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[How to] Enable Auto Reply in GMail

26 Oct, 2008 by
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Google Labs has come out with yet another new feature in GMail called Canned Responses. As reported in the Official Google Blog, you can now save a reply as a canned response, and can choose this response as a reply to the future e-mails you will be getting.

So, here is how to create Canned Responses,


  • Click on Settings on upper right hand corner of your account page.
  • Select Labs tab and scroll down to Canned Responses and select Enable.

    • canned response

  • The next time you reply to a message, look for Canned response option in blue in your email
  • To map the Canned Response you just created to the auto reply feature, go to Gmail settings and select Filters and then select Create New Filter.

    • new filter

  • You will now see an option to “Send a Canned response”. Here is where you can select an individual reply to a specific sender.

    • canned reponse filter

Note that you can also create filters to reply based on keywords instead of senders name.

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  • http://thechurning.com JJ

    I had no idea. There are so many options in the Labs menu! Crazy.

    JJs last blog post..Gonna be the first on Google

  • Boosters

    You are Great Man. Thank YOu :)

  • http://techpp.com Raju

    @JJ
    but many of those features are useless :D like Goggles!!

    @Boosters
    I guess you are a Gmail fan like me. If so, read other posts on GMail here
    http://www.techpp.com/tag/gmail

  • http://technicaldotcom.blogspot.com techniqueal t.

    this is cool. wasn’t aware this can be done. m a gmail user myself so i find this post very helpful, especially at work. will do this right away ^_^

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  • http://techpp.com Raju

    @Techniqueal
    cheers mate! i am glad you liked it

  • http://www.jazantech.com Yasser Kinanah
  • http://techpp.com Raju

    @Yasser
    My pleasure buddy :)

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  • TR

    This would be great, but unfortunately this doesn’t work for the emails generated from a form on my website. When gmail tries to send the response back it auto fills in a crazy email address from my domain instead of using the from email address or the reply-to email address.

  • Tushar

    Hi,
    I got your mail & would get back to you soon.

    Regards,
    Tushar Betal
    Uttsha Interior Private Limited
    Kolkata

  • Gmail user

    OK, can you explain to us how to have the signature added to all canned responses? This doesn’t seem to work when I try it (canned responses work, but the automatic signature is not attached).

    If you save the signature into the canned response, that’s less than ideal – it doesn’t update if you change the signature. Furthermore, the images inserted that way seem to be broken.

  • Andi

    AW MAN! THIS is NOT WORKING!
    The CANNED Option at Filtering is not available, even canned has enabled before !!

    • I follow instructions

      You might want to think about following directions. It works exactly as the article says.

  • sabuj

    Please use this……

    Sign in to Gmail.
    Click the gear icon in the upper-right and select Gmail settings along the top of any Gmail page.
    From the General tab, select Vacation responder on in the Vacation responder: section.
    Enter the subject and body of your message in the Subject: and Message: fields.
    If you’ve enabled a personalized signature in your settings, Gmail will automatically append it to the bottom of your vacation response.
    Check the box next to Only send a response to people in my Contacts if you don’t want everyone who emails you to know that you’re away from your mail.
    Click Save Changes.

  • nancyfortetailordesign

    I am trying to create a auto response email to everyone that emails my business gmail.  I went to settings and hit enabled on the auto reply to all and hit save changes.  I want to put in my business message, but I don’t see anywhere to place this and I don’t see that it works? Help anyone

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