What’s changing
When you search for an email address in Gmail, we'll now show all emails associated with that specific address and any aliases it's part of.
These results will be pulled from the to, from, cc, and bcc fields, or anywhere in the email.
Who’s impacted
End users
Why you’d use it
With this change, searching will be easier and results more comprehensive, as users won’t need to remember all of someone’s aliases and run multiple searches for each.
Additional details
An email alias is an alternate address for receiving mail, used in addition to a user's primary address. There are many reasons why someone may use an alias email address, such as:
- Official name changes
- Preferred names
- Company rebrands
- Acquisitions and subsidiaries
If you’d like to retrieve results for the exact query only, you can enclose it in quotation marks.
This will also apply to multiple inbox sections based on search queries which have an email(s). Labels are not affected by this change.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about giving users additional "email alias" addresses.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about searching in Gmail.
Rollout pace
- This feature is available now for all users.
Availability
- Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus, as well as G Suite Basic, Business, Education, Enterprise for Education, and Nonprofits customers
Resources
- Google Help: Search in Gmail
- Google Admin Help: Give a user an additional "email alias" address
- Google Admin Help: Change a user's email address
Source: Google Workspace Updates: Email aliases now included in Gmail search results
I thought everyone already knew that Google pulls all data from all input (private emails, documents, pictures, movie and music collections, etc., etc.) to enable them to "provide us a higher quality experience". Guess they felt the need to reconfirm that we automatically give them permission by using the service. Even though the EU 'Business/Corps vs. User Tribunal' ruled that cookie agreements and such do not serve that purpose . . .
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