Methods to include or exclude certain emails or messages from landing in your inbox or search results.

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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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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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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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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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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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Birthday notifications for a select group of friends on Facebook

I don't want to be notified about every friend's birthday on Facebook. There are only several birthdays that I want to be notified of. Is there any way to filter these messages somehow (e.g. by adding ...
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Is there an application to summarise my twitter timeline

Is there a web application that exists that can scan my timeline for a given period (for example last weekend while I was away) and allow me to intelligently catch-up by showing only the tweets that ...

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