GMail recently added a new feature to the standard mail account, "Priority Inbox". At first thought, I was dubious as to how well it would work, thinking it would get in the way more than it would help, but I was happily surprised. The prioritization process is apparently based off of their spam filtering algorithms, just kind of in reverse. Mail from your contacts, people who's email you actually read immediately, and those you send email to will show up in the Priority area of your inbox, while the other email you receive go to the standard inbox section.
It seems to be working very well for me. I recieve newsletters that I go over when I have spare time and other informational emails that are definitely not something I need to read right away. All of these tend to go to my normal inbox. Meanwhile, the important emails are usually ending up in the Priority Inbox. If an item ends up in the wrong section, just tag it as priority and the filter will put it in the correct section and "learn" what is important to you in your email.
As always, I went to check out what Gina Trapani thought about the new features:
Gmail Priority Inbox Puts Important Messages First | Smarterware: "Just completed my first email sweep with Gmail's new 'Priority Inbox' feature enabled, and it's a keeper. Over time, if this mechanism proves to be as good as Gmail's top-notch spam filtering, it could be the reason why you only check Gmail in the browser. (Well-played, GOOG.)"
I must say, I agree, well done Google.
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