Problem
How can you create an automatic reply in Gmail settings for the sender to receive an automatic response.
Environment
- Gmail web UI
Solution
Follow the steps described below to create email filters and select actions with them.
Step 1 Enable templates in Gmail
Step 2 Create a new template
Step 3 Create a filter and add your template
Step 1 Enable templates in Gmail
- Log in to Gmail.
- Click the Settings icon at the top.
- Select See all settings.
- At the top of the page select the Advanced tab.
- Find the Templates options.
- Click Enable.
Step 2 Create a new template
- On your Gmail main page click Compose.
- On the new message window, type your auto reply message.
- Then, at the button select the three dots and click Templates.
- Click Save draft as template, then Save as new template.
- Type the new template name.
- Click Save.
Step 3 Create a filter and add your template
- On your Gmail main page, click the Search bar at the top
- Then click Show search options icon
- Filter a common word of the messages that you need to send an auto reply (By subject, sender or message body common words).
- Click Search and check if the results are accurate.
- Go to the search bar again, click Show search options.
- Select Create filter.
- Select the action Send template and choose the template you created before
- Click Create filter.