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    Reader Sameer writes in with this handy Gmail tip:

      

    I needed to set up a filter that would apply label 'work' to any email that came from 'xyz@workplace.com' OR had the word 'workoholic' in it. Unfortunately, Gmail's inbuilt 'Create a filter' feature's dialog boxes are connected with an AND operator. Example: if I wrote ' xyz@workplace.com' in the 'from:' field of the 'Create a filter' page, and 'workoholic' in the 'Has the words:' field, then only emails that came from 'xyz@workplace' AND had the word 'workoholic' would be picked up by this filter. So, to get the desired result, I needed TWO filters. Unless...

    I needed to set up a filter that would apply label 'work' to any email that came from 'xyz@workplace.com' OR had the word 'workoholic' in it. Unfortunately, Gmail's inbuilt 'Create a filter' feature's dialog boxes are connected with an AND operator. Example: if I wrote ' xyz@workplace.com' in the 'from:' field of the 'Create a filter' page, and 'workoholic' in the 'Has the words:' field, then only emails that came from 'xyz@workplace' AND had the word 'workoholic' would be picked up by this filter. So, to get the desired result, I needed TWO filters. Unless...

      

    If you've done much work filtering your Gmail messages, chances are you've run into similar problems. Check out Sameer's solution after the jump.

     

    Incorporate both the conditions in the 'Has the words:' field itself! So my 'Has the words' field reads as: (from:(xyz@workplace.com) OR (workoholic)). Voila! c'est fini! But the possibilities are endless!

    Incorporate both the conditions in the 'Has the words:' field itself! So my 'Has the words' field reads as: (from:(xyz@workplace.com) OR (workoholic)). Voila! c'est fini! But the possibilities are endless!

      

    I had to figure out this little trick a while back when Gmail's default filter form wasn't working for me, and once you know that you can filter everything from the "Has the words" field using any of Gmail's default search operators, your filtering opportunities open up quite a bit.

      

    This is similar to a previous tip about using search operators in filters, but it moves the possibilities to another fantastic level. If you're looking for more ways to up your Gmail skillz, check out my Gmail master feature, or any of the tips in our extensive Gmail tag. Thanks Sameer! — Adam Pash

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