Automatic Replies in Gmail

So here I was, applying for some internship posts via email, when I got replies from each of them within seconds informing me that they are not in Office, and would attend to my messages as sson as they found the time for it. This intrigued me in the following respects, which I have discussed in detail below:

1. Is it possible to set automatic replies for certain durations (vacations)
2. Is it possible to set automatic reply to certain senders, or for certain purposes




1. Vacation responder

Gmail > Settings > General > Vacation Responder

The activation of this facility allows the account to set a period (date 1 to date 2) wherein any mail received will receive a reply instantaneously stating whatever you have recorded beforehand.

Now, if we wanted to send automatic mails to only certain email ids... In such a scenario,

2. Canned Response

Go to Settings > Labs

Search Canned Responses and enable

Now go to compose mail, and type in the message you want to send by default. Save it under any name so you can remember which message to send:

This allows you to simply choose the canned message you send each time instead of having to type out the entire mail over and over again.

Now, go to Settings > Filters

Click Create new filter.

You can create a filter based on the subject, in which case all mails with said subject or having the specified word/phrase as part of its subject will be included.

Or, specific keywords can be given for the same purposes

Filters can be added with recipient or target addresses also.

Once a filter has been searched,

Choose the canned response you want to give for each of these mails, and save. Now whenever the conditions of any of the filters created are fulfilled, the desired canned response will be sent to the sender.

Thats all for now, enjoy!