Gmail – How to disable OOO replies when sent to a distribution list in Google Apps Gmail

We needed to setup a distribution list where there were many aliases but they all were delivered to the same users. The best approach we found was creating a fake user account, setting up aliases on that account, forwarding the email to a real group, and using the group membership function to setup the distribution list. Works reasonably well, but having aliases for a group would be better.

Looks like you can also nest groups within groups. There is at least one help topic that recommends this approach. The above mentioned approach does give a few other features however, such as vacation responders and the ability to backup mailing list email using POP/IMAP.

It actually is possible if you use the Email Audit API

The reference is here:

• Email Audit API

There is another API that could be useful as well: Google Reporting API