If you are like me and setup your primary Gmail account with your Blackberry, or other smartphone, you more than likely get tired of all the "junk" email that goes to your device and startrs it blinking at 230am. This junk for me was mainly mailing lists as I am on a few in the Linux world. Well let's see if we can clean up this little issue.
Some people say why don't you just use the Gmail app for Blackberry devices?
A. Because for me it freezes constantly and breaks my data connection, I'm not the only one. But if you want to use it keep that in mind and also that it hasn't been updated in around 2 years.
What you will need:
1. A computer to access your Gmail account
2. A Blackberry email address(optional, you can setup a new gmail acct too)
3.
Procedure:
Ok lets log into our gmail account and click on Settings, click Filters, Create a new Filter. Now here is where we need to put in some information in regard to what we WANT forwarded. I have a list of email domains that I have compiled that is in no way exhaustive but a start, I add to it all the time.
In the FROM field:
*@gmail.com|*@hotmail.com|*@yahoo.com|*@att.blackberry.net|*@vzw.blackberry.net|*@aol.com|*@msn.com|*@live.com|*@roadrunner.com|*@gmx.de|*@gmx.net
This covers a majority of the providers, in order to add more use the pipe(|)and a star(*) - Important NO SPACES or the rule will fail. So if I wanted to add ACME corporations email I would simplty append |*@acme.com to the end of the string.
In the TO field:
MyEmail@gmail.com
I leave HAS THE WORDS and SUBJECT empty because I want almost all email to come through.
In the DOESN'T HAVE feild:
cdlug-general OR chat OR LTP
Put the key words you DON'T want forwarded, seperated by OR. You can use other boolean phrases also, but I will not cover them in this article.
**I highly suggest you put "chat" in the feild. If you don't every gchat you have will be forwarded to your phone and that can get annoying.
Once you are done with that hit "Next Step"
Now place a check in the box next to "Forward it To:" select your forwarding address. if you have not set one up yet simply click "Manage your forwarding address", select "add new", put in your blackberry.net address and await the verification code. Once the code comes type it into the box and click "Save changes" at the bottom of the page, you will be returned to the Filters page.
Now you can hit "Create filter", I do not suggest checking the apply to XX number of conversations below or you may clog up your blackberry.
Done. Now all email from the email domains we setup in the begining will be forwarded to your blackberry and all the ones you don't want will stay in the cloud.
Hope that helps! If you have any questions/comments please feel free to post them!
Dan
