Pre-made or user-made sets of rules that perform different actions on incoming or outgoing emails in Gmail.
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some unknown person is sending messages how can I stop these type of persons from sending messages to my message box
An unknown person who is following my updates and irritating me with messages. How can I stop this type of harassment how can I overcome into this situation. Please help me
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How do I execute a filter in Gmail for the current email in my inbox?
I know how to create a filter and once it's created it will execute this filter on all incoming mail. However is there a way to execute this filter on what I already have received?
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Gmail, how to forward email to group using a filter
I run the office lotto syndicate.
I get a results email that I want to detect via a filter, and forward to a group containing the lotto syndicate members.
Is this possible? I can't seem to figure ...
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Filtering conversations matching a subject but not from a specific email
I use GMail for my Kijiji postings. (For those unaware, it's a lot like Craigslist, except it's popular in Canada!)
I have a filter set up with:
Matches: from:(post@kijiji.ca) subject:(Reply to your ...
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How do you create a filter in Gmail that will apply to all composed/sent messages?
While having filters to simplify the filing process of incoming messages is convenient, one of the aspects of setting rules in Outlook that seems to be missing in Gmail is the ability to set rules for ...
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Automatic labels in Gmail?
Is there some way to make Gmail apply a label to incoming mail automatically based on the sender? For instance if Bob is my client, and all contact I have with Bob is work-related, can I make Gmail ...
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How can I edit SmartLabel filters in Gmail?
I'm using the Gmail labs feature which adds SmartLabels such as "Promotion" and "Social Update" to relevant emails. I would like all SmartLabel emails archived/inbox skipped and all given a label ...
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Creating filters for listservs
I know how to create filter for specific mailing list but I want the filter to avoid directly archiving mails which have my mail id in it or my name. Either in the cc or to.
Any idea how I can do ...
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How can I distinguish if I have to filter emails via sender or mailinglist (provider)?
I have a similar problem to the person with this question.
The e-mails I receive aren't totally unwanted though, but legitimate newsletters.
They clutter my inbox though. And as the fella above I ...
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1answer
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Send forwarded domain email to Gmail folder
I have a couple of email addresses from name@example.com that I'm forwarding to a personal Gmail account.
However, I need to save disk space and move my email messages to Gmail. Is it possible to ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to know what Gmail filters apply to a given email?
I have so many filters that I don't know which ones are making some emails skip the inbox. Is there a way to know the filters that match a given email?
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1answer
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Filtering Gmail by day of the week
I currently receive emails every weekday from a service I subscribe to. These quickly clog up my inbox however, so I've decided that while the information I receive is important to my work, I only ...
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Matching Gmail filters on BCC mail
I am using Google Apps for Domains to handle my personal email. I have the following filter configured:
Matches: to:(username@example.com)
Do this: Skip Inbox, Mark as read, Delete it
Here is the ...
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Find size of filtered emails
I am using this filter in Gmail:
label:processed before:2012/06/30
Where processed is a label in my account and by using this filter I am getting all mails which I received before June 30, 2012.
...
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How to apply filters to existing mails in Gmail? [duplicate]
I created a filter in Gmail, but forgot to apply it to already existing messages. Is there any way to apply filters to existing messages?
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1answer
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How to automatically archive and label “everything else” in Gmail priority inbox
I want everything else to skip the inbox, so I'm left with only the important messages in my inbox.
I’d also like to label “everything else” so I can check it daily for anything that is important. ...
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Gmail, Prevent Multiple Filters from Matching (Folder Structure)
Is there anyway to have Gmail filters work with a nested folder ideology?
Say I have a label structure that includes: "YouTube/TEDEducation", "YouTube/TruthSurge", etc.
It is easy enough to match by ...
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Pause a message filter
I have a number of Gmail filters acting on my incoming e-mail.
I'm trying to find a way to "pause" a filter. By that I mean to temporarily turn it off without deleting it. (Some are fairly detailed ...
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My Gmail filter is also sending some emails to the wrong label
In the past few weeks, Gmail has started sending all my LinkedIn groups emails both to my "LinkedIn" folder as well as to my "Mailing Lists" folder. I don't want them in my "Mailing Lists" folder and ...
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When was Gmail filter last used?
I have several filters that date to WAAAY back. Some are twit filters. Some are to control system message for a forum I stopped participating in.
However, I can't find a way to see if they're being ...
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1answer
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Filtering Apache mailing list emails in Gmail
I've just subscribed to an Apache mailing list and would like to filter out the incoming emails.
How do I create a filter to only receive the answers to my messages and not all posts from other ...
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1answer
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Gmail labels and filters
I have a bunch of filters set up to channel certain emails; label them and skip the inbox.
However, if I reveive an email that doesn't fit the filter criteria, and I label it manually, I would like ...
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1answer
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Bulk editing Gmail filters
It appears to me that the only way to "bulk edit" Gmail filters is to edit the XML file. Before I attempt that (and so far I've failed at my first attempt), is there another, easier way to do this? ...
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Sending All Incoming Email to a Folder While Out of Office in Gmail
I will be away from my email for about 6 months. I don't want any of the emails in that time to be in my Inbox when I return. Is there a way to set up a filter that will send all incoming emails to ...
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Gmail Filters - How do I apply to everything in inbox (thousands) when it only matches 26 conversations at a time? [duplicate]
Someone suggested this answer.....
"Go to the list of filters in Settings, edit the filter you want to run, don't change anything, and before you click Update Filter, check the box that says "Also ...
