Knowing if You Replied to a Message

If you're unsure whether you've replied to an email message, this article will show you how to identify reply indicators in your inbox, helping you keep track of your communication.

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In Google Mail, Conversation View helps you see how a message and it's replies have evolved over time.

Understanding Conversation View in Google Mail

With Conversation View on

Look at a message in your inbox, for example. If you replied to the message, in the sender field you will see the original sender's name followed by "me" and (2).
In this example, I received a message from Nichole and then replied, and the Nichole, me  2 shows that I did in fact reply:

 Email conversation with Nichole and me, showing a warning icon.

Conversation View off

You'll need to look in the Sent Mail

 Learn more about conversation view.

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