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<desc>Use labels to categorize your mail while keeping it in their folders.</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="mail-organizing#advanced"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="using-categories"/>
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<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<title>Using Labels</title>
<p>You can add colored labels to emails in order to categorize them. This is similar to <link xref="using-categories">Categories</link> in the other <app>Evolution</app> windows.</p>
<p>You can search for messages with specific labels by using the <link xref="mail-searching">quick search dropdown</link>. Also, <link xref="mail-search-folders">search folders</link> can be created based on labels.</p>
<section id="add">
<title>Adding a label to a message</title>
<p>To assign a label to a message, either choose <guiseq><gui>Message</gui><gui>Mark As</gui><gui>Label</gui></guiseq> and choose the label to apply, or right-click the message, click <gui>Label</gui>, and choose the label to apply.</p>
<p>You can also quickly add a new label by choosing <gui>New Label</gui>.</p>
</section>
<section id="manage">
<title>Managing labels</title>
<p>You can add, edit and delete all labels under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Preferences</gui><gui>Labels</gui></guiseq>. Note that you cannot remove the default labels.</p>
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