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How do I email a distribution/contact list in the gmail app?

You'd think this would be a built in feature...I have a group of people I need to email on a regular basis, but the only way I can do it in the gmail app is by "Reply All" to a previous email and delete all the old email/subject...
Why in heaven's name can't I easily email multiple people from the app? I can do it online on my laptop...am I missing something here, or is this just a glaring oversight on Google's part?

Really? Nobody knows this?
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Oversight.
Best suggestion, as you've already figured out, is save a draft with the contact info.

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JCopernicus said:
Oversight.
Best suggestion, as you've already figured out, is save a draft with the contact info.
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That seems like a pretty big oversight...what a bunch of goons. Thanks.

These are the same guys that omitted sending to groups in the text messaging program.

not to hijack, but how i can i get images to automatically display on my emails?

JCopernicus said:
These are the same guys that omitted sending to groups in the text messaging program.
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Ha, that's a very good point that I had forgotten...
Nothing chaps my ass more than little **** like that that's forgotten/omitted.

A year later, and those fools still haven't updated the app so users can send emails to distribution lists they've setup. Jerks.

A working solution
This method was described somewhere on these forums, and it works. I am just repeating what someone else discovered.
Make a new contact, using a name which is meaningful to you.
For the email address, build a list of the emails for everyone in the group, using this pattern:
[email protected]>,<[email protected]>,<[email protected]>,<[email protected]
NOTE the >,< between each contact, but nothing before the first email in the list, and nothing after the final email in the list.
This works around the missing group function.

Download and use ContactGroupU from the Google Play store.

on your computer go to gmail and add those contacts in some group and call it something for example "912dd" and go on the app and in the "To:" Area start typing the name "912dd" and select it when it shows up

Highlighted Email Text

I want to report something that I'm not sure is a bug. I guess I just need some advice
When using the AOSP-based Corporate email app, I'm getting unintentionally highlighted text in my messages
Example:
If I open my email app and search for "hello", I see all emails that contain the word "hello". Also, the text within the email "hello" is highlighted in yellow.
If I reply or forward that message, the highlighted text persists which can be seen by all recipients.
I can duplicate it on my friend's stock Galaxy Nexus and on my Galaxy S3. It happens with all AOSP based email apps (4.0+).
The really strange thing is that I can't find anyone online who is reporting the same thing. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks

No idea but I find AquaMail to be a awesome email client, maybe switch if it meets your requirements?

x714x said:
No idea but I find AquaMail to be a awesome email client, maybe switch if it meets your requirements?
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It doesn't work for me. I need full Exchange 2010 integration and AquaMail only operates with IMAP / POP enabled. I'm wondering if it is just my Exchange server. I find it hard to believe that no one else has reported this. I'm wondering if maybe this was a "feature" added by Google and I'm just not seeing the value haha
Thanks for your reply

[Q] Gmail won't allow to respond to calendar invites

Hi
I've searched for a solution to this problem and cannot find it. It either seems to work for people or it doesn't. As I understand it since a Gmail update at the end of last year this should work. So why isn't it for me?
The problem is when I receive a calendar invite in my email, on my old Galaxy S3 it would need to open the ICS in Calendar for me to be able to accept it. This was not ideal but it worked and I was never able to improve it. In my new Oneplus, it's even worse - if the invite is from Outlook I just get a blank email, with no ICS let alone yes/no options. From Google Calendar, I get weblinks and it takes me to a browser version of the calendar.
I cannot get my head round this, how can it be that the iPhone app by default has simple yes/no/maybe buttons that work in the email without jumping to any other app, but on Google's own phone it seems to have a problem with such a basic feature?
Please help, driving me mad! :crying:
Cheers

No-one?
OK, so can someone help me out with how this SHOULD work?
Here's what I see in the iOS app with an invite from Outlook:-
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And here is what I see in Android:-
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If the invite is from gmail, iOS works exactly the same but Android shows up like this, with weblinks:-
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Is this the same for everyone? If you see something different can you please post it and help me work out why I see something different? Surely Google's own OS should be able to handle calendar invites at least as well as it's app on iOS?!
Thanks!

Slightly shocked that not one person has replied with simply whether they see the same as me or not. Guess I'll have to go elsewhere

Same Here
nickjwall said:
Slightly shocked that not one person has replied with simply whether they see the same as me or not. Guess I'll have to go elsewhere
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In the past, I had "Invitation Plugin" installed to be able to add the invitations to my calendar. But now, since there is no attachment or .ics or anything, even that doesn't work. I get the same "blank" emails as you. This is very frustrating as my wife and I use invitations for everything. She sends them, and I have to get to a PC to open my Gmail to see (and accept) the invitations. Very frustrating when this used to work.
I hope somebody has some answer/workaround for this.

