Modern email services are able to supplement email addresses with great ease.
You just have to write a few letters and you get recommendations based on the email addresses usually used or present in the database.
If this can save time or avoid copying an address with a mistake, it can also cause some confusion in the event that two people have the same first name, for example, or if you validate the proposed e-mail address too quickly. .
Google wants to avoid this type of situation and is putting in place some tools to try to eradicate them.
First, addresses will now be systematically accompanied by an avatar in the recipient bar.
This simple addition should make it possible to quickly visualize a bad recipient.
In the case of professional contacts, the logo of the organization will, for example, make it possible to limit errors.
Google is demonstrating this system by presenting a situation where four homonyms are present in the address book.
Avatars make it easy to identify each user.
Other very practical additions
People already in the recipient list will also be grayed out.
This will avoid putting the same recipient several times.
Duplicate fields "To", "Cc" and "Bcc" will be automatically deleted.
Finally, Gmail will display in yellow the people who are not part of your company.
This will work even if you have already exchanged emails with these people.
A yellow banner will also be displayed, warning against the possible sharing of sensitive data.
What to avoid unpleasant surprises.
These additions are being rolled out.
If you do not have access yet, they will be sent to you in the next few days or weeks.
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