How to send certain mails in labels in gmail
You can use Gmail's filters and labels to automatically send certain emails to specific labels. Here's a step-by-step guide:
Step 1: Create a filter
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the gear icon () in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
- Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Click on "Create a new filter."
- Enter the criteria for the filter, such as:
- "From" a specific sender
- "To" a specific recipient
- "Subject" containing specific keywords
- "Has attachment" or "Does not have attachment"
- "Size" of the email
- And more...
- Click "Create filter."
Step 2: Apply the label
- In the "Create filter" window, click on the "Apply the label" dropdown menu.
- Select the label you want to apply to the filtered emails. You can create a new label by clicking on "New label" and entering the label name.
- Click "Create filter."
Step 3: Send the labeled emails to another label
- Go back to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Find the filter you created in Step 1 and click on the three vertical dots next to it.
- Select "Edit filter."
- In the "Edit filter" window, click on the "Apply the label" dropdown menu.
- Select the label you want to send the emails to.
- Click "Save changes."
Example scenario
Let's say you want to send all emails from a specific sender (e.g., "[email protected]") to a label called "John's emails".
- Create a filter with the criteria "From: [email protected]".
- Apply the label "John's emails" to the filtered emails.
- Send the labeled emails to another label, say "Important emails".
Now, whenever an email is received from "[email protected]", it will be automatically labeled as "John's emails" and also sent to the "Important emails" label.
Tips and variations
- You can create multiple filters with different criteria and apply different labels to each filter.
- You can also use Gmail's "Canned responses" feature to automatically reply to emails that match a specific filter.
- If you want to send emails to a specific label only, you can skip Step 3 and apply the label only.
- You can also use Gmail's "Snooze" feature to temporarily remove emails from a label and have them reappear at a later time.