Introduction: Advanced GMail Filters
A simple hack to show you how to create more advanced GMail filters then are currently available though the GMail Interface.
The one I will demo is a very simple (and more or less useless) filter that will automatically mark any mail that was filtered into spam as "read" since I don't care to see the unread count on spam, But this technique cane be used for much more.
Step 1: Click "Settings" in the top right corner of GMail, then select the "Filters" and click on "Create a new filter" at the bottom of the list.
Step 2: You will need to fill out the "Has the words" field with "label:spam" without the quotes.
This is the important step. You can use any of the GMail advanced search operators in the "Has the words" or "Doesn't have" Fields. More info about GMail search operators can be found at the link below.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=7190
This will allow you to create far more advanced (and useful) filters based on date ranges, attachment names, chats, labels, etc.
Step 3: Then Click "Next Step", and ignore the popup warning
Step 4: Check the "Mark as read" checkbox, and the "Also apply filter to XX conversations below" checkbox.
Step 5: Click "Create Filter" and enjoy.
6 Comments
8 years ago on Introduction
I honestly found this very helpful.
15 years ago
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Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
Im not really sure what your asking for here, this instructable could hardly be simpler. It was all put on one step intentionally as this entire process will only take most people about 30 seconds. I added some additional pictures just incase that was the problem, but if it wasn't please site something specific. Thanks.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
OK, for example, I'd like a filter that says, 'If the mail comes from Fred, Bill, or Bob, label it 'Shed Party'. I'd like to do that in one filter. And if Jane later decides to get involved in the shed party too, I'd like to add her to that filter, rather than make a new one.
Any suggestions?
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
Yes you can use the "or" operator which is two pipe characters (i.e. "||") to seperate the names.
So in the from box simply fill in "Fred || Bill || Bob" without the quotes. This tells Google you want email from Fred OR Bill OR Bob
15 years ago
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