Everytime I see the issue raised about automatically CCing yourself for emails you send, I wonder why the copies in the Sent Mail label aren't good enough. I guess people are wanting to CC themselves at a different email address than the one they're sending from?
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:15 PM, JustWard <[email protected]> wrote: > I am surprised that this forum has persisted for so long. > > I also want the auto bcc feature in Gmail. My business is small and I have > a Outlook email address but it has personal emails. > > I wish to allow 2 employees to receive and send emails when I am away but > I want to avoid an email being sent and then permanently deleted from > Gmail. While they could still do this with a temporary change of settings, > they do not have the skills to do so. It is more likely they will forget to > do the manual bcc. > > They are trustworthy, so I will instruct them to use a manual bbc, but an > auto bcc would have been useful. > > I will look at Google Apps business (Gmail being intended for personal > use), but this just seems like an added hassle for a small personal > business. > > > On Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:59:13 AM UTC+2, Jeff Grossman wrote: >> >> We can't change the Google code though. So, currently there is no way to >> auto bcc with the web client. It is possible with a third party client. >> So, Zac or anybody in this forum are not able to assist you with what you >> want because it is not possible. The only thing that can be recommended is >> for you to give Google your feedback and maybe they will change it. Yes, >> this is a very helpful forum to help with what their (Google's) current web >> client is capable of doing. >> >> If you want actual Google support you will need to purchase their Google >> Apps product. >> >> Jeff >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:43 PM, David Donaldson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Got it. Sure sounded to me like he was "in charge", didn't it? >>> >>> He can still get behind it though, instead of challenging everyone with >>> "well why in the world would you want to do that?" >>> >>> I really didn't want to make this about personality, but I do recognize >>> terminal ideology when I see it. >>> >>> Case in point... >>> >>> I used to have a tech that worked for me that often said..."well I never >>> saw that before" saying the technology wasn't possible. Sure he didn't, >>> until he worked in my lab. That's what we did. We invented solutions that >>> didn't exist. >>> >>> Then, to keep his job he had to get behind it. So he did. Thirty-eight >>> months later we had developed 37 new products. >>> >>> Life ain't about getting in the way. It's about solving problems. And of >>> the 50 or so posts in this thread, Zac comprised 20 or more - all negative. >>> >>> And here I am, looking around for help. If I wanted commentary on why >>> you can't or shouldn't, I'd call my old tech. Twenty-five months of BS - >>> all of which I had to read through just to learn there isn't any way to >>> auto bcc. So this is a User Support Forum? This is support? >>> >>> Thanks for your guidance, >>> >>> dave... >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------- >>> >>> "Everything will be alright in the end. If its not, then it's not the >>> end." - Unknown >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Why does Zac need to get behind this? He is a user of Gmail just like >>>> you are. If you want Google to change something then you need to send >>>> Google feedback about changing it. Zac and everybody else here are users. >>>> This is a user to user support forum. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM, David Donaldson <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> You know Zac, I got to this group by googling "how to auto bcc in >>>>> gmail". >>>>> >>>>> And I see this topic was launched back in February of 2011. It's now >>>>> March of 2013. >>>>> >>>>> In all that time, all you've done is post things like "why would you >>>>> want to do that?", and to make claims that other mail hosts don't offer >>>>> that feature. >>>>> >>>>> Frankly, I don't see your input to this thread as being helpful in any >>>>> way. >>>>> >>>>> The truth is...yes, many other mail hosts offer auto bcc, and so >>>>> should gmail. The truth is...yes lots of us *really *need this >>>>> feature as an important business process. The truth is...we need you to >>>>> get behind this instead of in front of it. You know, to give it a little >>>>> push. Of course, I don't see this in *your* modus operandi at all. >>>>> >>>>> Further, I suggest you consider championing the cause, because you >>>>> clearly have no viable answer yourself and if fact have dozens of posts >>>>> here spanning *25 months *telling people in need of an auto bcc >>>>> feature how they can do it some other way, or worse yet, querying them >>>>> repeatedly on why they need it and arguing your points as if that's your >>>>> cause in life. >>>>> >>>>> Your job isn't to find out why I need something and then try to smack >>>>> it down. That's for sure. >>>>> >>>>> But I will tell you why I need auto bcc - *because I do.* >>>>> >>>>> I am an IT consultant, and have been one for...well let's just say for >>>>> more than 25 years. >>>>> >>>>> I have a client using gmail with a managed office of 8 worker-bees who >>>>> receive and reply to emails all day long. >>>>> >>>>> And their mail traffic needs to be monitored and managed by the office >>>>> manager to make sure those worker-bees are doing their job correctly, and >>>>> to make sure they responded appropriately and offer correction if not. >>>>> >>>>> Filters will forward all incoming mail, and that's what we do. But we >>>>> don't see the replies and outgoing mail no matter what we try. >>>>> >>>>> So you see, it's actually both a training and legal issue here. And >>>>> what I'm seeing from this thread, is that you see no reason why this might >>>>> be important. >>>>> >>>>> Well it is to my clients. And from what I read here, it seems to be >>>>> pretty important to a lot of other folks too. >>>>> >>>>> That's it. >>>>> >>>>> So tell me now, what do you think I should do? >>>>> >>>>> I think I might just see some merit in your idea of moving this >>>>> business elsewhere, to a mail provider that does offer auto bcc. >>>>> >>>>> I wonder how Google feels about that. Maybe you could let them know. >>>>> >>>>> dave... >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:56:04 PM UTC-5, Zack Tennant wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris, >>>>>> >>>>>> Probably because it's not as common as you think. Many for-pay >>>>>> services and programs don't have the feature. If enough people suggest >>>>>> it >>>>>> on the help page, it's likely to happen. I've seen plenty of things >>>>>> implemented that I didn't think were good or common features, but people >>>>>> suggested. I've seen features I'd like, passed over, cause enough people >>>>>> didn't want it. >>>>>> >>>>>> If it's important enough to you, make sure to suggest it every day, >>>>>> and gather other supporters (like other readers of this forum). In the >>>>>> meantime, look around. There are plenty of services and programs out >>>>>> there, perhaps one of them better suits your needs. Perhaps some >>>>>> combination of these meets your needs best. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Chris Gassel < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is why my company needs an auto-BCC. We use Insightly for our >>>>>>> CRM and in order to easily save all of our emails to the database, we >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> to send our emails to an email address provided by Insightly. There is >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> great email widget, but people don't want to click "Save to >>>>>>> Insightly" every time If we had the auto-BCC feature, we could put >>>>>>> all of >>>>>>> our unique email address's given to us from Insightly and never have to >>>>>>> worry about saving an email again or adding that email address to every >>>>>>> email. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not sure why Google finds such a common feature so hard to add. >>>>>>> Lots of people clearly want this ability so why not give it to them? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to gmail-users...@**googlegroups.**com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/**group** >>>>>>> /gmail-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**grou**ps/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to gmail-users...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/gmail-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>>> topic/gmail-users/b3ZUBn6Q5Xk/**unsubscribe?hl=en<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/b3ZUBn6Q5Xk/unsubscribe?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> gmail-users...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/gmail-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to gmail-users...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/gmail-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. 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