Questions tagged [gmail-filters]
Pre-made or user-made sets of rules that perform different actions on incoming or outgoing emails in Gmail.
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Setting up a Gmail canned response for the beginning of a conversation
I've followed some guides (like this one) to set up an autoresponse service in Gmail.
I want just one automatic email for each conversation start. Using filters+templates, like it's described in the ...
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How to forward all email received in Gmail account when using a filter?
I have an unconditional forwarding address set up for a Gmail account:
Forward a copy of incoming mail to: email1@mydomain.com and keep copy in inbox"
I also have a filter that forwards email with ...
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Filter for a word in message body, not in to-address?
My e-mail address is abc@gmail.com. Abc is also a word I want to get notified about if it appears in a message. For this purpose I have created a filter where I entered "abc" in the field "Has the ...
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Why do mailing list replies sometimes ignore my importance filters?
I have 3 filters for importance labelling in my Priority Inbox:
Matches: from:(-me) to:(-me)
Do this: Never mark it as important
Matches: from:me to:me
Do this: Never mark ...
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How do I filter emails in Gmail based on the "From" address when the "To" is already getting filtered?
I have multiple email addresses that are synced to one Gmail account. I currently have the other addresses skip the inbox and get labeled based on the email. However, now I need it so that if I get an ...
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Gmail filter to apply to specific "Label"
Can I set a Filter so that when I apply a specific label to an email in the Inbox it is forwarded to another email address? Example: If I label an email "Important",can a filter also forward it to a ...
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How do I make Gmail filters neutral with respect to archiving?
I have several filters set up on a Gmail account.
If A: apply label A, skip the inbox (archive).
If B: apply label B, skip the inbox (archive).
If C: apply label C, skip the inbox (archive).
If D: ...
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I can't make Gmail stop marking things as important
I am trying to have Gmail send me a notification only when I receive a message from specific addresses.
This is the option I have selected in settings:
Important mail notifications on - Notify me ...
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Is it possible to automatically apply a tag in Gmail and then hiding part of the subject?
I would like to automatically apply a label to every mail containing [Something] in the subject and then hiding that part when the mail are showed in the Inbox.
For example i receive an email with ...
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Gmail auto Canned Response sends to wrong address
I have a small irritating problem which is that I'm often being confused with some other guy with the exact same name who lives on the other side of Sweden. Which means that I receive quite a lot of ...
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What would be a good Gmail filter for deleting survey requests?
I receive a large number of survey requests from a variety of companies that I've done business with. I did not opt in for any of these surveys, but almost every business I interact with online sends ...
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Can I automatically delete emails in Gmail trash matching specific search?
I would like to automatically (on a schedule, or realtime) delete any emails in Gmail's trash folder that fit a specific search (NOT all Trash emails).
Can that be done? I would strongly prefer a ...
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Only forward an email once per subject line
My supplier's system sends me automated invoices by email, however, due to a glitch with their system, this email gets sent to me twice, a few hours apart. Since it is sent twice, my Gmail does not ...
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Why are Blind Carbon Copies (BCC) to self not getting a label like INBOX when sent from a phone?
Some of my mail is handled by a third party. Every email I send using that party has a Blind Carbon Copies (BCC) to myself @ my third party's email address. All mail at the third party is forwarded to ...
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My Gmail alias or group resends every email -- Why? I'm using Gmail from "G Suite" / "Google Apps")
I'm a Google Apps admin, and it's a mystery that, anytime I receive a message from just one specific ALIAS or GROUP address (and that I'm a member of that group or alias), it RE-SENDS the same message ...
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Remove labelled emails from Google Inbox [duplicate]
I have an inbox, and a label (let's call it label x). When I get an email that matches the filter for label x, I want it to appear in the 'x' folder, and NOT appear in the inbox. And if possible, not ...
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Filter all mails sent to domain except for specific recipient
How can I filter all the messages sent to *@domain.com except for those sent exclusively to user@domain.com?
I tried to:domain.com AND -to:user@domain.com and to:(domain.com -user@domain.com) but it ...
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Mimicking Gmail's Tab Feature When Using Multiple Inboxes
I want to manage two different email addresses through Gmail, and I have been experimenting with the Multiple Inboxes feature to accomplish this. The downside is that it appears that I have to choose ...
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Apply different labels depending on a condition
I have a filter that applies a label to any mail from a certain sender. I want to apply a different label sometimes depending on the content of the message. I currently have it working by duplicating ...
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How to filter Follow-Up Emails in Gmail?
I create a filter for someone's email and it automatically goes to a folder.
For all of his following emails, they go into that folder. But for anyone who REPLIES to His email it goes directly in my ...
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How to apply existing Label in Gmail filter?
How to apply existing label as my search criteria in my old emails in Filters and Blocked Addresses when creating a new filter?
I need to filter my emails by time, sender and by is:unread status etc. ...
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How do I create a Gmail filter for external calendar notifications (e.g., from Outlook)?
My question is similar to this question, but I would like to filter calendar notifications that came from applications other than Google Calendar. I have been successfully filtering Google Calendar ...
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Problem with filtering and archiving Gmail
I like to archive my gmail, i.e. get it out of my inbox, once a year. I like it to be available with labels according to year, for example, all the mail that was in my inbox during the last 12 months ...
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What can cause a message to be moved to Trash in Gmail?
I regularly receive promotional emails from Pizza Hut in Israel. I only ever notice them, though, because they cause my phone to buzz and if I look quickly enough I see the message. Within seconds, ...
