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Previously, we explored how to change your Gmail phone number in the Gmail app on mobile devices, which is important information to enhance your Gmail experience. In this article, we'll continue by learning how to set up automatic email responses on the Gmail app right away.
Guide to setting up automatic email responses on the Gmail app
Because the process of setting up automatic email responses in the Gmail app on Android and iPhone is quite similar, in this article, we'll use an Android device to explore and discover how to use this feature together.
* How to set up automatic email responses in Gmail
Here's how you can set up automatic email replies using the Gmail app:
Step 1: Open the Gmail app on your Android or iPhone device.
+ If you haven't installed the app on your iPhone yet, you can download Gmail for iPhone from here.
Step 2: Within the Gmail app interface, tap on the three horizontal lines icon at the top left corner of the screen. Then, select Settings to set up automatic email replies on the Gmail app for your phone.
Step 4: Follow the system instructions to complete the setup process.
+ Here, we'll search, select, and activate the Auto-reply feature as shown below.
Step 4: Once the Auto-reply feature is successfully activated, we'll set up automatic email replies on Gmail. The first step is to determine the subject of the automated reply email that Gmail will send out.
+ Next, we'll proceed to compose the content of this automated reply email. After completing the required information, we'll press Finish to conclude the process of setting up automatic email replies on the phone with this Gmail app.
* Considerations when setting up automatic email replies on Gmail
- The auto-reply feature starts at 12:00 midnight on the start date and ends at 11:59 PM on the end date, unless you end it earlier.
- Your auto-reply email is only sent to people the first time they email you.
- Additionally, there are scenarios where auto-reply emails are sent multiple times:
+ If someone emails you after 4 days, the system will continue to send auto-reply emails from Gmail.
+ Your auto-reply email restarts each time you edit it.
+ If you use Gmail through your organization, school, or another institution, you can choose whether your auto-reply email will be sent to everyone or only people within your organization.
So, we've just explored the steps to set up automatic email replies on the Gmail app for Android, iPhone, which you'll likely find incredibly useful for your daily work email address.
In addition, to acquire a professional email address, you can easily create a Gmail signature on your iPhone or Android phone at the end of each email you send. You can revisit the article on creating a Gmail signature on a mobile phone for iPhone, Android to do this directly on your device.
