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Google Apps Script to autoforward based on convention.
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| /** | |
| * script to automatically forward all mail under 'auto/forward/[recipient] | |
| * author: tedsteinmann | |
| */ | |
| //setting primary inputs | |
| var LABEL = 'auto/forward/'; | |
| function forwardMail(){ | |
| //get all labels under LABEL | |
| var forwards = _getAutoForwards() | |
| //loop over list of labels | |
| for (var i = 0; i < forwards.length; i++) { | |
| //Logger.log(forwards[i]) | |
| _forward(forwards[i]) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function _getAutoForwards(){ | |
| var results = []; | |
| var labels = GmailApp.getUserLabels(); | |
| for (var i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) { | |
| var labelname = labels[i].getName().toString() | |
| if(labelname.indexOf(LABEL) > -1) { | |
| var list = labelname.split("/") | |
| var forwardTo = list[list.length - 1] | |
| Logger.log("Checking label: "+ forwardTo); | |
| results.push(forwardTo) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return results; | |
| } | |
| function _forward(recipient) { | |
| var label = LABEL + recipient | |
| var threads = GmailApp.search('label:' + label); | |
| for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) { | |
| var message = threads[i].getMessages()[0] | |
| message.forward(recipient); // only the 1st message | |
| Logger.log('Message subject:' + message.getSubject() + ' forwarded to ' + recipient); //logs MyLabel | |
| threads[i].removeLabel(GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(label)); | |
| } | |
| } |
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