Hello,
I would like to submit a Feature Request for the Google Groups Settings API.
Specifically, I would like to request API support for configuring Google Groups Auto Reply (Vacation Responder), since this feature is currently available in the Google Groups web interface but not through the API.
I tried to create an issue in Google Issue Tracker, but I could not find an appropriate public Component for Google Groups or the Google Groups Settings API.
Could someone please let me know:
Thank you for your help.
How would you propose this works?
A group is meant for a user to contact several people in one shot, so is it that all the users in the group are on vacation? I am only trying to really understand how this will work.
Thank you for your question.
The use case is not that every member of the group is on vacation.
In many organizations, different departments have their own Google Group email addresses that serve as official contact points for customers, partners, or the public.
Sometimes the entire organization is closed during scheduled holidays, such as summer holidays, year-end holidays, or other planned closures.
During these periods, we would like each department’s Google Group to automatically reply to incoming messages with information such as:
“Thank you for your email. Our office is currently closed and will reopen on January 5.”
The purpose is to notify senders that the department is temporarily unavailable, not to indicate that all members of the group are on vacation.
This functionality already exists in the Google Groups web interface, but because it is not available through the API, every department’s Google Group must be configured manually.
API support would allow organizations to automate this process. It would also enable organizations to build internal web applications where each Google Group owner or manager can configure Auto Reply only for the groups they manage, using their own permissions, without requiring administrator intervention.
I believe this would be a valuable feature for many organizations that use Google Groups as shared departmental contact addresses.
Honestly, I’m not sure.
However, I think you can narrow it down to one or more of these three options:
Thank you very much for your help.
Thanks to your guidance, I was able to find the correct Component and successfully submit the Feature Request in Issue Tracker.
I really appreciate your assistance.
The issue has now been submitted as Issue #539265833.