[Bug?] Google adds Label but somtimes ignores "Skip the inbox"-Filter

[linux...@gmail.com]

Hi there,

I use my gmail account to manage my mailinglist-memberships. Each
mailing-list gets its Label, and I configured gmail to "Skip the
inbox" for all my filters.

However from time to time mails appear in my inbox with a label
assigned by a filter which clearly was configured with "Skip the
inbox" enabled. I double-checked for sure but sometimes this filter-
property is ignored although the appropriate label is assigned.

Any idea what could be wrong?

Thank you in advance, lg Clemens

[Zack (Doc)]

I have this happen fairly rarely, but there is a precedent for it
being a feature, not a bug (but yours could be a bug too).

If the message is addressed to you directly, either on To or CC line,
and is not "muted" (GMail feature), then it will always pop into the
Inbox, regardless of the filter settings. To make sure they don't pop
back to the inbox, you have to "mute" the conversation.

[linux...@gmail.com]

> If the message is addressed to you directly, either on To or CC line,
> and is not "muted" (GMail feature), then it will always pop into the
> Inbox, regardless of the filter settings. To make sure they don't pop
> back to the inbox, you have to "mute" the conversation.

Yes of course, I again checked it but they weren't adressed to me
directly, just to the list.
It seems to me like some kinf od race-condition, maybe simply too many
filter-requests happen at the same time?
Its the same as with Spam. GMail correctly recognizes most of the SPAM
but from time to time mails are in my Inbox with "Viagra" even in the
header. Such mails should be recognized automatically.

How can I mute a conversation? For now if once a mail is sent to my
inbox it pops up every time somebody writes something to it :-/

lg Clemens

[Zack (Doc)]

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/search.py?query=mute

[Fuzzy Logic]

Not true. There is nothing special about having a message addressed to
you directly.

In all the message threads for which this has been the case for me,
one message failed to match the filter so it pulls the entire thread
into the Inbox. Look closely and I'll bet you'll find that is the
case. All it takes is one to do this.

Fuzzy

[Zack (Doc)]

But... there's the case I was talking about. Frequently those
directly addressed messages, are no longer addressed to the group, and
fail to match the filter. They still have the label from previous
messages, but pass back to inbox.

In the case of messages addressed directly to me AND the list, I still
get them pulled in cause GMail technically receives the message twice
(like getting a sent message back) but recognizes it, and only lists
it once. But the "received" message direct to me, failed to match the
filter and the whole thread returns to the inbox.

Another point I just realized... Remember the filter option says "Skip
the inbox" not "Remove the inbox". If there is no inbox label already
on the message, it will "skip" adding one, but if there's an inbox
label already on the thread, it won't "remove" it.