Filtering messages BCC'd to you?

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Ugo G.

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Aug 2, 2007, 7:33:01 AM8/2/07
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I currently have my own domain forwarded to gmail for storage. I have
a filters set up so if my domain address is in the "to" field then it
is labeled and archived so i dont see it. It works when my email
address is in the "to" field or "cc" but not "bcc". How do I do
this?

eg.

Matches: to:(na...@domain.net)
Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "**archive"

Zack (Doc)

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Aug 2, 2007, 8:34:38 AM8/2/07
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You cannot KNOW you are in the BCC field. You can only know if you
are in/not in the To and CC fields. If you are not in the TO or CC
fields, you were either BCCed or part of a distribution group. Either
way, it's often not possible for you to know which address of yours
was in the BCC or Distribution group without looking into the raw
headers, and many times that's not enough information either.

Ugo G.

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Aug 3, 2007, 9:50:20 AM8/3/07
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So how would I setup the filter? Is it even possible? I know you can
exlude words but don't see where you can say not in to field.

On Aug 2, 8:34 am, "Zack (Doc)" <z...@tnan.net> wrote:
> You cannot KNOW you are in the BCC field. You can only know if you
> are in/not in the To and CC fields. If you are not in the TO or CC
> fields, you were either BCCed or part of a distribution group. Either
> way, it's often not possible for you to know which address of yours
> was in the BCC or Distribution group without looking into the raw
> headers, and many times that's not enough information either.
>

> On 8/2/07, Ugo G. <ugo1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I currently have my own domain forwarded to gmail for storage. I have
> > a filters set up so if my domain address is in the "to" field then it
> > is labeled and archived so i dont see it. It works when my email
> > address is in the "to" field or "cc" but not "bcc". How do I do
> > this?
>
> > eg.
>

> > Matches: to:(n...@domain.net)

Zack (Doc)

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Aug 3, 2007, 9:54:45 AM8/3/07
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"-to:me" The minus sign is for things to exclude from searches. The
help page on search options explains them all.

How do I use Advanced Search?
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7190

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