How do companies set a name and avatar for their automated email addresses?
Websites will often send notification emails from addresses like hello@example.com or no-reply@example.com. When these show up in Gmail / Inbox, they often have a name and an avatar associated, like this one from Zeplin:
I know if you're using Google Apps, as an administrator you could create a user called no-reply and set their avatar. But this also uses up one user slot which costs $5 / month. And I'm not sure if this technique works outside of Gmail or Inbox.
Are there other ways to set the avatar for automated email addresses?
Have a look at Gravatar.
What Is Gravatar?
An "avatar" is an image that represents you online—a little picture that appears next to your name when you interact with websites.
A Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar. You upload it and create your profile just once, and then when you participate in any Gravatar-enabled site, your Gravatar image will automatically follow you there.
More info here:
This is the result for the email above.
A catch all email address allows you can receive the Gravatar activation emails for non existent email addresses.
Details for Google Apps:
- Google Admin console
- From the dashboard, click Apps, then click G Suite
- Gmail
- User settings.
- Catch-all address section
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