It’s not exactly an enterprise feature, but it’s so useful you might love it anyway. Google has launched the beta of Priority Inbox for Gmail, giving users the option of using a trainable filter that puts the messages that are most important to you at the top of your e-mail morass. Here’s some insight.
Once enabled in Google Labs, Priority Inbox puts a “plus” or a “minus” on every message, letting you rate how important it is. If you’ve ever used a Tivo remote to approve or disapprove of a TV show, you’re on the right track. Priority Inbox also guesses what’s important to you based on who you most message or how many you reply to.
Google has a full walkthrough of the offering, but once it’s learned that you most like e-mails from your boss and your mother, they float to the top of your inbox. Non-prioritized messages sink to the bottom for your later perusal, and starred items sit in the borderlands.
It’s available for consumers now, but those brave enough to enable pre-release features on your Google Apps Premier Edition accounts will get it next week, according to the Google Enterprise blog post.
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