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Why is this mail in gmail skipping my inbox?
I added a filter to an incoming email and it said "Apply to 79 other messages". I didn't see where these other messages existed. After applying the tag i now see these messages in that tag.
I am ...
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1answer
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How can I save emails from a particular sender in a particuar folder in Gmail?
A particular sender (an advertising company) sends a lot of emails daily into my Gmail inbox. Now those mails are important to me, since I am interested in their ads, but everytime it is not possible ...
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1answer
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Can I dismiss Gmail's warning about my filter forwarding my mail?
I set up a filter on my personal gmail that forwards all mail from a certain domain to my work email. When I saved the filter, the following notification popped up at the top of my window:
("Your ...
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Automatically applying a label to an outgoing recipient who already has a label
I'd like to have a piece of outgoing mail to a recipient who already has a label without using the "apply label" button. I tried creating a filter that has a "to" and "from" to apply a label, and that ...
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1answer
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Gmail filter causing duplicate message to be sent to my inbox
I have set a filter on my Gmail to ensure that all messages sent from the company website do not get marked as spam. The have the words [Rhythm Time] in the subject so are easy to identify.
However, ...
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1answer
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Gmail filter not from address conversation
I created a filter that matches all the automated messages sent from a service, marks them as read, archives them (skips the inbox), and adds an "Automated" label.
This works great most of the time, ...
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1answer
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GMAIL filter which removes a label
I've actually 2 questions.
The first one, simplier: is it still possible to create filter manyally with a boolean string or we have to use the filter tool (the form it comes out when you create or ...
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1answer
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How to filter emails from Google Docs?
Emails from Google Docs are sent from the personal email address rather than from noreply address.
So when I receive a notification about that somebody has shared a document with me, I see ...
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1answer
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gmail search top level domain but not search in sender id
I'm being spammed a lot lately from *@*.in domains
I know how to create a filter so I can auto delete those messages.
But I need a search that only searches in the mail address.
for example if i use ...
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Mass Delete GMail EMail while keeping certain addresses
I would like to delete majority of the email in my inbox. I have read ways of doing this, here is the method:
Open your Web browser, head to Gmail, and sign into your account.
Next to the Search the ...
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Create Dynamic Gmail Labels From the Email's Subject
Is there anyway to set up a filter that will create and apply a new label for every word in the subject line? Something like label:{subject} maybe?
Obviously I wouldn't be using this for standard ...
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How can I create a filter for large attachments in Gmail? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I sort emails in GMail by size?
In Gmail, how can I create a filter that will forward messages with an attachments larger than say 10MB to another account?
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In Gmail, can I base my “send from” address on a filter/label?
In short:
In Gmail, is there a way to let the "send from" address change automatically depending on which label the mail has?
In long:
I have 4 accounts connected to Gmail.
Lets say ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to make Gmail put incoming emails in special folders or labels automatically?
Is it possible to apply filters for incoming emails?
Let's say, if an email is coming from sender1@site.com with infos in subject I want it to go to the infos1 label.
I don't want the filter to be ...
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How can I have all my SmartLabel emails tagged with 1 label in Gmail? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I edit SmartLabel filters in Gmail?
I'm using the Gmail labs feature which adds SmartLabels such as "Promotion" and "Social Update" to relevant emails. I would ...
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0answers
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Stop filtered emails from downloading with POP?
I'm using a POP3 client to download the email from my Gmail account, but I don't want all of the email, just the unfiltered email.
Specifically, I receive an email every time a customer purchases ...
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filter out certain posts in Google+
How can I filter out certain posts from showing up in my Google+ feed?
For example, if I don't want to see more and more posts related to "disney AND lucasfilm", is there any way that I can add such ...
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2answers
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Send a copy of outbound messages to another address
Is there a way to have a copy of any message sent from a gmail account sent to another address?
I've got any messages coming to my address copied to another (see this question for one solution, ...
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2answers
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How to filter by a catch-all address in Gmail
Does anyone fathom how to setup a Gmail/Google Apps Mail filter that catches ALL destinations to a particular domain?
I've tried
deliveredto:*@mydomain.com
and
deliveredto:@mydomain.com
in the ...
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Filtering Gmail for emails that include a plus sign
I know you can filter emails in Gmail by utilizing plus signs (e.g., bob+something@gmail.com). But is there a way to filter for the opposite - that is, include emails in gmail only where a plus sign ...
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Using a custom star type with a Gmail filter
I have set up a Gmail filter that marks all incoming mail from a certain mailing list with a star. Right now, the filter automatically applies the standard yellow star. How can I set it to use the ...
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1answer
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Gmail filter “has the word” stopped working?
I am receiving emails with test results from overnight automation testing. I used different filters to label all testing emails. One of them is to make failed email with red label—easy to see if ...
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Why using boolean operators returns less results in Gmail filters?
While trying to combine to Gmail filters, I noticed something strange: filter from:person@example1.com alone returns 180 results, filter from:person@example2.com alone returns 69 results, but when ...
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Search for “!” in Gmail subject
Does anyone know if in Gmail you can search all messages that have an exclamation mark in the subject?
I would like to create a filter that adds a red ! label to the messages that have an exclamation ...
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2answers
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How to use boolean AND and NOT operators in Gmail search
I'm trying to find mails that have one address in the recipients but another not in it.
I'm trying things like from:address1@gmail.com and not from:address2@gmail.com and from:(address1@gmail.com and ...
