Automatically create GMail filters based on externally hosted word list

Question

I'd like to easily import a word list, hosted on Github, to GMail as archive filters. Then later re-run this process to update the list.

The goal is to provide blacklists against common known Finnish spammers.

Possible options I have considered

• Bookmarklet

• Using GMail API

• Creating GMail Labs extension (or whatever they are called)

What kind API options I have for maintaining GMail filter list? Programming language does not matter.

Optionally this would be a single click / single command operation e.g. from terminal or browser bookmark.

Answer 1

Today I was curious about this myself, although for a different reason... I found this info and thought I'd risk a bit of necromancy :)

You should take a look at Gmail settings API - filters

There is a Java wrapper