Everyone I know seems to love Gmail, which is odd, really, when you consider that it makes so many things so darned difficult. One such task: Just show me my unread messages. Incomprehensibly, there's ...

A task has a due date and a sense of progression. It can be marked complete; an email cannot. By turning emails into tasks, ...

If you've used the same email address for a while, you know how easy it is to accumulate an overwhelming number of messages. When your unread message badge count numbers in the hundreds or even ...

What's the number of unread emails—right now, at this moment, without changing anything—in your inbox? That would be 3,487 in the case of Jen here; 1 in the case of Rebecca. More about what that means ...

Are you the sort of person who needs to read and file every email they get? Or do you delight in seeing an email client icon proudly warning of hundreds or even thousands of unread items? For some, ...

I'm mom of three and work full-time. I've tried being inbox zero in the past, but it just doesn't stick. I have so many things to deal with — between work and home — that I don't care about my email ...

If you are like many Gmail users, your inbox is stuffed with hundreds or even thousands of unread emails, making it difficult sometimes to know when you have new messages. Marking all of your old ...

Email is one of the biggest time sinks we all have. It's easy to either ignore a message completely, or to spend hours catching up on every single one. Technology blogger Dbuntinx's solution was to ...