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I use Gmail at home and at work. When I create work-related emails, I need to change the From field to my work email.
Since I have regular people to whom I send work related emails, I would like an option that when I choose a work related person in the To field, the From field will automatically change to my work email address.
Does such option exist?
Yes
In your Gmail settings, under "Accounts and Import", if you have multiple "send mail as" accounts set up you can choose to always default to your Gmail account or to respond with the account to which the message was sent.
I believe you want the deliveredto: search operator.
deliveredto:
Search for messages within a particular email address in the Delivered-To line of the message header Example:
deliveredto:username@gmail.comMeaning: Any message with
username@gmail.comin the Delivered-To: field of the message header (which can help you find messages forwarded from another account or ones sent to an alias).
You should be able to replace your to:me@school.edu filter with has the words: deliveredto:me@school.edu. That should catch mailing lists and such.
Best Answer
I assume you're receiving email to only one address, so that both your work and home contacts use the same address to contact you. If so, you cannot automatically set the
Fromfield when sending emails.But if you had two addresses for people contacting you, you could setup default From addresses. When replying to an email, a From address is chosen based on which address was used to receive the message.
Such a scheme means you would need to inform your contacts to use a specific address for work/home related emails. You could use, say
eyalev+home@gmail.comandeyalev+work@gmail.com- anything after the+sign is ignored by Gmail.Then enter your Gmail settings, and go to the
Accounts and importtab. UnderSend mail asadd new accounts foreyalev+home@gmail.comandeyalev+work@gmail.com. Take note of theTreat as an aliasoption to get the behaviour you want.Also see the official guide to using 'plus' addresses.