Gmail filters lack wildcard and pattern matching
Gmail filters cannot match wildcard or pattern-based subject lines and addresses, so spam and project mail cannot be sorted precisely.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 8 July 2011 · last reported 6 July 2026
What's going wrong
Gmail users who want precise mail sorting keep hitting the same limit.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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