Thanks for that tip.  I now have it working the way I wanted.  It Took me
quite a while to get all the vanagon list emails I already had into the
archive.  I could only do 100 at a time.

Fred

On 5/12/06, Geordie Birch <geordie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/06, Frederich Mertz <braap.blau@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have gmail to put a label on the emails from the list but can't figure
> out
> > how to make a folder for them and have it put them in the folder.  Can
> you
> > help?
>
>   Strictly speaking gmail doesn't have folders - mail is either in
> your inbox or "archived".  You can edit your existing filters to have
> mail skip your inbox in addition to being labelled.  One difference
> from the folder system is that mail can have more than one label.
>
>   Just click on "create new filter" and you can edit your existing
> filters.  If it is confusing send me another email off list and I can
> give you more help.
>
>   Gmail puts a list of all your labels on the left side of the screen.
> You click on a certain label and it shows you only the mail that has
> that label.  You can search (with Google's powerful technology) your
> entire archive or specifically labelled mail for keywords eg. diesel,
> "Jane Doe", (westy OR westfalia), (fryday OR friday), or whatever.
>
>   Geordie.
>