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chrisvenus) wrote2008-11-06 06:15 pm
chrisvenus) wrote2008-11-06 06:15 pm
Gmail question
I was playing with gmail earlier as mentioned in my earlier post and I have found a problem that I can't seem to figure a way round...
For my incoming e-mail I can receive anything @planetvenus.org.uk. So I can make up e-mail addresses on the spot. My general habit is that anything I really am interested in (as opposed to just filling in a compulsory registration form or a one off doodad) will get something of the form foo-chris@planetvenus.org.uk. I then used to filter mail so that *chris@planetvenus.org.uk would come through to my "main" inbox.
I tried to set up a filter to do this in gmail and apply an appropriate tag but it appears that the filters don't do wildcards. So can anybody think of a cunning way for me to be able to do this? I can just cut down and tag on an "on demand" basis but it would be nice not to have to...
So anybody else come across this problem and have a solution? googling turned up nothing useful so far...
For my incoming e-mail I can receive anything @planetvenus.org.uk. So I can make up e-mail addresses on the spot. My general habit is that anything I really am interested in (as opposed to just filling in a compulsory registration form or a one off doodad) will get something of the form foo-chris@planetvenus.org.uk. I then used to filter mail so that *chris@planetvenus.org.uk would come through to my "main" inbox.
I tried to set up a filter to do this in gmail and apply an appropriate tag but it appears that the filters don't do wildcards. So can anybody think of a cunning way for me to be able to do this? I can just cut down and tag on an "on demand" basis but it would be nice not to have to...
So anybody else come across this problem and have a solution? googling turned up nothing useful so far...