Are you in a hurry when responding to your 200+ daily e-mails in Google Gmail? Ever wish you could just quickly send a canned response such as "Got your e-mail - will respond later" or "Thanks for your e-mail - talk to you soon"?

Google Labs offers a feature called "Canned Responses" where you can create a few stock responses to common e-mail queries. Then, while you're zipping through your Inbox, you can quickly reply with one of these responses without doing much (or any) typing.

1. Click the "Settings" link near the top-right of Gmail.

2. When the "Settings" page appears, click the "Labs" tab.

3. Next to "Canned Responses", click the "Enable" button.

4. Click the "Save Changes" button.

<bold> To create a canned response you can use later:</bold>

1. Simply compose an e-mail message but do not provide a "To" or subject.

2. You should see a "Canned responses" link underneath the message subject. Click this link to show a pop-up menu.

3. Underneath "Save", click "New canned response".

4. When prompted, give your canned response a name so you can recognize it later and click "OK".

To use a canned response:

1. Compose a message or reply to an e-mail.

2. Click the "Canned responses" link.

3. Underneath "Open", choose your canned response.

To delete a canned response:

1. Compose a message.

2. Click the "Canned responses" link.

3. Underneath "Delete", click the name of the canned response you wish to remove. Confirm when prompted.

Note that when creating a filter, you can now send a canned response to selected messages matching the filter. Just check the "Send canned response" box and choose your desired response name.

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