Gmail – Sort mails in Gmail from a mailing list after certain buzzwords

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My problem: I get lots of mails from a mailing list. Let's call it list@gmail.com.

I am not in all of them interested and I want to filter them.
Mails that are coming via this list@gmail.com AND containing in the body text OR in the subject line certain buzzwords word1 word2 word3 should get one label1.
All other emails, going to this mailing list, but containing not these buzzwords, neither in the text OR in the subject, should get another label2.
I don't want any crossover.

My first try:
I set up the filter in gmail's filter mask. Not sure if the single fields are connected by an AND or an OR. As far as I know, curly brackets mean OR.

  1. Filter:
    to: list@gmail.com
    includes_the_words: {Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

  2. Filter:
    to: list@gmail.com
    subject: -{Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}
    includes_the_words: –{Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

It does not work. So far, emails arriving via the list@gmail.com are now in the INBOX.

If it matters, Filter1 is above Filter2 in the hierarchy of Gmail's filter list.

Best Answer

include_the_words is not a valid Gmail search operator by the other hand there should not be a space between the search operator and the keyword. Instead of

to: list@gmail.com includes_the_words: {Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

try

to:list@gmail.com {Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

instead of

to: list@gmail.com subject: -{Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"} includes_the_words: --{Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

try

to:list@gmail.com subject:-{Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"} {Word1 Word2 Word3 "Long Word4"}

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