Pre-made or user-made sets of rules that perform different actions on incoming or outgoing emails in Gmail.
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Can you create rules in Gmail?
In MS Outlook, you can create rules so different kinds of mail can go in different folders. Can you do the same thing in Gmail, so all your emails from a list go in a specific subfolder instead of ...
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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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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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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 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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In Gmail, can I base my “send from” address on a filter?
In short:
In Gmail, is there a way to let the "send from" address change automatically depending on which of my accounts it was sent to?
In long:
I recently joined a team (of developers) and they ...
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Gmail Filter on Email starting with '!' deleted everything
I tried to create a filter to trash all emails from (!Athletic_Communications@sacredheart.edu) - an email address used by my school to spam us.
After applying the filter to all my old messages, it ...
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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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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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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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Sent Item filters in Gmail
My boss wants me to do this in his Gmail:
"I would like to create a rule or filter that makes a copy of all of my 'Newly Composed Emails', saves them in a folder (which you can create) and when these ...
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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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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 ...
