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Gmailify not moving spam in Hotmail

I get a ridiculous amount of spam to my outlook email which isn't detected. I linked my Hotmail email to my Gmail email via Gmailify in the hope googles spam filter is better. All the spam that isn't ...
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Recover email after clinking on "command + shift + d" in Gmail [closed]

I accidentally clicked "command + shift + d" while writing a long email in gmail. My draft disappeared and it is not in the trash or draft folder. Can I still locate it?
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How can I force Google mail to open .xlsx file as a Google sheet?

I have a spreadsheet sent from Gmail, in the past, the spreadsheet would redirect to Google sheet in a new tab. However this morning, the spreadsheet isn't being redirected to the next tab, instead, ...
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Where has the Gmail Compose/Reply window pop-out command gone?

Until today, on latest Chrome browser, Gmail Compose/Reply window offered a button at top right to pop-out to a separate tab. Now, it is not there. Where is it now? If anywhere....
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How to use AND condition is gmail filter [duplicate]

I'm sending a lot of email and would like to filter out bounced emails from my inbox. I'm trying to create a Gmail filter that filters out all messages with a subject that contains certain text AND ...
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How to add all emails from a domain to a label in Gmail?

Hope I am not duplicating a thread, I searched but did not find this particular question. In Gmail, I know how to have labels added to all emails from a specific sender, but how do I set it up such ...
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How do you clear Gmail search history?

How does one clear all of the Gmail search history at once, from the desktop web site (gmail.com)? I poked around in the Gmail settings but found nothing. I know you can clear items individually from ...
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How to filter variable Gmail subject field?

I'm subscribed to a mailing list which sends me very often emails with this subject format: A B $ x: Phrase Where A is a word, B in another word different from A, $ is a currency symbol, x is a ...
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How to delete event without notifying host (I don't want to change "Yes" to "No")

After receiving a gmail invitation for an event that I plan to attend, I like to duplicate the event and then change the times to include my travel to and from the event, add a destination address, ...
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Gmail shows a different contact name depending on how contact sent email?

So, this is something odd I recently starting seeing. I have someone in my contacts, and they've emailed me without problems over the years. Recently however, rather than showing their name as 'First ...
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How to get just sent mail from Google Takeout archive of email?

User found out that Google Takeout mixes Inbox and Sent mail into one .mbox file. So user exported only sent mail. However, the .mbox contains also replies to some sent mail. How can user export just ...
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GMail wildcard searching

I am getting a lot of spam e-mail that would be easy to filter if I could figure out if GMail supports wildcards in searching and filtering. Alot of spam is addressed or CCd the same kind of e-mail ...
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How do Gmail spam filtering, forwarding, and filter rules interact?

When an email comes into a Gmail account, in what order does spam filtering, filter rules, and email forwarding happen, and how do they affect one another? E.g. will emails be forwarded (by email ...
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Specify the name that will be displayed with the To: email address

I want to write an email message containing a note to contact Fred Bloggs for more information. Fred's email address is fredbloggs@gmail.com. If I follow the normal mechanism to include a link - click ...
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How to enable permanent editing of Gmail "To" field

In a recent gmail update, google disables editing the email addresses in the "To" field unless you click a context menu. Is there a way to disable this "feature"?
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How to get Gmail Compose/Edit "Indent more" to work reliably on multiple paragraphs

In latest Windows Chrome, with Plain text mode off, I paste plain (1252 ANSI) text into a Compose box: Clicking on Indent more, I expect this: but get this: Any way to get the proper result, short ...
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cannot add 2-factor auth to google account [duplicate]

I have a google account, where supposedly I am super admin, but I can't seem to add 2-factor authentication. My phone number and backup email are attached to the account. But I would like to use an ...
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Gmail searching, labeling, and deleting are broken. Is there anything I can do?

I'm trying to tidy up my Gmail account because I'm nearing my 15GB free limit, but Gmail is thwarting me. For instance, if I tell Gmail to delete the 10,000 junk emails that I got from Aperture ...
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How to stop Google from logging me out?

I have a Google Workspace account, every 2 weeks or so it forces me to re-login in the browser (Chrome). For some reason this never happens on my phone. My PCs/Laptops are just as secure if even more ...
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Seems impossible for me to get rid of this spam from Gmail

Every day, I get at least 6-12 emails that have a very common pattern, but there doesn't appear to be any possible search syntax I can use to create rules to block these emails. For example: All of ...
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Select multiple e-mails in Gmail web with only one hand?

In the Gmail web version, I select multiple e-mails by clicking the first e-mail and then the last e-mail while pressing a Shift key which needs two hands. Can I do this with only one hand?
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Automate auto-reply based on specific Google Calendar Events

I'm currently trying to automate an auto-reply with Google Apps Script for whenever I am out of office based on my Google calendar events named 'OOF'. Even if everytime I'm getting closer, there's ...
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Gmail still deleting email!

I had a filter in place to delete a Gmail group address. I have since joined this group email, and have deleted the filter, but Gmail still deletes emails from that address.
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I am not an aol user yet I am receiving emails to various addresses with my name and different letters numbers to my gmail account

I have all my email accounts with gmail and yet I am receiving emails from US companies to an aol email account with various mike**@aol.com addresses 1) why are these not going into my junk mail 2) ...
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Can't exclude imported Gmail messages when searching

I "pull"/"import" messages from another, non-Gmail email account (notGmail@domain.com) into my Gmail account (gmail@gmail.com). I want to search for messages that are from either ...
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Gmail - Security - What happened to the option / button that would GENERATE an "Email-Account-Monthly-Activity-Report" for the month?

