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Create 'smart' Gmail filters using Address Book groups Apps
I got fed up trying to create fancy filters in Gmail that would tag the email accordingly, depending on the sender. For example, if the sender is a "friend," the mail would be flagged as "friend;" "workmate" as workmate, etc..

This is a piece of cake in desktop mail applications, but a pain in the backside in Gmail. So I created a little AppleScript to help me do it. Read about it here for more details, or just run the AppleScript (7KB download) for some fun and work out the rest.

[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, since my Gmail account is simply a spam trap of sorts at the moment...]
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Create 'smart' Gmail filters using Address Book groups
Authored by: luhmann on Oct 28, '05 03:26:47PM

What's hard about filters in Gmail? You just set it to apply the label you want according to the sender...



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Create 'smart' Gmail filters using Address Book groups
Authored by: rycardo on Oct 30, '05 01:17:21PM

Another option by GMail: You can add a + and any character(s) after the name part of your gmail address. Then you can create rules/filters based on that address. For delivery purposes GMail ignores the + and everything following it.
So <myaddress@gmail.com> and <myaddress+macosxhints@gmail.com> are both delivered to the same inbox.
HTH,
Rycardo



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