I am consolidating several Gmail accounts (leaf accounts) in on central account (e.g., central@gmail.com).
When faced with the choice between :
- Forwarding from each leaf account to the central account
- Checking mail for all leaf accounts from the central account
I took the first option, because it seems instantaneous (while checking happens roughly every our).
I am trying to forward to a different Gmail alias for each leaf account.
Example: the first leaf account (
leaf1@gmail.com) would forward to
central+leaf1@gmail.com.
I then use this forwarded to address as a criterion to create a filter for all mails forwarded from leaf1@gmail.com.
The problem
I did a few tests, and it appears that the Delivered-To: field in the forwarded e-mail sometimes refers to the aliased address (central+leaf1@gmail.com), sometimes it does not (central@gmail.com).
Several tests were made, with different From: addresses, and with empty and non-empty mails, and I was not able to find the rule behind that. I am wondering if it is an inconsistency in Gmail's forwarding, or some deterministic rule?
Best Answer
Try using deliveredto instead of from
For example you can use
to find emails forwarded from leaf1@gmail.com (as you pointed in your question, you used aliases as forwarding address, so you can make use of them)