A friend and fellow blogger, Scott Dinsmore, just sent out this message (borrowing instructions from Jonathan Fields). If you use Gmail, you may miss Tiny Buddha emails because of the new “tabbed inbox” system.

Here’s what you need to know…

Gmail has split your inbox into 5 separate inboxes and created tabs across the top labeling each “Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums.”

They’ve also decided that they (not you) get to choose which emails go into which new inbox tab, unless you tell them otherwise.

Why does this matter?

A lot of emails you’ve asked to receive will end up under the tab marked Promotions, even though they’re pure content and you’ve specifically asked to get them.

Just about all emails from the bloggers and other websites and people you subscribe to are being lumped into the “Promotions” inbox automatically, where you’ll likely never look. And you’ll end up missing a ton of stuff you wanted.

The good news – there’s a super easy fix.

If you use gmail, look at your account to see if the new “tabbed” inboxes have been turned on (you’ll see the new tabs across the top of your emails).

If so, here’s how to make sure you’re seeing what you’ve asked to see –

1 – Click on the Promotions inbox tab.

2 – Drag any emails from people you actually want to hear from and drop them onto the tab that says Primary. Then, when it asks if you want future emails to go into your Primary inbox, just click yes.

For the next few weeks, as gmail phases these new tabbed inboxes in, be sure to check your Promotions inbox to make sure nothing else you really want is getting caught in it.

And then we’re all set!