Automatically Label Google Chat Logs in Gmail

Gtalk sends chat logs to your Gmail account after every chat session. You can get Gmail to automatically label these mails so they are more organized and can all be accessed in one place.

1. In your Gmail account click the Create a filter link located to the extreme right of the Gmail logo.

2. In the filter box that shows up, type gmail.com in the From field, type your own Gmail address in the To field & type Chat with in the Subject field. Click the Test Search button and you should see just the Gtalk chatlog messages in the list below. You can also single out messages from specific contacts, just type in the full email address for a contact in the From field to perform actions only on chat logs relating to her/him. Click the Next Step button.

3. Select the Skip the Inbox (Archive it) & Apply the Label check boxes. In the drop down box next to 'Apply the Label' click New Label... & enter Gtalk (or any other descriptive name) as your new label name. As you can see you can also perform other actions on the messages like delete them straight away or forward them to another address. Check the 'Also apply filter to x conversations below' box to apply these actions to the existing chatlog messages and click the Create Filter button.