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Make a Google Contacts Group (Label) directly from Gmail

Gmail is known to offer several shortcuts with regards to Google Contacts. One such handy shortcut is the ability to create a new Google Group (Labels) directly from Gmail without requiring to visit the Google Contacts page at https://contacts.google.com/. What is even more helpful is that the feature allows you to do this in two different ways - before and after inserting contacts in the Gmail Compose window Recipients' section. Before inserting contacts in the Gmail Compose window Recipients' section. Click on the To:/Cc:/Bcc: link in Gmail It will pop open the Contact selector window. "My Contacts" will show up as the default contact group indicated by the red rectangle, I have manually changed it to show a test contact group. Now you need to select some or all contacts as required by checking the boxes next to their name or the Select All box above. Once done, click on the Manage labels button above, as highlighted. This will show a list of all available Google Co

Forwarding emails from Gmail to Google Groups

Google Groups is a very versatile platform that allows someone to create a community or workspace for their various needs. Depending on the requirement, the Group can be set up in different formats and thereafter further customized as needed. One of the inconveniences of working with the free version of Google Groups is that the email address comes in the format group-name@googlegroups.com which is perhaps not the best email option any business person or a professional would like to share with others, particularly outsiders or prospective clients. As a norm, most would like to share their own Gmail addresses. The trouble there would be that many wouldn't know how to ensure responses to their emails would arrive in the Google Groups, which is what we shall explore in this blog.  Since there are a couple of Google products involved in this matter, we would need to ensure the necessary settings in Google Groups first before initiating the forwarding process from Gmail. For easy access

About Gmail's Important marker

I have always been interested in the Important label since I first saw it in Gmail. I found the concept new, was fascinated with how Gmail could detect and mark emails as important for me and was eager to see how accurate such detection could be. Over the years, I have managed to acquire some knowledge related to Gmail's Important label and a blog article seems like the perfect place to put all my learnings together including answering some of the FAQs associated with it, such as Where can I find the settings for the Gmail Important label? What do the options mean? What are the reasons for which emails can be marked as important? How can I turn this feature off or how to actually get Gmail to stop marking my emails as important? Gmail tends to rely on their algorithms for (most if not all of) their message detections and alerts related to it and the marking of messages as important is no exception.  The "Important" label can be seen in the Gmail left pan