Thanks, Zack; this did the trick.

Thanks also for your suggestion, Andy, but I already had "Don't override
filters" checked.

--APB


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote:

> To search for a label in a filter, use the "Has the words:" box and
> something like "label:muted"... it will give you a warning that it won't
> work, but it will.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:53 AM, APB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I belong to several high-traffic groups on Facebook, and am set to get
>> notifications by email.  The groups' notifications share a particular label.
>>
>> I want to see the first notice of a thread in my Inbox, but then I mute
>> the conversation so that I can see further comments when I have time.
>>
>> However, new notifications for existing threads are still coming to my
>> Inbox.  They carry the label "Muted", but ...
>>
>> I know that Gmail will disregard muting for messages in which one's
>> personal address appears in the TO or CC field, but all of these are TO the
>> Facebook groups' addresses.
>>
>> I thought of creating a filter that would archive messages that carry the
>> labels "XYZ" and "Muted", but don't see a way to do that.  (In fact, I
>> don't see how to create any filter using a label as a criterium.)
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>>
>> --APB
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