Re: [Gmail-Users] Filter for email headers like X-Mailinglist possible?
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Zack (Doc)
Nov 25, 2012, 10:24:18 AM11/25/12
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The only header that people have discovered works is the list-id. A filter for this list looks like this: list:"<gmail-users.googlegroups.com>"
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Malte Gell <malte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, I want to use Gmail with mailing lists and the labels function. Can I create filters with Gmail that filter for mail headers like X-Mailinglist or List-Id? How do I create such a filter? I do not only want to filter for from or subject, I want to filter for arbitrary header parts. Thanx.
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Andy
Nov 26, 2012, 1:58:54 PM11/26/12
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Zack (Doc) <za...@tnan.net> wrote:
> The only header that people have discovered works is the list-id. A filter
> for this list looks like this: list:"<gmail-users.googlegroups.com>"
Actually, there is a difference between
> The only header that people have discovered works is the list-id. A filter
> for this list looks like this: list:"<gmail-users.googlegroups.com>"
list:"<gmail-users.googlegroups.com>" and
list-id:"<gmail-users.googlegroups.com>". The latter actually looks
for the List-ID line in the header and only that. The former will
find emails addressed to or from that list address even if there is no
List-ID line or if the List-ID line doesn't match.
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Malte Gell <malte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I want to use Gmail with mailing lists and the labels function. Can I
> create filters with Gmail that filter for mail headers like X-Mailinglist or
> List-Id? How do I create such a filter? I do not only want to filter for
> from or subject, I want to filter for arbitrary header parts. Thanx.
not suggest it to Google?
Andy
Javier
Jan 27, 2014, 2:22:40 AM1/27/14
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Hello,
On Monday, November 26, 2012 7:59:56 PM UTC+1, Andy wrote:
As far as we all know, arbitrary header parts are not possible; why
not suggest it to Google?
I've been waiting for this feature for years, but it seems there are other priorities for Google. That's why I've decided to develop a Gmail application that provides this kind of functionality. Sounds interesting? Get in touch at: http://www.filtermygmail.com
Regards,
Javier
APB
Feb 13, 2014, 8:16:44 PM2/13/14
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(Intentionally sent to the group rather than the poster.)
This sounds like an interesting application, but you don't provide enough information on your front page. I'm not going to enter my address and hit the Subscribe button when I can't even tell if this is something to download or if it runs online, and whether or not it costs something.
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Javier Collado
Feb 14, 2014, 12:53:32 PM2/14/14
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Hello,
2014-02-14 2:16 GMT+01:00 APB <apb...@gmail.com>:
> (Intentionally sent to the group rather than the poster.)
>
> This sounds like an interesting application, but you don't provide enough
> information on your front page. I'm not going to enter my address and hit
> the Subscribe button when I can't even tell if this is something to download
> or if it runs online, and whether or not it costs something.
Thanks for your interest.
Short answer:
- This is something that will run online
- This is going to be free as long as you don't need to filter a huge
volume of e-mails
Long answer:
The plan is to write a SaaS application that uses the Gmail API:
https://developers.google.com/gmail/
to display an interface that lets the user create more advanced
filters. As you can see from the filtermygmail.com page, the two use
cases (they can be reduced into just one) that I've though are useful
are:
- Filter by custom header (have a look at the X-... headers that
aren't available through the basic Gmail interface)
- Filter using a regular expression (match, for example, project name
and then use the matched string as a label)
I'm sure there are other use cases, but I need you to give me feedback
to figure out which ones are the most useful.
If an interface directly in Gmail turns out to be too ambitious, then
the alternative plan is to add a button to the Gmail interface so that
you can go to another page and setup your filter preferences there.
In case you are not familiar with applications that offer Gmail
integration two of my favorite ones are:
- Boomerang (get reminders and schedule emails to send later)
http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
- Inbox pause (Stop receiving e-mail until you're ready)
http://inboxpause.com/
Gmail seems to be so flexible that you can even create your own CRM:
http://streak.com/
In fact, there are already a couple of filtering applications that try
to be very smart into filtering out the e-mail that you don't want to
read (newsletters) and send you a summary later:
https://www.theswizzle.com/
https://unroll.me/
Anyway, going back to the subject, the existence of all these
applications is a sign that, from the technical point of view, this
application can be created. However, before spending any effort on
this, I want to make sure I'm not the only one who thinks this would
be useful.
With regard to the cost, all the applications above are free at least
for now. One case to take a look at is boomerang. You have a number of
credits (reminders, messages to send later) each month that let you
use the application for free. However if you use it intensively (i.e.
you need more credits), then you've got to pay a monthly fee. The way
I see it, the pricing model for filtermygmail should be similar to
this one. I want people to use and take advantage of it, but if
there's a group of users that consume lots of resources then they
probably need to pay a small fee to use the service.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks.
Best regards,
Javier
2014-02-14 2:16 GMT+01:00 APB <apb...@gmail.com>:
> (Intentionally sent to the group rather than the poster.)
>
> This sounds like an interesting application, but you don't provide enough
> information on your front page. I'm not going to enter my address and hit
> the Subscribe button when I can't even tell if this is something to download
> or if it runs online, and whether or not it costs something.
Short answer:
- This is something that will run online
- This is going to be free as long as you don't need to filter a huge
volume of e-mails
Long answer:
The plan is to write a SaaS application that uses the Gmail API:
https://developers.google.com/gmail/
to display an interface that lets the user create more advanced
filters. As you can see from the filtermygmail.com page, the two use
cases (they can be reduced into just one) that I've though are useful
are:
- Filter by custom header (have a look at the X-... headers that
aren't available through the basic Gmail interface)
- Filter using a regular expression (match, for example, project name
and then use the matched string as a label)
I'm sure there are other use cases, but I need you to give me feedback
to figure out which ones are the most useful.
If an interface directly in Gmail turns out to be too ambitious, then
the alternative plan is to add a button to the Gmail interface so that
you can go to another page and setup your filter preferences there.
In case you are not familiar with applications that offer Gmail
integration two of my favorite ones are:
- Boomerang (get reminders and schedule emails to send later)
http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
- Inbox pause (Stop receiving e-mail until you're ready)
http://inboxpause.com/
Gmail seems to be so flexible that you can even create your own CRM:
http://streak.com/
In fact, there are already a couple of filtering applications that try
to be very smart into filtering out the e-mail that you don't want to
read (newsletters) and send you a summary later:
https://www.theswizzle.com/
https://unroll.me/
Anyway, going back to the subject, the existence of all these
applications is a sign that, from the technical point of view, this
application can be created. However, before spending any effort on
this, I want to make sure I'm not the only one who thinks this would
be useful.
With regard to the cost, all the applications above are free at least
for now. One case to take a look at is boomerang. You have a number of
credits (reminders, messages to send later) each month that let you
use the application for free. However if you use it intensively (i.e.
you need more credits), then you've got to pay a monthly fee. The way
I see it, the pricing model for filtermygmail should be similar to
this one. I want people to use and take advantage of it, but if
there's a group of users that consume lots of resources then they
probably need to pay a small fee to use the service.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks.
Best regards,
Javier
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