set up like mine displayed here. If I want to move a message to my folder “Accts” all I have to do is highlight the message and type “1″ on my keyboard. If I get my BT statement and I want to move it to “Bills” all I have to do is press “2″. I can do that for up to my first 9 folders.
What’s more is that you can utilize the keyboard shortcut whether you are viewing your inbox, or whether you are reading the actual email. For example, if I’ve opened up my BT bill and have finished reading it, I just type “2″ and off it goes into my “Bills” folder.
If you want to re-arrange your folders in order of importance, or if you can’t remember what number goes with what folder name, you can always rename your 9 most important folders – putting a number in front – so that you are always reminded which folder goes with which number. I’ve done it to my folders here. One obvious advantage with this method is that you can bring important folders up to the top of the list because they are sorted alphabetically starting with numbers. (You can rename your folders by right-clicking on them)
Incidentally, this is just one of many keyboard shortcuts you can use in the all-new mail. For more keyboard shortcuts, you can visit this help page.
Happy message moving,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
i need more room to vew n read my mails also need to see inbox add contacts etc on left hand side of my mail page thank u need responds urgent what do i do to get a full page to vew my mail
Why am I suddenly getting up to 100 spam E-mails per day?
I have been having trouble logging on in the the nights after after coming from work. This sometimes happens when it has been raining.
Ian.
When shall it be possible to forward a mail as an attachment (equivalent to Outlook’s insert item)? When that happens, then Yahoo will be the unbeatable webmail ever.
Hi Andrew – Legendary, it’s inspired me to get my mail folders sorted. I’ve actually done something a bit different.. I set up a couple of folders for daily newsletters I get from my running group. Then set up a filter, and hey presto – all my running mails stay out of my inbox and I can find them in one place.
Pukka.
WHAT ABOUT ‘FOLDERS WITHIN FOLDERS’ — NO ANSWERS FROM YAHOO MAIL AS USUAL ON THIS !!!
That’s what will make the real difference to users on they way they organise their mailbox!
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Hi Ash,
Thanks for your suggestion. We do listen to and evaluate all user feature request that come in. Your request for sub-folders in mail is a feature that, I personally, would love to encorporate into Yahoo Mail. We’ll do our best to accomodate, but I cannot guarantee when it will be added as a feature.
But keep those suggestions coming.
Thanks,
Andrew