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[Markus]

Okay, so I already successfully setup a filter.

The question is, can I get gmail to automatically organize the emails I've already received that FIT that criteria, or do I have to do that manually?

[Dutchling]

(I do not know if you can make gmail do it automatically)

When you select what kind of filter you want, but before you actually make a filter out of it, you see all of your emails matching that filter. Just click away the filter-making menu and move all the e-mails you now see to the correct folder.

Or just type the filter, like "from:(noreply@redbubble.com) subject:artist view in browser" in the search bar.

[olemars]

If you go into gear symbol->settings->filters, you get a list of all filters you have set up. Click "edit", then "continue" (or whatever it is in the english version of gmail) in the popup frame, and in the next one there is a checkbox to apply the filter to X existing conversations.

[Markus]

If you go into gear symbol->settings->filters, you get a list of all filters you have set up. Click "edit", then "continue" (or whatever it is in the english version of gmail) in the popup frame, and in the next one there is a checkbox to apply the filter to X existing conversations.

Only applies to filter to about 100 of the 600 emails that actually fit the bill. It's a start, I suppose-better than the first time I tried that and it only applied to 16 CHATS I had with someone where college was mentioned off-hand.

I've pretty finished doing it manually anyways, though if anyone has any revelations I'll keep this thread open to give the answers to the friends of mine who have less. . . free time, to be doing something so tedious.