Gmail - Multiple Automatic Filters / Labels

That gmail has the capibilities to automatically filter incoming mail and label it accordingly is basically common knowledge. The use of this technique for todo-lists or as a depository for notes to have them all the time and everywhere available, can be found at many different places on the web as well. But what if I have an important todo item that additionally I want to keep writing some notes on the topic? Do I then have to write multiple messages one for each filter / label?

The answer is: NO!


All that has to be done in order to be able to use multiple filters within one message like

Recipient: Username+Filter1+Filter2+Filter3@gmail.com
e.g. Username+important+todo+notes@gmail.com

is that the filters need to be set up in a way that after the "+filter-extension" in the Filter Condition a * has to follow, being succeeded by the @gmail.com or whatever the extension is that google offers in your country.

Filter Condition:
to:Username+Filter1*@gmail.com
Username+important*@gmail.com
to:Username+Filter2*@gmail.com
Username+todo*@gmail.com
to:Username+Filter3*@gmail.com
Username+notes*@gmail.com

And that's it. From now on messages can easily be sent with multiple labels attached to them :-)

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