Filter API for free Google and Gmail users

Question

Is there a way to create a filter in gmail programmatically for gmail users, as well as for free Google application accounts?

It looks like the email settings API is only applicable for Google Apps for Business or Education accounts (http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py hectoliters = ep & ?. answer = 60228)

Answer 1

Aayush.

I would like to know if anyone knows the answer, because a good gmail filtering application is very necessary for Android users!

I searched everywhere and finally found this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.digitalchemy.springclean.gmail&rdid=com.digitalchemy.springclean.gmail&rdot=1#?enroll=yAb5pZ2MYWwC2UK2TBUKDTBUCHD&TBUCHD&TBUCHD&TBUCHD&BT&BUKDT&BUCHB&T&BT&BT&BT&BT&BD&T&D&T&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& % 3D & addInstrument = NyJt6qfLAWzk-RVX01VtYp73FRg% 3D

I don't like that it costs $ 3 and uses 7 megabytes of space. The source is closed, and I'm trying to guess how he does what he does.

This is the very last link I found when I try to create my own application and filtering service: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/03/oauth-access-to-imapsmtp-in-gmail.html

Answer 2

So it looks like the API (as you said) is only for Business / Education accounts, and Google does not support Sieve in your IMAP account - http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl= en & answer = 78761

As I see it, your only option is to create a custom IMAP client that creates and saves the rules on your own server, and then manipulates the email locations “manually” - this is quite a taxation process if you ask me, but doable :)

EDIT:

Here is a small tutorial using Zend_Mail to move Gmail emails through imap http://www.devcha.com/2010/06/how-to-removemove-messages-using-zend.html