Not you, but I get lots (incredibly many) emails a day, so I use filters, labels and the option of “several received” or multiple inboxes in Gmail, so my mail is filled with boxes of colors. Nevertheless, some important things sometimes happen to me from the tangle.

Now, Gmail has implemented a new feature, called “priority.” It’s in beta and can be turned right up in your Gmail (marked in red so it is more or less easy to see.)

What is the idea? Basically, the priority Inbox works as spam filter, but in reverse. Gmail will learn as keywords, people who send lots of emails and your habits, what e-mails are important to you. These emails appear at the top of the inbox, so you see them first.

The priority algorithm is also adaptive, ie, as post marks as important or unimportant, Gmail will learn. As with spam, you can do some post filters to automatically move to the major sector (eg those coming from your boss).

Inbox Under the priority, then the emails are listed you have marked with a star. Usually marked with a star is something important that you left for later, so it’s a good idea to include in the priority list, so do not forget to deal with these issues in time. Under the e-mails with star show “everything else”, ie general mail.

According to Google, in internal testing of the new feature is found that people saved 16% of time reading e-mails with this tool. It’s interesting how Google has taken a concrete step to solve a common problem in the e-mail. It remains to be seen how effective or useful will be the new tool, but it seems like a great idea.

Video: Gmail Priority Inbox [1:54 mins]