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--- gmail_annoyances [2021.05.23 10:49] – [Offload messages from Gmail] Steve Isenberg
+++ gmail_annoyances [2022.07.04 08:26] (current) – Steve Isenberg
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 |from:costco@online.costco.com size:5M|all mail from that address 5MB or larger in size|
 |in:sent before:2020/09/15 after:2020/09/13 |all mail that you sent in that time period, midnight on 9/13 to maybe a message on 9/16|
+====Stuff Received Messages into a Folder====
+You want to have gmail put received email into a folder so you can collect similar messages together or delete them as a group at a later time, for example.
+  - Decide how you want to identify incoming mail that should be forwarded to a specific folder.  You can search your inbox for something that matches, like: ''from:GoodStuff@spamforyou.com'' or ''from:*@macys.com'' but try searches till you find one or more that you want the search to find.
+  - Create the folder.  Maybe, //Adverts//
+  - In gmail, Settings (it's that gear in the upper right)
+  - See all settings
+  - Filters and Blocked Addresses
+  - Create a new filter
+  - (Here you put the searches, usually into From:.  If you have several, you can separate them with OR, as in: ''GoodStuff@spamforyou.com OR *@macys.com'')
+  - Create filter
+  - Choose what to do when the message arrives.  Of note: "skip the inbox" (you'll see it in the folder), "Apply the label" Adverts, "Never send it to Spam".
+  - Also choose "Also apply filter to N matching conversations".
+  - Create filter
+You can have many filters (I have maybe 100) and you can have many addresses in each filter (I have up to 40 or more in one filter).
+I use this to stuff many emails that I might want to read but aren't essential, to a folder I call Adverts.
+Then when I run low on space, I can use search: ''In:Adverts Older_than:10d'' to select those in the folder older than 10 days, select them all, and Delete.
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 //--Adam Schwartz//
+====Move Messages from One Gmail Account to Another====
+Your gmail account is using close to all of its space.  You want to make more room in your gmail account.  You can use the machine-based solutions above, but if you want all messages to remain online, you have some options.
+  - Delete messages.
+    - By size.  Search for "size:5m" and delete them, the ones that are over 5MB in size.
+    - Spam.  Delete your spam messages. (maybe: "in:spam older_than:7d" to access ones older than 7 days to delete 'em)
+    - Trash.  Empty your trash.
+    - By some other criteria. Maybe messages older than 1 year ("older_than:1y") and be sure to delete them from Trash to free up the space.
+  - Buy more space from Google.
+  - Or maybe there is another way.
+Here is another way.  I've just found this today (20210812) and I'm still trying it out.  Here's what you do, and this list is preliminary and from memory, I'll update it after I do it again.
+  * Create a second gmail account.  Suppose your main account is "main@gmail.com" that is using up all its allowed space, and you create a second one called "second@gmail.com"
+  * Use Chrome browser.  This is the only one that has the needed extension.
+  * In Chrome, install the: "Multi Email Forward by cloudHQ" extension from the Chrome Web Store.
+    * You will need to allow it to have full access to your gmail account.
+    * There may be more setup needed.
+  * Once installed, go to your main gmail account.  Decide which message(s) to forward to your second account
+    * Maybe set up a filter that puts all messages 5MB or larger into a folder called something meaningful like BIGGIES and these are the ones to move.
+    * Setting up a folder holding the messages will make it easier to do the following steps.
+  * Go to the BIGGIES folder
+  * Select all messages (or a subset to try)
+  * Click on the Forwarding icon (it's between the Delete and the Mark-as-Read/Unread buttons, it's called Multi Email Forward.
+  * Forward selected emails individually ...
+  * Dialog comes up, "Forward N email conversations to (enter email address)". This would be second@gmail.com
+  * Click away from where you enter the second email address, and "Forward Emails".
+  * Dialog comes up saying the messages have begun forwarding.
+The transfer will happen in the background and it may take some time.
+===Notes about what happens on the MAIN account===
+  * The messages are forwarded; they show up in your Sent folder.  You should delete them there
+    * You can identify them by date (when you did the forwarding) and by the TO address being second@gmail.com.
+  * The messages are not deleted from your main account.  You may want to delete these after you are comfortable with the messages being forwarded.
+===Notes about what happens on the SECOND account===
+  * The messages forwarded have a FROM of your main address
+  * The messages all show as Fwd:
+  * The date/time of the messages in the list of messages is the date/time you forwarded them, not the original send date/time.
+  * Each message is prepended with "Forwarded using cloudHQ's free email forwarding tool" with a link to the software
+===The Good===
+  * You can forward messages from Main to Second, and safely delete them from Main, to free space there.  All while being able to access them on Second account.
+===The Annoying===
+  * You get a Gmail Security Alert in your MAIN account every time you start the cloudHQ transfer.
+===The Gotcha===
+Suppose
+  * You want the date/time to remain the same for message in Second as it was in Main
+  * You don't want the "cloudHQ" message in the forwarded messages
+  * You want more options
+Then you need to purchase a subscription from the cloudHQ people.  As of this writing it's $14.99/month.  It would be nice if they offered different pricing for corporation use and personal use. But they don't appear to.
+=====Change Your Gmail Address=====
+The following link tells how to effect a change to your email address.  Suppose you created your old email address using your birthday, and realize that this is not a good thing to do.  Read on.
+From the link below, it says: ''There's no way to actually change the Gmail address linked to your Google account, but you can do so in essence by creating a new Gmail address and linking it to your original, established account. After creating the new Gmail account, change your settings so that messages sent to your new address will be automatically forwarded to your original account. You'll also need to change your settings so that you can send e-mail as your new alias from your old account.''
+After doing its steps, it would work as follows:
+  * Tell people to send to the new Gmail address. [it is forwarded to your old, birthday address]
+  * Use your old Gmail address to read and reply.  When replying, have Gmail use the new Gmail address as the sending address (you'd select it from a drop-down).
+This is the link: [[https://www.wikihow.com/Change-Gmail-Address]]
+====Add a From-Address====
+This is collected from the previous 'Change Your Gmail Address' entry. You want to set things up so that messages you send can appear to come from another email address you have.
+  - Sign into your gmail account
+  - Settings, see all settings
+  - Accounts and Import
+  - Add another email address you own
+  - In the "Add another email address you own" popup, type your other email address and check "Treat as an alias"
+  - "Next Step", enter username and password for this other account
+  - Click on "Add Account"
+To use: Compose message and change the sender from the dropdown.
+Notes for smi\\
+Frustration.  [20220704] I have not gotten this to work yet.  I don't know what to put in for SMTP server, username, and password to gmail.