The Unread label situation is very confusing to me. When I first got this Gmail account, it came with an Unread system label. It was listed along with other system labels like Trash and All Mail. I created this account probably within weeks of Gmail's introduction.
Later on when I acquired other accounts, I noticed they didn't come with an Unread system label anymore. I looked back at this account again and noticed my Unread label was still listed but it had become a user label rather than a system label. However, it still functions to display all unread conversations without the aid of any filters or searches. When I click on the label it displays "label:unread" in the search field. I just now tried creating an Unread label in one of my newer accounts and got the message "Sorry, you can't create a label named "unread" (it's a reserved system label)." So I guess it's still considered a system label even though it's not one you can choose to display in the settings. So it appears that the name is reserved as an alleged system label even though it's not accessible to most users. I guess users can just create a quick link for "is:unread" but why not allow the label to be displayed along with the other system labels like Gmail did briefly when they started out. I guess I'm lucky to have it at all though it's a mystery to me why this reserved system label is now listed along with my user labels. Kenneth On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 5:14 AM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > The system label "unread" is a hidden label. You will not see it in any > list of labels, as far as I know. I never have seen it listed, not even > under System Labels in the master list of all your labels (gear icon -> > Settings -> Labels). > > Labels themselves do not "do" anything. They can be attached to messages, > but you need to do that (aside from the built-in system labels). You can > do that either manually, or using a Filter that you create. The name of a > label is relatively unimportant; it should mean something to you, but it > has no meaning to Gmail. > > Andy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
