[Hidden-tech] Gmail question

[Shel Horowitz]

Thanks so much, Jeff, Aaron, and especially Ted. It was very helpful to see
you click the Apply button, which I hadn't noticed. Problem solved!

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On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:34 PM Aaron E-J via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> You could also use an email client like Mozilla Thunderbird.  That would
> probably be easiest, although getting all your Gmail contacts into
> Thunderbird requires an extension (TdSync with Provider for CalDAV &
> CardDAV is the extention I use). One you have it there, it is easy to
> manage lists. Probably other email clients have similar things.
>
> Aaron E-J
> The Other Realm LLChttp://otherrealm.orghttp://theotherrealm.org (Blog)
>
> On 2020-05-10 11:05 AM, Jeff Lee via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> Hi Shel.  I found Gmail labels useful when I was helping to manage the
> email list for our local school parent association.
>
> Once you’ve created a contact in contacts.google.com, double-click it.
> Then click on the 3 vertical dots in the upper right of the contact
> window.  You’ll see a dropdown list of the available labels that you
> can check or uncheck to assign or unassign them to the contact. (Use
> "Create Label" in the left nav bar if you need a new label to show up
> in the list).
>
> The edits should auto-save and the updated label should be available
> the next time you open Gmail.
> Jeff Lee
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:33 AM Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss<hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
> Even after using GMail for well over a decade, I still find it very unintuitive.
>
> Some months ago, I successfully added a dozen or so e-addresses into a group that GMail calls a label (after failing many times to set up address lists with 40 or 50 people, which never copied completely. In other words, I type the first few letters of the group name and my To or BCC field populates with all the names.
>
> Now I need to add three new people and subtract one, and for the life of me, I cant figure out how. And yes, I googled it and got totally useless information. I played around in contacts.google.com and made the changes, but there is no save button and they are not reflected when I try to set up an email. Advice most gratefully accepted.
>
> Many thanks,
> Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
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