THE QUESTION Gmail - Security - What happened to the option / button that would generate an "Email-Account-Monthly-Activity-Report" for the month, which would show how many emails you ...
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message disappeared

I received the mail on Oct 12, I downloaded the attachment. Today I looked for the mail, but it disappeared from all mail, inbox and any other label that I have. The attachment is where I put it, ...
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How to see what filter was applied to a gmail message?

I have some filters setup in Gmail to send emails that match certain criteria to certain folders. To problem is some of these do not seem to be work correctly and i wonder if its due to the emails ...
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How to recover gmail account without password? [duplicate]

I've changed one of the gmail passwords of one of my accounts and since forgotten it. I have tried using an old password and Google says that I have changed it. I have acess to gmail on my phone from ...
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Gmail failing to catch spam from ml top-level domain - can I block all .ml addresses and send to spam?

Gmail is failing to catch many spam messages a day from addresses like "raw4gftvdg_sgthesry@dewasoqeyodruna.ml" All are .ml addresses and have the same sender "name". I've reported ...
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Cannot change country in gmail

I want to change my country in gmail. I originally set up my gmail in Spain but moved back to the UK. It is showing both my gmail and play store as Spain. I used the following advice: https://support....
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Unable to log in [duplicate]

My gmail account suddenly logged me out, and my phone line was terminated at the same time as well. I was unable to change my 2nd verification number to my new number, so I am having trouble logging ...
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Can you send emails from the Gmail task-specific email address?

I was recently introduced to the task-specific feature, a.k.a. the "+ email address trick", or the Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses features, and I learned from this post that you can ...
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Show different display name for person in cc

I saved some family members in Google Contacts with nicknames. However, I often need to cc them in business emails and I would like their real name to be displayed instead. I know I can change them on ...
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Set up email account to be receive only, and not able to send

I am trying to put together an email archive, but have run into a couple of problems. This question is about permissions; I have also posted another question about filtering. I would really appreciate ...
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Can email retrieved by Gmail via POP3 from a different provider be tagged with a specific label?

If I configure Gmail to retrieve mail from a different provider via POP3, can the retrieved messages be identified in a unique way in a filter to be tagged with a specific label e.g. "pop3"? ...
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Gmail won't complete contact to "To" field

Ok, I got a weird issue with a specific gmail account. Whenever I click on a contact from the suggestions list in gmail the mail address won't get inserted into the "To" field. I've tried ...
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How can I move archived emails to my inbox from a bulk-selected search result

With the intention of moving certain groups back after seeing the through the clutter, I archived all unread emails that had a user label (label:unread has:userlabels). But now, when I bulk-select the ...
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New-look Gmail - how to keep chat window visible over emails when minimised?

Up till a week or two ago, if I had a chat open in Gmail it would sit over the top of the emails, and if minimised, would still remain there as a little bar. It would turn blue if there was a new ...
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Apply (newly imported) filters to messages in:Inbox (not All Messages) (or other subsets)

---+ BRIEF: Is there a convenient way in Gmail's existing interface to apply a bunch [*] of filters to messages that are in the Inbox, but not elsewhere? Where "bunch" = too many filters ...
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Roundcube doesn't show sent messages via pop3 until someone replies

I have a Roundcube account that's linked to my Gmail account via pop3. However, when I send an email from my pop3 account via the Gmail inbox, it doesn't show up in Roundcube. This wouldn't normally ...
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Gmail BCC by cell value

I want to send an email with bcc option. Email works fine but I cannot use bcc. How can I send a bcc with the info given from a range or cell value? See my code below GmailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, ...
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How can I filter for only emails sent by me with no recipients except myself in a gmail search if I also have myself autoBCCD on ALLof my sent emails?

This has been a bit of a doosy for me. I have my IOS devices set to auto-bcc myself on all of my sent emails so they populate in my inbox. Because of this, I began using the subject line of my emails ...
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How to create filter rule in Gmail that marks certain spam messages as read?

In Gmail, this search produces the desired results: in:anywhere from:(onmicrosoft.com) mcafee. I see plenty of unread spam. I want to create a filter rule with that query and tell Gmail to either ...
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How do I filter out emails which were not sent to me?

Somehow I've started getting a lot of spam messages that aren't actually sent to me. The to field will usually be a couple of AOL addresses. I would like to filter these out but can't make a universal ...
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Increase the size in Gmail, larger than normal but smaller than large

Would anyone please tell me how to adjust the font size in Gmail? When I copy content from somewhere, Gmail will keep the font size from that resource. How can I set my font size larger than normal ...
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Emails sent to google alias address get marked as spam [duplicate]

We're using a couple of google email aliases to re-route emails to a cummulative google mail box. We noticed that emails sent to those alias addresses get disproportionately often marked as spam. Why ...
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How to forward a clipped email?

Gmail often displays a 'clipped' version of a long email, with the option to view the whole email in a separate window: How can I forward such an email? If I forward the original email the recipient ...
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Email sent by me to my group not reaching inbox

I have the following situation. I have a collaborative inbox group: info@, and I have an email alias contact@. I'm using contact@ on my website contact form - in other words, the contact form is set ...
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How may one workaround Gmail Print's failure on attached messages

On any attached message having wrapped text e.g. Gmail Print crops the right side and omits all pages past #1 https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rv7qf.png Anyone know a remedy in Gmail? Failed workaround: ...
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