How to set away messages in gmail

Setting away messages in Gmail allows you to automatically respond to incoming emails with a custom message when you're unavailable or busy. Here's how to set away messages in Gmail:

Method 1: Using Gmail's Automatic Reply feature

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
3. Scroll down to the "General" tab.
4. Under "Vacation responder," click on the "Vacation responder on" button.
5. Enter your custom away message in the "Message" field.
6. Choose the start and end dates for your away message (optional).
7. Click "Save Changes."

Method 2: Using Gmail's canned responses

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
3. Scroll down to the "General" tab.
4. Under "Canned responses," click on the "New canned response" button.
5. Enter your custom away message in the "Name" and "Response" fields.
6. Click "Save" to save the canned response.
7. To use the canned response, compose a new email and click on the "More" menu.
8. Select "Canned responses" and choose the away message you created.

Tips:

• You can set up multiple away messages with different start and end dates.
• You can also set up away messages for specific labels or filters.
• Away messages will only be sent to emails that are addressed to you, not to emails that are forwarded to you.
• If you're using Gmail's automatic reply feature, you can choose to send the away message only once to each sender, or to send it for each new email received.