>>>The other thing which is missing is an ability to create custom folders. I'd like to somehow sort my e-mails and move them to different folders. Do you know if gmail has this feature?
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>>You can use 'Labels' to organize your emails.
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>I'll play with it, but would prefer folders. Thomas said I can do it, but I don't see it in gmail.

Labels are awesome once you get used to it. It's just like folders, except you can assign multiple labels to one message. You can also set-up rules to assign labels as messages come in. Then all you need to do after you Archive is simply click on your lable to see all related messages.