Unintended external reply warnings in Gmail to mitigate unintentional data loss
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
How does it work?
- When a user hits reply in Gmail, Google scans the recipient list, including addresses in CC to determine its risk level. If a recipient is external to the user’s organization, not present in their Contacts or not someone the user interacts with regularly, we will display the warning.
- We treat secondary domains and domain aliases like primary domains, so your users will not be warned when emailing users at your subdomains.
- If the recipient is intended, the user can dismiss the warning and proceed with the response. We won’t show the warning again for that recipient.
- Unintended external reply warning is controlled from the Admin console control in the Advanced Gmail settings and is launching default on. It can be toggled on or off by organizational unit or for your entire domain.
Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid and Scheduled release.
Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility)
Impact:
All end users
Action:
Change management suggested. The Help Center article below outlines the expected behavior, and can be used to help effectively communicate these changes to users.
More Information
Help Center: Unintended external reply warnings
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