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Keep forwarded email out of Gmail spam

A Gmail filter that keeps every email sent to your alias out of Spam and in your inbox.

Updated 27 October 2026

When you finish, Gmail keeps every email sent to your alias out of its Spam folder.

Before you start

  • An alias that forwards to a Gmail address, for example amina@lunavera.com to amina.kone@gmail.com
  • Gmail open in a web browser on a computer. The Gmail app on a phone can’t create filters.

  1. Open the search options#

    In Gmail, choose Show search options at the right end of the search bar.

    Gmail's search bar with the Show search options button at its right end.

  2. Enter your alias in To#

    Type your alias in the To field. Leave the other fields empty.

    To
    amina@lunavera.com
    Gmail's search options with amina@lunavera.com in the To field and the Create filter button at the bottom.

    Choose Create filter.

  3. Choose Never send it to Spam#

    Tick Never send it to Spam, then choose Create filter.

    Gmail's filter actions for to:(amina@lunavera.com) with Never send it to Spam ticked.

Check it worked#

Send an email to your alias from another account. It arrives in the Gmail inbox, not in Spam. A test sent from the same Gmail account behaves differently. See Gmail hides a test you send yourself.

I have several aliases that forward to this Gmail

Create one filter for each alias. Or enter several aliases in the To field, separated by OR, for example amina@lunavera.com OR billing@lunavera.com.

Messages already in Spam stay there

The filter applies to new email only. Open Spam, select the forwarded messages and choose Not spam.

Important

Never choose Report spam on an email that reached you through your alias. The report counts against Mailyoto’s servers, not the original sender. Read why, and what to do instead.