Do you receive hundreds of emails from friends, relatives and colleagues marked with the dreaded FW: in your box ? Do this, create a filter for all messages with FW: in the subject and SKIP the inbox and label them as Forwards. Your inbox will be much cleaner, and you can read the forwards later on :)

1) Once you have logged into gmail, click on "Create a Filter"
2) In the subject box, type FW:
3) Click on Next Step
4) Check "Skip the Inbox"
5) Check "Apply the Label", Select "New Label" from the drop down and write "Forwards" in the popup.
6) Check "Also apply to xxx conversations below".
7) Click on Create filter.

Thats it. From now on, you can read all those dreaded forwards when you have time, by clicking on the Forwards Label.