Gmail – Label Outgoing Emails When Composing

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I try to label every single conversation that is in my Gmail inbox. For incoming mails this is super straightforward. I just hit L, type the first few letters of my desired label and hit Enter. So far so good.

However if I want to start a conversation I have no chance to label it. I would love to label it just before I hit the "send" button. Since this doesn't seem to be possible, I always do this:

  • click "Send"
  • go to "Sent Mail"
  • Tick the checkbox in front of the mail I just sent
  • Press L, type label, press Enter

Gmail somehow tries to make me fire and forget my sent mails. I really hate this. Is there any way to label emails as you write them?

Best Answer

It is now possible to label and/or "star" messages when you send them.

Official Gmail Blog: Star and label messages before you send them

When composing a new message, you can assign labels or star it by using the labels drop-down menu. As you’d expect, recipients of messages organized this way won’t see your labels or stars.

This is the new compose window:
Press the down arrow in the lower right, then choose "Label".

This is the old compose window:

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