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Inbox Zero: DMZ + GMail = ?

DeepWaters | Aug 3 2007

Like one of the Google employees in Merlin's audience, I've been a bit of a "bad boy" in terms of how much of my e-mail is from months (years) ago. How can I implement a DMZ-esque system within GMail? Because GMail lacks folder creation, how can I start afresh with my e-mail? I mean, I could potentially just use "dashes" to move through all of it, but that seems a bit backwards. I would welcome any suggestions.

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