{"id":22845,"date":"2023-03-23T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=22845"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:21:42","slug":"add-needs-reply-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/add-needs-reply-label\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Every Email Thread Waiting on Your Reply (+Add Gmail Labels)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to track down every single email in your inbox that\u2019s waiting on you<\/em>\u00a0for a reply?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to overlook one or two dangling threads. Between the way Gmail threads messages and your inbox filling up throughout the day, it can feel too<\/strong>\u00a0easy to forget there\u2019s a message still waiting on you.<\/p>\n

We recently rolled out The Reply Project<\/a>\u00a0here at GMass, which is a tool to help you blaze through your inbox and get through your replies 10x faster<\/strong>\u00a0than you ever have before.<\/p>\n

But if your inbox has tons of emails in it\u2026 it can sometimes be intimidating to get through it. Even at 10x speed.<\/p>\n

So I thought it would be great to figure out a way we could find and label every email in your inbox that\u2019s waiting on your response<\/strong>. That way, you could search by that label in Gmail or in The Reply Project to focus solely on emails that need your attention<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there\u2019s no built in way to search for those emails in Gmail<\/strong>. None of their search operators<\/a>\u00a0will surface only message threads where the last message came from someone other than you.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ll need to use a Google Apps Script to pull this off.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, I\u2019ll show you how to set it up. (Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s all cut-and-paste; no coding know-how required<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to have Gmail automatically label any threads waiting on you for a reply \u2014 and then how to respond to those messages faster than you ever have before with The Reply Project.<\/p>\n

Add Needs Reply Labels: Table of Contents<\/h2>\n
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  • Step 1: Preparing the Google Apps Script<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Step 2: Automating the Process<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Step 3: Using Your New Label to Streamline Replies in The Reply Project<\/a><\/li>\n
  • You\u2019re All Set!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Step 1: Preparing the Google Apps Script<\/h2>\n

    Head to the Google Apps Script home page<\/a>\u00a0and click the New project<\/strong>\u00a0button on the sidebar.<\/p>\n

    \"Start<\/a><\/figure>\n

    You can replace the title (Untitled project<\/strong>) with whatever name you\u2019d like. I went with Add reply labels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Then click into the main scripting area and delete everything in there (function myFunction () {}<\/code>).<\/p>\n

    \"Delete<\/a><\/figure>\n

    Copy all the code here.<\/p>\n

    See the Pen
    \nUntitled<\/a> by Sam G (    @samgmass1<\/a>)
    \non     CodePen<\/a>.<\/p>\n