I found a workaround. There's an app called Cal by any.do. It's just a calendar app, but, it does have an indicator/filter that shows pending invitations and allows you to accept/deny and notifies the meeting chair. This is mildly better than searching the entire calendar trying to find the pending invite.
So, when the email comes in, pop over to Cal and do the needful. Not perfect, but better than where I was before.

Thanks for replying, nice to know I'm not alone in this issue Yeah me and the wife do exactly the same
Yep, Cal seems to provide a workaround of sorts, thanks for sharing it. Seems utterly nuts that Google should make their own solutions work better on a competitive platform to their own. Very very poor
If anyone else has any solutions or comments would love to hear them
Cheers

same problem here
I'm running the latest gmail update (v 5.0) on KitKat and I get the same problem - google calendar invites present a links only that take me to a webpage. on gmail for my iPad get big easy buttons to use. How is it possible that the experience is better on iOS than Android?

Same problem here. Confirmed that it is because the invitation is from Outlook. Why is there no solution? Seems like the bug is on the Android Gmail client.

Still no solution available in June - as far as I can tell - is this some kind of spat with Microsoft?
It's a real PITA whatever it is...not what I expected running the latest software versions available.

nickjwall said:
No-one?
OK, so can someone help me out with how this SHOULD work?
And here is what I see in Android:-
View attachment 2957496
Is this the same for everyone? If you see something different can you please post it and help me work out why I see something different? Surely Google's own OS should be able to handle calendar invites at least as well as it's app on iOS?!
Thanks!
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I am facing the similar issue. My problem is bigger - I get at least 30-35 outlook exchange invites on my gmail account and my Gmail App shows just the emails (it doesn't show the date and time) which is sad. All the time, I have to check the calendar app, open each invite / meeting requests and select - Yes / No / Maybe from the Calendar. I so wish that the Android Gmail App comes up with a simple feature (just like you have shown for iOS Gmail App.) so that at least we will know that the email which we have received is an actual Outlook Meeting invite and not a standard email. Can somebody please contact Google Android department and raise this issue? I have tried to report this on the official Google App. Gmail forum but no luck on their response so far.
Again, thanks for bringing this up here on XDA.

E-Mail app that can sort by Sender

Hello all,
I'm having trouble finding a good e-mail app that does what I want it to do, and I haven't had any luck in searching these forums for a while.
The only thing I'm looking for is an e-mail app that can sort e-mail by Sender. I can make do with anything else, that is my only preference.
My e-mail app on the S3 used to do it. I'm not on the S5, and its app does not. I know the Gmail doesn't since I tried it before on the S3 and it never did so I didn't use it.
I have also tried myMail and Cloud Magic, it doesn't appear that either of them has this functionality.
Can anybody point me towards an e-mail app that I'm looking for?
Thanks!

Have you tried Inbox my GMail? or MailBox by DropBox? If so, try using maildroid and use the search function so that you can easily find the sender by their name or e-mail

E-mail apps
HwaA18 said:
Have you tried Inbox my GMail? or MailBox by DropBox? If so, try using maildroid and use the search function so that you can easily find the sender by their name or e-mail
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I just downloaded and tried them. Both Inbox by Gmail and Mailbox by Dropbox look like basically G-mail only accounts (I'm working with a non-gmail account).
I also came across LightMail and gave that a try, but no go.
I know I can use the search function in any of the apps, but it's not that I'm looking for a particular e-mail or sender, but that I deal with bulk hundreds of e-mails by sender, and prefer to work through a sorted list so I can go from one to the other. Searching requires me knowing everybody who has sent me e-mails, which is the point of why I sort by sender.
Any additional help is appreciated, thanks!

WeMail is by far the best app to do this.

S3 Gear email

Hi
Got a shiny new S3 gear connected to my Samsung S6 Edge. The emails are confusing me a little and I have a couple of querstions.
I have more than one account on Gmail. I believe there isnt a Gmail app but the notifications do come through. Now, here is the question. How do I read my emails from the Stock email app? I can see them, but I cant open and read the content. I can only see the header and subject. Same applies to Whatsapp. Is there an app planned?
Also, will i receive notifications from Slack?
I hope you guys can help.
thanks

If I am not mistaken, what you are seeing is the notification that you received the email. If you tap the screen, you should go to the email app on the watch and be able to read and respond to the email if necessary.

Thanks. you are correct. However, what I am after is how to read email from the stock email app without going through the notification. Any ideas?

DataDave76 said:
Thanks. you are correct. However, what I am after is how to read email from the stock email app without going through the notification. Any ideas?
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You have to use the samsung mail app on your phone.