Set Auto-Reply

Problem

Set auto replies for each user's current email to notify anyone who emails them notifying them of the new email address.

Environment

  • Gmail

Solution

Customers need to create a template and then create a filter on the current email address.
  1. Enable templates.
    1. Open Gmail.
    2. At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
    3. At the top, click Advanced.
    4. In the Templates section, select Enable.
    5. At the bottom, click Save Changes.
  2. Create or change a template.
    1. Open Gmail and click Compose.
    2. In the Compose window, enter your template text.
    3. Click More > Templates.
    4. Choose an option:
      • To create a new template, click Save draft as template > Save as new template.
      • To change a previously saved template, click Save draft as template and under Overwrite Template, choose a template and click Save to overwrite it.
  3. Create a filter.
    1. Open Gmail.
    2. In the search box at the top, click Show search options.
    3. In the To field add the current email address. 
    4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.
    5. Choose what you’d like the filter to do.
    6. Click Create filter.
  4. In the next screen When a message is an exact match for your search criteria tick the box Send template and select the Template created and click Create filter.