Gmail will now warn users when an email recipient is out of the office


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 03 Sep 2019

Gmail will now warn users when they're trying to contact someone who is on vacation. — AFP Relaxnews

On Aug 29, Google published a post to its G Suite blog announcing that Gmail and Hangouts Chat will warn users when the recipient of their message is on vacation or away.

To prevent Gmail users from receiving an onslaught of emails while they're on vacation, Google announced on Aug 29 on its G Suite blog that the platform will warn senders when the receiver of their email or Hangouts Chat message is away.

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