Gmail filter is acting up!

phreak0ut · 06-11-2007, 12:50 PM

I recently moved from one mail id to another. I just wanted the old mail id for official purpose. I intimated everyone in the list to the new one, and all of them are doing that, except one friend of mine. I've requested him, told him nicely, scolded him not to send any mails to the old id, but he keeps sending mails. I had created a labelled filter where his mails used to get dumped there, but I don't want any personal mails there. So, I deleted all the labelled filters. I created filters to skip the inbox, delete the mail and various combinations. I even report it as spam, but the f*ing mails keep ending up in my inbox

I even removed him from my contact list, but I'm not able to successfully junk his mails. All other mails which are unnecessary are successfully being junked. Could you guys please tell me how to set proper filters?

QwertyManiac · 06-11-2007, 01:06 PM

Why not use a client instead?

Anyway, set it up with his address as From, and in the next step just select Delete it or Select 'Skip the inbox, Forward it to (Whatever), Delete it' if you want it alive. Why doesn't this work for you?

lywyre · 06-11-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by phreak0ut

I recently moved from one mail id to another. I just wanted the old mail id for official purpose. I intimated everyone in the list to the new one, and all of them are doing that, except one friend of mine. I've requested him, told him nicely, scolded him not to send any mails to the old id, but he keeps sending mails. I had created a labelled filter where his mails used to get dumped there, but I don't want any personal mails there. So, I deleted all the labelled filters. I created filters to skip the inbox, delete the mail and various combinations. I even report it as spam, but the f*ing mails keep ending up in my inbox

I even removed him from my contact list, but I'm not able to successfully junk his mails. All other mails which are unnecessary are successfully being junked. Could you guys please tell me how to set proper filters?

In Gmail, you can modify your filter to forward that mail to your personal id and delete it from the inbox. Or you could just delete it.

Check the attachment.

Batistabomb · 06-11-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lywyre

In Gmail, you can modify your filter to forward that mail to your personal id and delete it from the inbox. Or you could just delete it.

Check the attachment.

thanks lywyre i had same problem

phreak0ut · 06-11-2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lywyre

In Gmail, you can modify your filter to forward that mail to your personal id and delete it from the inbox. Or you could just delete it.

Check the attachment.

Yeah, I thought of redirecting to my personal id, but that ****** guy sends to EVERY id in his list. He's got around a 100 people there. No kidding! So, I end up with the same copy of his crappy forward on my personal id as well. After reporting spam so many times, one mail has reached the Spam folder automatically. I'll see how long this works.

@Qwerty-I don't like using clients. It's kind of a pain to me