Gmail Gets Canned Responses

Google has added a Canned Response feature to Gmail that lets users reply to mails using a stored auto response.

Gmail users have a couple of new, useful features to play with now. One in particular can prove very effective. Canned Responses allows users to respond to mails with a pre-written auto response. Simply save it with the Canned Responses button and import it when necessary. The Gmail Filters option also allows the responses to be sent automatically.

In a blog post, Gmail engineer Chad Parry wrote:

"If you are sick of typing out the same reply every time someone emails you with a common question, now you can compose your reply once and save the message text with the ‘Canned Responses’ button."

Meanwhile, in Gmail Contacts users can now choose where to save the addresses of frequently mailed contacts, rather than having them automatically saved to My Contacts.