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How to Have Gmail Suggest Additional Recipients

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You could create a group for each group you mail in Gmail. You could… but how long would that take? Then you'd have to maintain these groups, of course, and not forget to remove a certain recipient for that certain message but add somebody else for that other emails.

Group mailing should really be easier. In Gmail, it is.

With no effort on your part, Gmail will note the groups you mail frequently. When you compose a message to some members, Gmail will suggest the others.

Have Gmail Suggest Additional Recipients

When you mail people in groups — say, a team at work or some friends for cycling trips —, Gmail takes note. Later, as you start a message to one or more of the recipients often mailed together, it will suggest others from the group as additional recipients.

To include any additional recipients suggested by Gmail:

  • Click the desired recipient under Also include:.

Have Gmail Detect Possibly Unwanted Recipients

Gmail will ask you whether you've meant a different recipient if you exchange them for another, similarly named person when addressing.

To accept an addressing suggestion by Gmail:

  • Click the desired recipient under Did you mean:.

(Updated November 2011)

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