While I could not find a way to use gmail filter to accomplish my goal, I discovered another gmail setting that does give me the desired feedback; now if I am just alert for that feedback. Gmail puts ">>" (as one character) in front of any "conversation" that contains a message directly to me and not from a mailing list. If I just look for this character, at least the first time such a message occurs in a conversation, I will be informed of offline messages; any future offline messages in the same thread would not produce a distinct alert, afaik.
The filters won't work because all of the messages from the mailing list are treated as if they are addressed to me, from a filter perpective. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. I'll experiment with that. Thank you. > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Is there something I am missing in gmail that either >>> automatically does what I want, or can be achieved by a >>> setting? >> >> Yes, Björn has nailed it. >> >> You can make a filter which recognizes email sent >> to your email address and you can then put a label >> on those messages and you can give a label a distintive >> color. > -- (B=) <-----my sig Brian Schott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
