Gmail's Lack of Mail Folders? Learn to Love labels!

Last night I had a discussion with someone about Gmail and how she was frustrated by the lack of "folders" to physically move messages into. This is also something I've run up against since most mail clients allow you to move mail into "folders". After a bit of tinkering though, you can make Gmail imitate other mail client's "folder" behavior, effectively moving mail out of the inbox and into a "label" by using filters. Here's how:
  1. Click on "Create a filter" at the top of Gmail.
  2. Enter whatever filter criteria you want to filter mail on and click "Next Step".
  3. Check the box called "Skip the inbox", this moves the message out of your inbox.
  4. Check the box called "Apply the Label", and select a label from the dropdown to create a new one.
  5. Click "Create Filter".
DONE! Now all new mail matching the criteria you entered will be "moved" from the inbox and into the label you selected. One drawback is that you apparently can't retroactively apply filters to messages already in your inbox. However, once you've manually moved any existing mail, you should be all set!

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He3 Eclipse Based ColdFusion IDE Beta Released!

As seen on the ACFUG email list:
I am happy to announce that the He3 beta release is now available for both Windows and Mac from our web site http://richpalette.com. We now have a mailing list setup curtsey of House of Fusion for He3 users where any questions, suggestions, or bugs can be shared with the community as well as He3 developers. We recommend joining this list to learn about updates to He3 before anyone else. He3 is a powerful IDE that delivers productivity to ColdFusion developers through an unprecedented mix of proprietary and open source technologies. At its core is Eclipse, the leading open source Java IDE, which provides a superior platform for creating developer tools. This gives He3 all the features one would expect from a first class IDE, allowing RichPalette to focus on CFML specific functionality. He3 provides a number of unique tools specifically targeted to CFML development. Additionally, He3 includes rich support for XML, HTML, CSS, and SQL as well as providing time saving expression builders for regular expressions and XPaths. Further, He3 has built in support for community driven frameworks such as Fusebox 4 and Mach-II. Special thanks to CFDynamics for hosting the RichPalette site. -Matt

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