Android phone, email notifications only for certain emails

[Admetos]

I have a question for Android users.

Basically I have a Nokia 5.1 Plus, running Android 10. I'm using the Android Gmail app, and would like email notifications but only for certain emails, such as notifications from certain senders.

I have managed to enable email notifications, however I'm being alerted to all emails. How do I create rules to manage who I receive notifications from?

Many thanks
Jason

 

[Admetos]

I don't believe you can directly do that, but I have a slight workaround to it.

The app allows notifications from either all email, or only important email.

From there it's just a case of setting up filters in Gmail to flag whatever emails are important.

This might explain why I can't find it then.

I don't use Gmail, I have my own email server.

 

[Admetos]

You could set up a gmail account and auto-forward the email you're after.

It's a bit clunky i agree, but i suspect you'll be a bit limited with what you can do otherwise.

Don't you think it's strange that Android can't do it, MS Outlook has had rules for 20+ years.

Alphabet had $182.5 billion revenue in 2020, from that money can't they allocate a couple of developers to add rules to the app?

 

[Admetos]

Orcvader / Semple, I was having a bit of a whinge at Google that's all, given value and resources of the company.

I have tried Outlook on Android, however I've had issues with that app where it randomly stops syncing emails, I will try it Outlook app again.

But otherwise I do appreciate you both helping, you explained why I could not find the feature when I originally searched for it.