Quickly filter your online daily deals in Gmail (photos)
With this quick hack, you can make all your daily deals from sites like Groupon, LivingSocial, and Facebook Deals go into one organized place in your e-mail account.
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Check the boxes next to e-mails from the various daily deal Web sites in your inbox, like Groupon, LivingSocial, and others.
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Select 'Filter messages like these'
Go to "More Actions" and select "Filter messages like these."
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Message filtering screen
You'll be taken to the message filtering screen. Hit "Next step."
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Select filtering options
In this screen, check "Skip the Inbox." Then check "Apply label" and create a new label called "Daily Deals," or whatever name you'd like.
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Create the filter
In the same screen, check the box next to "Also apply filter to * conversations below." Then, select "Create filter."
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Success!
Success! Going forward, e-mails from the selected Web sites will go into a folder accessible on the left sidebar of your inbox. If you'd ever like to add more daily e-mails to that folder, follow the same process.
