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Why can't I change the order of filters in Gmail?
Simply put, I want to be able to move my filters up and down so I can choose what order they are applied.
PayPal sends me emails whenever my debit card is swiped (cool), and so I want to use Gmail to forward these emails directly to my mobile phone.
The rule I am using to do that is from:(service@paypal.com) subject:(Receipt for your debit card purchase) and it works well enough.
However, PayPal also sends me emails three or so days after I make a purchase to notify me that the funds were actually withdrawn from my bank account. I don't care about these, and so I want to delete them and not forward them to my phone. The rule I am using for that is from:(service@paypal.com) subject:(Receipt for your debit card purchase with Backup Funding).
Unfortunately, the messages that have "with Backup Funding" still get forwarded to my phone. I want to be able to process the first rule (delete "with Backup Funding") and then stop processing so these messages aren't forwarded (because they also contain "Receipt for your debit card purchase"). I don't see how to do this in Gmail.
PayPal sends me emails whenever my debit card is swiped (cool), and so I want to use Gmail to forward these emails directly to my mobile phone.
The rule I am using to do that is from:(service@paypal.com) subject:(Receipt for your debit card purchase) and it works well enough.
However, PayPal also sends me emails three or so days after I make a purchase to notify me that the funds were actually withdrawn from my bank account. I don't care about these, and so I want to delete them and not forward them to my phone. The rule I am using for that is from:(service@paypal.com) subject:(Receipt for your debit card purchase with Backup Funding).
Unfortunately, the messages that have "with Backup Funding" still get forwarded to my phone. I want to be able to process the first rule (delete "with Backup Funding") and then stop processing so these messages aren't forwarded (because they also contain "Receipt for your debit card purchase"). I don't see how to do this in Gmail.
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I think this would be a great feature for GMail.
But I think you can get this to work without it.
Make sure that your subject has quotes around it to be sure it's an exact match.
"Receipt for your debit card purchase with Backup Funding"
You can also try adding unique words into the "Has the words:" and "Doesn't have:" inputs. This searches the entire email for these words. So even the smallest inconsistencies btw emails will be picked up.
Hope that helps.
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Inappropriate?I think this would be a great feature for GMail.
But I think you can get this to work without it.
Make sure that your subject has quotes around it to be sure it's an exact match.
"Receipt for your debit card purchase with Backup Funding"
You can also try adding unique words into the "Has the words:" and "Doesn't have:" inputs. This searches the entire email for these words. So even the smallest inconsistencies btw emails will be picked up.
Hope that helps.
You can find some more advanced search options here
3 people say
this solves the problem
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Inappropriate?Good suggestion. I'll look more closely at the messages and experiment. I forgot that I could do something like -backup in the Subject: field of the filter; that would probably work for this example. It would still be nice if you could order the filters, through. -
Inappropriate?Yep, i have to keep deleting and re-adding filters everytime i have to put a new one :(
and i manage multiple emails on a single account - you can imagine :/
Pretty much the only gmail flaw imho :D -
Inappropriate?If you get more than 2-300 messages a day from an old email address, I'd say this feature. I'm getting ready to abandon gmail just because I can't order the filters on one of my main accounts - it makes it impossible to handle filtering of old emails I didn't use a "+" tag on.
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Inappropriate?I'm guessing that as this problem is 9 months old and it should be a relatively minor problem to fix that this is either not a problem that google is aware of or they are just not bother about it.
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