Is there a way to bulk forward messages in Gmail?

so you are looking to select the messages in the inbox that didn't get forwarded?

!!

I currently see only two options - the team responsible can filter by date in the last Group in the chain & forward them one at a time, or I can hackerman the user account & do it myself. Both are shit options.

hmmm

Or maybe I just need to seek out some additional training

haha but in all seriousness, I can take a shot at writing this up and publishing a guide on

Mostly because there are times when I see the direction the proposed solution is going, but don’t know how to implement. And I don’t like to come to a community to ask other people to do the work for me.

I see what you mean, but there's a good chance somebody will be seeking the same thing in the future... so in my eyes there's a ton of value in building and posting in here since it's for the community and not for just one person

need an emoji for your apps script wizardry

here's the code for anyone interested:

var sheetId = ""
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(sheetId)
var label = ""
var forwardToAddress = ""

function getMessages() {
  var messages = GmailApp.search("label:" + label)
  for (var i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
    var thread = messages[i].getMessages()
    var message = thread[thread.length - 1]
    sheet.appendRow([message.getId(), message.getSubject(), message.getFrom()])
  }
}

function forwardMessages() {
  var messages = sheet.getRange("A2:A" + sheet.getLastRow()).getValues()
  for (var i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
    var messageId = messages[i][0]
    var message = GmailApp.getMessageById(messageId)
    message.forward(forwardToAddress)
    sheet.getRange("D" + (i + 2)).setValue("X")
    Utilities.sleep(1000)
  }
}

Also, my Gmail does have "forward several emails as attachments". But if the receiver can't manage that, then som GAM/GAS magic that forwards the emails as separate emails is perhaps necessary.

Ah, the forwardMessages function doesn't call the getMessages function. Well, then this simple explanation would be enough, don't you think? Also, a tiny change of order of the vars.

// Set these three var values
// Mark all emails to be forwarded with the same label
// Then run the functions getMessages, followed by the forwardMessages
var sheetId = ""
var label = ""
var forwardToAddress = ""

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(sheetId)