Gmail tip: Mute a discussion thread

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Sub­scribe to a lot of mail­ing lists do you?  Receive a lot of email about stuff you don’t really care about?

Reclaim con­trol over your inbox!  Behold, the “Mute” fea­ture in Gmail.  Found in the “More Actions” menu of Gmail, mute allows you to effec­tively silence long, irrel­e­vant con­ver­sa­tion threads.

[Muted …] mes­sages added to the con­ver­sa­tion bypass your inbox so that the con­ver­sa­tion stays archived. If your address appears in the to or cc field, though, the con­ver­sa­tion will pop back into your inbox ready for your attention.

This help­ful nugget of wis­dom has been brought to you by the let­ters A, G, and the num­ber 8.  And also by google’s help pages.