Can I forward selected messages from my GMail Account?Dave, I've been experimenting with a Google Gmail account and am wondering if there's a way that I can forward specific messages sent to that account to my regular mailbox? And if so, is there a fee or membership cost associated with it? I too have a Gmail account and am very impressed with how easy it is to work with, how attractively it presents messages, how there's sufficient archival space that I don't have to keep cleaning out my mailbox, and how it's so simple and clean compared to the ugly ad-heavy Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. Unfortunately, it's also still an invitation-only system so getting an account is a bit of a "who you know". But, yes, there is a way to selectively forward messages from your Gmail account and there's no cost associated with it ("nor", Google assures us, "will there ever be."). The trick is to log in to your account, then click on the "Settings" link on the top right corner. There are lots of useful settings you can tweak here -- don't forget to turn on keyboard shortcuts, for example -- but you want to click on "Filters" to accomplish what you're trying to accomplish here. Probably, you have no filters, so you'll see a rather austere screen and a "Create a new filter" link. Click on it. Now you'll see this:  Click on the screen shot for a larger view To create a filter that selectively forwards messages that have, say, the pattern cikdiscuss in the subject, simply add those letters to the subject box, then click on "Next Step". Now you're presented with five choices: archive the matching message directly (they call this "skip the inbox"), star it, apply the specified label, forward it to, and move it to the trash. Obviously, it's the fourth choice that you want: check that option, enter the email address of your main mail account, click "Create Filter" and you're done! As you can see in the earlier screen shot, there are a number of different sophisticated filters you can create. I like that I can filter based on the content of the message, a real boon for using Gmail to help organize lots and lots of messages. MY kudos to the Google team for Gmail, and I just wish i could give everyone who reads AskDaveTaylor an account to check it out!
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I have the same question that Ann Brooks has....How do I simply forward something from my email to another friends email....I did read your answer....I went to the header and there was no "more options" to be found there was a more actions but there was no forwarding to be selected.....there is a forward tab at the bottom of the message but you either got to copy and paste or type the email address by hand...Is there a eaiser way than that option????? Posted by: Lenny Bean at February 7, 2007 1:53 PMi looked for long 4 an answer for that Q? hello a question pls is there a way i can retrieve my gmail ( incoming mails without accessing my gmail account) from yahoo mail or aol mail?? and how ? Posted by: allure at April 5, 2007 9:47 AMCan i tranfer my all hotmail mails atonce to another account like gmail or yahoo. Is that Possible Posted by: Raja at July 13, 2007 1:05 AMHow to you access the contact list to forward an e-mail whle the new e-mail mail is on the screen? When I hit the forward button it gives me a line for an address but I need the contact list in order to foward. Thanks Posted by: George Engle at August 1, 2007 3:09 PMWhen I forwarde mail I like to clean it up. Some of my messages have a long list of people That have sent mail to them. In the past when I got to foward I then eerase the wirk FW in to front of the topis. Then go into the massage and remove the people who sent it to me, and all the others. then When I send it it's nice and clean. with just my name and the message. Is there a way to do this with gmail? Posted by: Shirley Naron at September 26, 2007 1:47 PMhow to forward the mail to all my friends in my list Posted by: Murugan at October 26, 2007 5:09 AMYour answer re forwarding selected email missed the mark for me. Let's say I receive 200 emails, go to my account, read them, choose one message, decide i want to forward it to another account, and just want to do that one time. How? I know it's got to be really simple and I'm missing it but please direct me. Thank you. Posted by: cliff at January 11, 2008 8:23 PMCliff, easy: on the top right of the window within which your message is displayed (it has a small line that separates the messages from all the navigation, ads, etc) is a little button "Reply". Click on the down arrow immediately next to it and you'll see it's a pop-down menu. Second choice: Forward. :-) Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 11, 2008 9:34 PMHow do you forward all present e-mails in your inbox to another e-mail? I have done the setting which allows you to automaticaly forward e-mails to another e-mail.I hope that I get an answer soon. ASAP ! Posted by: r k at January 29, 2008 2:14 PM1. Checkbox some emails. How do I forward everything from Outlook Web Access to my gmail acount? (and forward everything that comes later 2) Posted by: Michael at March 30, 2008 1:52 PMHi Dave, I am still not able to send multiple messages (note that this is not a grouped message) This are individual mails sent on different dates from different mail address. I want to be able to forward all of this individual messages at one go. Is this possible...? Posted by: Dhurba at May 7, 2008 12:36 AMWhy has gmail made forwareding email messages so complicated? Others have a forward button above email messages. Alex Posted by: Alex Borris at June 18, 2008 11:43 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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