How to get Mail to fetch only "primary" e-mails from Gmail
October 1, 2014 8:31 AM Subscribe
Gmail does a great job of filtering spam at the site but it's all getting fetched to Mail on my iPhone & iPad. What do I do to get only "primary" mail in Mail?
Response by poster: If there's another way that would allow me to check gmail and my work mail in one go, I'd prefer that.
posted by HotToddy at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by HotToddy at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014
If you're willing to look at a somewhat kludgey workaround, you can create a second Gmail address and use a filter to forward "primary" mail from the original address to the new address. You can then add just the new address to your Mail app. While I'm not familiar with iOS Mail, you should still be able to send mail as the original Gmail account (not just the new one) if you enable that feature.
posted by Corinth at 12:18 PM on October 1, 2014
posted by Corinth at 12:18 PM on October 1, 2014
To be precise about the filter, I think you'd use "category:primary" in the "has the words" field.
posted by Corinth at 12:31 PM on October 1, 2014
posted by Corinth at 12:31 PM on October 1, 2014
The Priority Inbox in gmail is an IMAP folder so if you are using Imap and only subscribing to that folder that should eliminate most of the problem.
posted by Rubbstone at 2:40 PM on October 1, 2014
posted by Rubbstone at 2:40 PM on October 1, 2014
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posted by greenish at 8:41 AM on October 1, 2014