Methods to include or exclude certain emails or messages from landing in your inbox or search results.
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Why indefinite loop is not working in Gmail forwarding?
I have created 2 new mail-id's,
nullable1@gmail.com
nullable2@gmail.com
And I created a filter in both mail-ids, So as to forward the nullable2's incoming mail to nullable1 and vice versa.
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Gmail internal Mail Filters
I have a set of filters that auto add emails sent within a particular domain as 'internal'
e.g. if me@example.com sends an email to boss@example.com, it is tagged internal
The problem is, my filter ...
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Advanced Gmail filter criteria
I have a couple on-going conversation threads in Gmail with a number of different people. Is there a way to setup a filter so that it will add a label if the body of any new, unread email contains my ...
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How to filter messages in Hotmail?
I am forwarding my Hotmail account's email to my Gmail account, and it's working fine.
Does anyone know to add filters like Gmail does?
For example: like when it forward the email to any other ...
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Gmail filter criteria being ignored - always mark as important
My Gmail Priority Mailbox was working pretty good until about a week ago.
I have a filter as per the following:
Matches: from:(sample@network.net) subject:(Sample Subject)
Do this: Apply label ...
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How do I search within an attachment in Gmail?
Gmail allows me to search using the operator as
has:attachment *.txt
How do I further filter this to search for a specific word in a file?
E.g. to search for a PDF that contains the word ...
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Better Mailing List Filter Management for GMail
I once subscribed to so many mailing lists looong time ago, and then I filtered those emails and grouped them into a sort of organisation/based on my interest, but then when I got time I unsubscribed ...
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How can I write a Gmail filter that matches on the number of email addresses in the “To” field?
I'm trying to figure out how I can write a filter for Gmail that will match on the number of email addresses in the "To" field (plan to do the same for the "Cc" field as well, so if it counts both, ...
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Filter messages with (no subject) in Gmail
Is there any workaround or way to filter or search for messages that have no subject line?
I can see there is no way to filter messages when some field is "missing".
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Applying two filter functions in Google Docs Spreadsheets
I am trying to apply two filter functions in Google Docs.
Column (A) contains new data
Column (B) contains filter data, i.e. cells with text that should not be included in column C
Column (C) is the ...
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Is there a way to filter messages into a certain folder in Yahoo! Mail?
Is there a way to filter messages into a certain folder in Yahoo! Mail (much similar to what is available in Gmail)?
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When connecting Twitter and Facebook, can posts be filtered?
I have both Facebook and Twitter accounts. I also use Linkedin.
If I want a tweet to appear in my LinkedIn profile, I add the hashtag #in.
Is there a way to do something similar with feeding ...
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Filtering Twitter feeds - removing @ posts from the feed
Is there a way to filter Twitter feeds so that I do not see the @replies of a given user?
For example, I [generally] do not want to see the "@reply thanks"-type messages from companies to followers.
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Block videos from certain users on YouTube
YouTube itself does not provide such functionality to block a user from being able to see a certain video.
Is there another way to accomplish this?
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Gmail Filtering: How to filter by messages, not by conversation?
I have been emailing my Gmail account error messages from a project I am working on.
I am trying to use GMail filters/labels to sort out the class of errors. But because the subject line is ...
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Filter/hide online news that match criteria
I read the news through some of the most important online newspapers. I am tired of reading always some of the most boring (for me) news that include always the same words; "football", "crisis", ...
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Is there a way to filter tweets?
There is a certain young singer who I do not like but who is very popular on twitter. Is there some way I can block tweets (aka make them invisible) so I don't have to look at his name anymore, and ...
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Filter out Google Calendar invites from people not in my contact list
How do I set up a filter in Gmail account so that invitations from people not in my contact list are automatically deleted (and the event removed from my calendar)?
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Gmail filters based on label and starred
Is it possible to create filters based on Labels and starred/un-starred status in Gmail or any other app (Android or GNU/Linux)?
My specific problem is this: I want to delete mails labelled lists ...
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Forward only important mail in gmail
Is there a way to forward (or to get in any other way) the important mail as they arrive (or shortly after that) from the priority inbox to another mail account without forwarding the unimportant ...
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Routing my mail server through Google Spam filters
I've been told in the past that Google had a free spam filter service. The service would allow me to point my MX records to Google, then they would forward all cleaned mail to my server. Is this ...
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Gmail Mute Filter
Is it possible to use Gmail filters to Mute a conversation?
I've tried using a filter to Skip the Inbox, but when someone else replies to the original email it ends up in the Inbox again.
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Gmail: Filtering subjects with NOT(-)
I want to filter every message that is sent to a mailing list, except those that begin(or just contain) "Re:"
In "Has the words" I've put.
subject:(mailing-list) subject:(-re)
However that will ...
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GMail Filter - Trash or Spam?
If I create a gmail filter that makes emails coming from certain email ID (say abc@gmail.com) skip my inbox and go to trash. Now suppose gmail spam detector finds that this mail looks like spam. Then ...
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Gmail filter for dates?
Is there a filter in Gmail that will sort your emails by date?