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How to stop Gmail from forcing the Updates category on top of my other labels?
How can I stop Gmail from categorizing my e-mails under two labels, "Updates" and "General". I created a new category called "Travel", another called "Finance".
Each time I apply a filter or a ...
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To what extent are filters dependent upon the browser?
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I've pared down some of my larger gmail labels by deleting old, labeled e-mails. Because I've exceeded my quota, I'm now going through old mail by performing a search for has:nouserlabels. ...
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Is there a way to apply a default label of my choosing to all incoming Gmail messages?
That is, the label of my choosing should be applied to all incoming emails notwithstanding the sender/recipient/subject/etc.
If possible, can the above be taken further wherein the label is applied ...
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How can I filter my unread Gmail messages that aren't labeled X or Y?
I have lots of emails from YouTube and Facebook, and I'd like to filter all unread messages in my inbox that don't have the "yt" or "fb" current labels.
"is:unread label: not fb" is as far as I got.
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How to deal with direct replies from mailing lists?
I'm using filtering to label and immediately archive emails from mailing lists (i.e. where the "To:" field is a mailing list address). However, when I interact with the list, I wish for follow-up ...
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Gmail multi conditional filter on email order
I monitor application builds and could get the following emails with the subject:
First Email: "Build Failed - {My Application}"
Second Email: "Build back to normal - {My Application}"
The time ...
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How to block incoming addresses in CC from a Gmail filter?
How can I build a Gmail filter to select persons by listing them in "Has the words" but not to include another person's mail just because the select person's address is in the other person's CC? Or in ...
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How can I find an email I received that begins with a given text?
I'm looking for an email I received within the last 7 days beginning with "oops there's a mistake in your order..."
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Set format of mail forwarded from Gmail to SMS
I have my Gmail set up with a filter to locate important messages and automatically forward them to [mynumber]@[phoneprovider].com with the result that I get an immediate SMS message on my iPhone.
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Create filter in Gmail inbox [closed]
I wanted to create a filter in Gmail such that the message from specific person goes into my own made labels. Google already have some own labels. and I have also made my own labels but messages does ...
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Composing a Gmail filter: "on this list and not to me"?
I filter all mail received from the mail list mylist with this filter and label it for later reading:
Matches: list:(<mylist.example.com>)
I would like to modify this for this logic:
if the ...
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Filter email with image in body of an email
I would like to find better solution than filtering emails by this filter
has:attachment larger:25kb (filename:jpg OR filename:gif OR filename:png)
because Gmail filtered everything with ...
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Documentation that states the effect of "special" with other characters in Gmail search
Where can I find documentation that states the effect of "special" with other characters in Gmail search, for example "here | there".
I know:
(note "only") but I was surprised and dismayed to see ...
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How do I change the "junk" setting on Gmail?
How do I stop Gmail from automatically labeling ALL my incoming mail as "junk"?
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It looks like you sent an email to a Trello card, but the text was too large to fit in one comment
I have configured my Gmail account to redirect every new email message to one of my Trello boards. The configuration works fine and I get every email created as a Trello card, which is what I want.
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How can I automatically forward Gmail emails when a label is applied?
Within Gmail, is there any way to automatically forward an email when I apply a label?
Gmail filters appear to only work with new emails. For my needs, applying the label is a manual process after ...
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Can I use parentheses to group AND/OR operators in Gmail Filters?
When creating a new email filter in Gmail, can I group AND/OR operators within parentheses to create more advanced conditional rules? For example:
Has the words:
"Ebay" AND ("Guitar" OR "Drum" OR "...
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What options or tools can I use to have Gmail notify me on receipt of a very important message?
I am eagerly awaiting an important-to-me email notification. I currently have a filter set in Gmail to trap this message and flag it as important, never send it to spam, keep it in the inbox, and ...
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Mysterious and unwanted filter in Gmail
I am getting quotes from furniture removal companies. Every email with the word 'removal' in the subject line is being filtered directly to the trash/ bin. But I have not set up a filter for this to ...
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Is there a way to automatically ban an address in Gmail?
In Yahoo! Mail, in the settings section, we have an item named "banned addresses", which means that we normally don't receive email messages from that address. It doesn't go to spam, trash, etc. We ...
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Gmail search for unstarred emails in a label
Have tried multiple way and none of them has worked,
Used : in:Test -is:starred and -is:starred in:TEST and other option, None of them worked, in:Test -is:starred has listed all started email in Test ...
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View filter(s) that are currently being applied to an email message
I created a bunch of filters in Gmail for a "master account" that receives forwarded mail from all of my accounts. The filter list and web of labels/folders has grown to be rather long, and therefore ...
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How to autosend canned response to myself?
My financial institutions are constantly sending me emails about when my statements are available and when my bills are due. For many of these institutions, I have automatic payments set up, but it's ...
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Filter Gmail messages by the location of the sender
I want to filter the Gmail messages I receive in different folders based on the geographic region of the sender.
Is this possible? And if yes, how can it be done automatically?
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Automatic re-labelling emails
Is it possible to have Gmail automatically label emails based on existing labels? For example, I have "Follow Up" and "Waiting Response" labels. What I would like is for Gmail to automatically relabel ...
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How to remove label for some emails?
I am fetching emails via POP from another Gmail account and am applying a label @Private to all such emails.
Now, on my private email I also receive emails from services like Bitbucket. So I wanted ...
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