1. A method for email address automation, comprising: a) parsing, by a computing device, an entry in an email addressee field the email addressee field entry residing in computer readable memory; b) determining, by the computing device, whether the entry includes a predefined notation appended to the entry; and c) if the entry has a predefined notation appended to the entry, traversing, by the computing device, a hierarchy structure from a name in the entry to a designated level of the hierarchy structure based on the predefined notation; retrieving, by the computing device, email addresses of names listed at the designated level; and replacing, by the computing device, the entry in the email addressee field with the email addresses retrieved from the designated level of the hierarchy structure; wherein the predefined notation defines a relationship between the names at the designated level and the name included in the entry, the predefined notation including a special character indicating if the designated level is a higher or lower level than a level of the name in the entry, and a level indicator indicating a number of levels between the designated level and the level of the name in the entry.