For example if you get filters from address "X" on a certain day of the week, can you create a folder for just that mail (with an ...
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How to filter out jobs offers from Bangalore/India in LinkedIn?
In my LinkedIn account I am a member of many professional groups where different discussions, job ads etc are posted.
However I would like to filter out all job ads that come from India, Bangalore ...
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How do spam filters work?
Aside from using keywords, what other evidence is taken into consideration in the algorithm that detects whether an email sent is a spam email and not an legit one?
Like if I sent an email to my ...
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Using formula (i.e. number calculation) in Gmail filter
I've been getting coupon offers from half a dozen of sites.
Is it possible to use a formula like "If there is a number that is larger than 60, then remove". This means that all coupons which cost ...
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How can I filter Amazon.com results to exclude 3rd party merchants?
I'd like to search Amazon.com for products that Amazon sells without having to see all the third party merchants products. I've tried using some userscripts and some chrome extensions that claim to ...
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How do I filter PayPal emails in Gmail?
I have a donation button on my website. Donation emails from PayPal are marked "From:" the person who donated.
How can I create a filter in Gmail to filter these emails into a label? (I'd do it by ...
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How do I write a combined advanced gmail filter?
I would like to create a filter in gmail as:
to:@mycompany.com OR from:@mycompany.com
However when I attempt to create or edit a filter I am given a form with individual fields and cannot find a ...
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Netflix filter / review downloads?
Is it possible to either filter or at least review netflix movie downloads based on criteria like movie rating, nudity, obscenity, violence, etc?
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Any way to document what a specific Gmail filter is for?
I have a lot of Gmail filters set up, and it's hard to remember what each one is for. Is there any way I can add a short comment to each one?
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Filtering tagged and untagged gmail messages
I am currently switching over to using "tagged" gmail addresses - for example, using name+amazon@gmail.com for my amazon email, name+newegg@gmail.com for my newegg account, etc. However, because I am ...
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Is it possible to create a Gmail filter that works on arbitrary headers?
(Not a dup: this very similar question really asks about the DeliveredTo header).
Bugzilla provides a number of headers telling you why you received a mail, such as X-Bugzilla-Reason. How can I ...
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Is it possible to create a Gmail filter that works on headers other than From, To, Subject?
I've forwarded one of my really old email addresses to Gmail. I'd like to create a filter so that any mail to that old address is always labeled properly in Gmail.
I can create a Gmail filter with ...
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Is there an API for searching only recently indexed webpages?
I'm looking for an API that allows me to do a web search query, but filtered by how recently the page was published or indexed (could be indexed by Google or Yahoo! or anyone that indexes a similar ...
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Programatically change subject line and forward mail - Google Apps
Gmail groups email with the same subject line into a conversation view (threaded).
I've never had an issue with this functionality until I began using an online fax service (myfax). I can't label / ...
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Automating filter rule creation in gmail?
I get cases where I start getting e-mails from people I am not interested in getting.
These are not SPAM, just boring e-mails.
In such cases I tend to create the filter rule that makes all the ...
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How can I perform the same action on all results of a label/search in Gmail?
When I search, for example, "something label:somelabel" I get 1000 results paginated by 25 (my settings). 'Select all' selects only the 25 on the current page, I would like to delete all of them ...
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Filter Facebook notifications?
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a greasemonkey script or something for Firefox which will either filter, or indicate my notifications in Facebook such that I can either:
See only notifications for ...
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How do I look at just the reviews of the format I'm buying on Amazon
I just bought a Kindle, but when I look at reviews of a Kindle book I see reviews of the paperback and hardbacks. How do I filter the reviews so I just see the specific Kindle copy reviews?
This ...
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How can I get a list of all people I have sent a given attachment to with gmail?
I wish to create a contact list of all people have I send an attachment to that contains the word “CV”, how do I do this?
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Why doesn't the Gmail “mute” button show up for me?
In Gmail, there's a nice feature where you can "mute" a thread so that new replies on it no longer get marked as new, so that you aren't bothered by them any more. (Supposedly. I've never actually ...
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Are there any third party tools to help organise my gmail filters
I've been using gmail for a long time and have a lot of filters - so many I'm no longer sure what they all do. I understand that they can be exported, but would like to know if there is there anything ...
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Creating a filter in Gmail that applies more that one label
I've been using Filters for a while in Gmail but have always been wondering if such a feature is available. Is it possible to somehow have a Gmail filter apply more than one label?
As you can see ...
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Is there a way to search labels based on stemming in Gmail?
Say I have the label Home/Family/Kids and Home/Family, is there any search expression that can match both of these with a single term? For example, I want to use a search query like ...
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Is there a limit to how many items a filter can search for in Gmail?
I've setup gmail to capture all of my newsletter type mail using a single filter:
from:(railsstudio OR vistaprint OR shutterfly OR Weaknees OR snapfish OR
lobster OR rentals OR
vrbo OR "world ...
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How can I filter incoming email based on plus addressing in Gmail?
I currently have some basic filters in Gmail, but the other day I heard someone mention you could use a plus sign in your address to filter incoming email?
Can someone elaborate?
