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  <title>Comments for Gmail Canned Responses: If I&apos;ve Said It Once...</title>
  
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    <published>2008-10-22T06:00:30Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-22T06:06:14Z</updated>
    <title>Gmail Canned Responses: If I&apos;ve Said It Once...</title>
    <summary>You got that email again. You know the one. The one you&apos;ve answered a million times. And even though you don&apos;t have anything more you can add to your response - time after time after time - you dutifully craft the same exact email, each and every time. If only Gmail had some way to...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Rick Turoczy</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<p><img alt="Google Labs" src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/imgGoogleLabs.jpg" width="150" height="64" />You got that email again. You know the one. The one you've answered a million times. And even though you don't have anything more you can add to your response - time after time after time - you dutifully craft the same exact email, each and every time. If only <a href="http://gmail.com" title="Gmail">Gmail</a> had some way to save a standard response to that question. </p>

<p>Now, it does. Enter <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-canned-responses.html" title="Gmail Canned Responses">Gmail Canned Responses</a>, a new release from Google Labs that lets you save that response as a template. With Canned Responses, you can answer that annoying question with a few clicks of your mouse.  And you can do some other interesting things, too. </p>]]>
      <![CDATA[<p>After installing Canned Response via <a href="http://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#settings/labs">Google Labs</a>, building a response is as easy as composing a message and then saving it. </p>

<p>Sending a canned response is even easier. Just select it from the menu.</p>

<center><img alt="Gmail Canned Response" src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/imgGmailCannedResponse.jpg" width="470" height="299" /></center>

<p>But what if you're even lazier than that? You're in luck.</p>

<p>Using Gmail's filters, you can create any number of filters and rules that fire off your carefully worded missives to the people who need them most.</p>

<center><img alt="Gmail Filter Response" src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/imgGmailFilterResponse.jpg" width="610" height="315" /></center>

<p>With a thoughtfully constructed set of filters and responses, I can see you eliminating a great deal of repetitious work for yourself. In fact, I'd say it's safe to assume that your efficiency just quadrupled. </p>

<p>But I'll still be expecting a personalized response from you.</p>

<p>To try Gmail Canned Reponses for yourself, head over to <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=1#settings/labs">Google Labs</a> and enable the feature.</p>]]>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:115168</id>
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    <title>Comment from free xbox 360 on 2008-10-27</title>
    <author>
        <name>free xbox 360</name>
        <uri>http://free-xbox-360-premium.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@8: That would be very interesting to try out. It can result in an infinite loop or something?</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-28T04:33:16Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114888</id>
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    <title>Comment from Jesse Gardner on 2008-10-23</title>
    <author>
        <name>Jesse Gardner</name>
        <uri>http://blog.plasticmind.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Doesn't work on Google Domain Apps.  Phooey.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-23T21:49:52Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114864</id>
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    <title>Comment from Miramon on 2008-10-23</title>
    <author>
        <name>Miramon</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Miki@8: Ha, good thought.</p>

<p>The creepy thing will be when you send email to someone and get an apparently personal response that was really canned. Then later you learn they died in the meantime.... Lousy short story idea for you aspiring writers, by the way :)</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-23T19:04:57Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114741</id>
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    <title>Comment from Miki Szikszai on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Miki Szikszai</name>
        <uri>http://szikszai.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Great - a chance to get to inbox zero.</p>

<p>Wonder if these can be turned into canned conversations, finally eliminating a bunch of waste from the system. I can see it now - my question spawns a trail of 20 back and forth messages which are processed in 0.1 second. </p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-23T01:13:46Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114730</id>
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    <title>Comment from Shailesh Ghimire on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Shailesh Ghimire</name>
        <uri>http://www.airmarketing.com/blog</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This is actually a pretty handy tool. Very helpful when you want to send directions to your home, work or even (hate to say it) birthday, wedding wishes.. </p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T22:12:13Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114729</id>
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    <title>Comment from Mandy Singh on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Mandy Singh</name>
        <uri>http://web-ready.com.au</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A handy tool, particularly in combo with filters. Features such as these make me glad I host my business email with Google Apps, which is a great solution for a Web office.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T21:17:52Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114706</id>
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    <title>Comment from David Miller on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>David Miller</name>
        <uri>http://blog.deadpansincerity.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This & the remind me about attachments feature are very useful. The first really useful things to come out of the gmail labs for me. </p>

<p>Now hopefully Google will get around to taking gmail out of beta sometime in the next 10 years</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T15:42:33Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114695</id>
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    <title>Comment from Christopher Ross on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Christopher Ross</name>
        <uri>http://thisismyurl.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>LOL, its funny to see GMail doing this. We've been able to do it for years with offline email applications but I'm glad to see I can do it on my GMail account now. Thanks</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T12:29:29Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Scott on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Scott</name>
        <uri>http://www.smarttodolist.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This is great!  Hopefully it works in Google Domain Apps.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T11:44:11Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Bryan Marco on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Marco</name>
        <uri>http://j-town.co.il</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This is an amazing addition to Gmail, and will help with the many routine responses, normally duplicated using the the search function to find a relevant old email to copy.</p>

<p>Sounds like a time saver!</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T09:54:23Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12241-comment:114678</id>
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    <title>Comment from Shalin Jain on 2008-10-22</title>
    <author>
        <name>Shalin Jain</name>
        <uri>http://www.helpdeskpilot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Canned response has always been there as a key feature in many <a href="http://www.helpdeskpilot.com" rel="nofollow">Help desk Softwares</a> including <a href="http://www.helpdeskpilot.com" rel="nofollow">Helpdesk Pilot</a>.</p>

<p>The addition in Google Mail is a welcome change and will help many individual owners get past their regular emails in no time. </p>

<p>- Shalin Jain<br />
<a href="http://www.helpdeskpilot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.helpdeskpilot.com</a> </p>

<p><br />
</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-22T07:39:11Z</published>
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