Actually 'includes the words' searches also the 'subject' and 'from' fields in GMail (this is google's product after all). Therefore there is only one filter (the latter) required if email addresses are included in key words.
–Jouni On 28 November 2011 01:18, Jouni Valkonen <jounivalko...@gmail.com> wrote: > With GMail, it is better to reduce noise by searching unvanted people and > keywords and mark them automatically as read. Then it is simple to to keep > inbox clean, but still the filtering is not final solution, but they can be > always unfiltered, if needed. > > Brief instruction to filter noise: > > 1) From: jounivalkonen OR jabowery OR etc. (all the uninteresting people, > separate email addresses with 'OR' to create filter for several people) > 2) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > 3) select 'Create filter with this search' > 4) tick 'mark as read' > 5) tick 'Also apply filter to 500 matching conversations.' > 6) select 'Create filter' > This filters emails that come directly from unwanted people. Then create > second filter to search message body from unwanted key words. > 1) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > 2) includes the words: jounivalkonen OR jabowery OR bowery OR Jouni OR > Valkonen OR etc. (all the uninteresting words associated to unwanted > messages, separate words with 'OR' to apply it several people > simultaneously. Of course, be careful with common names, such as James) > 3) select 'Create filter with this search' > 4) tick 'mark as read' > 5) tick 'Also apply filter to 900 matching conversations.' > 6) select 'Create filter' > This way it is good to filter unwanted noise, but it is not too harsh, > because noise is not diverted into trash bin or bypassed inbox. Although > messages are not usually read using this filter, at least they are noted. So > it makes possible to return them occasionally if necessary. > > –Jouni >
