Email Labels

Labels are coloured tags you attach to email threads to organise your inbox without moving messages between folders. A single thread can carry many labels.

System labels (fixed)

DRO Mail ships with 8 system labels. They're always present, can't be deleted, and back the canonical inbox URLs.

LabelColorPurpose
InboxblueThe default landing folder for new mail
StarredyellowManually flagged “important” threads
SentgreenThreads you've sent at least one message to
DraftsgreySaved-but-not-sent compositions
SnoozedpurpleThreads hidden until a specified time
ScheduledindigoOutbound messages waiting on Schedule send
TrashredSoft-deleted threads (recoverable for 30 days)
SpamorangeAuto- or manually-marked junk

Custom labels

Create your own at Admin → Email → Email Labels (/admin/email/email_labels_admin). Each custom label has:

  • Name — what shows in the sidebar and on thread chips
  • Color — pick from the colour swatch (used for the sidebar dot and thread badge)
  • Slug — URL-safe identifier auto-generated from the name; used for /email/labels/<slug>

Custom labels are tenant-scoped — every member of your organisation sees the same custom labels.

Permissions

Managing labels requires the email:labels:manage claim. Default roles: admin, tenant_admin, user. Viewer accounts can see labels in threads but cannot create or edit them.

Common patterns

  • Colour-coded projects: Work (blue), Side projects (green), Personal (purple)
  • Workflow lanes: To-do, Waiting, Done
  • People: Family, Team, Customers

Keyboard shortcut

From any thread, press L to open the label picker.

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