Hi Cameron, Please ignore my last email. I found those two options AFTER I created the filter. I expected them to be on the "filter messages like this" panel.
Tamara > On 14Jun2018 21:09, Tamara Berger <brg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 4:32:56 AM UTC-4, Cameron Simpson wrote: > >> This is one reason to prefer the mailing list. You can subscribe here: > >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > [...] > >> Wait for the first message or so and for that message choose GMail's > >> "filter > >> messages like this" action. I like to choose "Apply the label Python" and > >> "Skip > >> the inbox" for such things. Then you'll get a nice little "Python" mail > >> folder > >> in your collection where the list will accumulate. And less spam than the > >> Group. > > > >Sounds great, Cameron. But Gmail doesn't give me the options "Apply the label > >Python" and "Skip the inbox" under "Filter messages like this." I just get > >the > >generic To, From, Has the words, Doesn't have. > > The first panel with to/from etc is just the message selection panel. It > probably has the "includes the words" field already filled in with something > that will match a python-list message. When you click "Create filter with this > search" you get another panel with what to do with matching messages. > > I usually: > > - skip the Inbox > - apply the label: click the "Choose label" dropdown and create a new label > "python" or whatever suits you > - also apply filter to matching conversations, which will gather up all the > list messages that have already arrived and filter them, too > > Also note that you don't need a label per list. I file a few mailing lists in > the same "python" folder. > > Alternatively, you might make a label per list; note that you can put a slash > in a label eg "python/python-list" and GMail will treat that as a hierarchy, > making a "python" category on the left with "python-list" underneath it. Might > be handy of you join several lists and want to group them. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
