The Internet continued to grow by leaps and bounds in the last decade while spawning new applications and web services which cater to different user requirements. Mail services, undoubtedly, hold the most precious position on this list, and with time, has witnessed users switching between various services and moving towards more complex and user friendly [...]
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Gmail (and as a result all your Google accounts) is going the way of Fort Knox. Okay, that’s a hyperbole, but the latest 2-step verification process is a step closer to peace of mind and better security. Stronger security is always welcome because Gmail for most of us is the centerpiece of our online existence. [...]
When it comes to Gmail, I am sure that most of us have more than one account. Gmail doesn’t mind. But when it comes to email productivity, for long one had to sign-out (or logout) from one Gmail account to sign-into another on the same browser. Of course, there were workaround available – the simplest [...]
Gmail without doubt was responsible for pulling lots of users back to the cloud. The nearly ‘unlimited’ storage comes with a powerful set of features that makes email management a breeze. But it still had an Achilles Heel. Gmail needs the umbilical cord of an internet connection to work. There was of course Google Gears [...]
If you are a regular reader of Guiding tech then you would know that we here are ardent Gmail fans. We just can’t stop talking about its features and awesomeness. Though Gmail already has an overwhelming number of features, you can make it even better by giving Gmail Labs a try. Google calls Gmail Labs [...]
If Google is king, the Gmail is probably the best knight at the round table. Gmail has an inbox that can swallow a lifetime’s worth of emails. The last few years of mine have swallowed just over a quarter of the 7 GB inbox limit, and that’s because I usually archive most of my emails. [...]
In a previous post, I discussed with you about changing your default email client in Firefox and Internet Explorer. While changing the default email client for Firefox one can choose Gmail and Yahoo Mail as its preferred default service apart from other Windows based clients, but no such provisions are available in Internet Explorer or [...]
My world of mail has been ruled by Gmail since the introduction of the gigabyte of storage. With that said, there are all sorts of possibilities that I loved taking advantage of with Gmail, to make my life easier and improve my reliability. Here are three of these hacks that I’ve found extremely useful: 1. [...]
Email organization is a painful task; one that you would normally avoid. But thanks to the introduction of Labels in Gmail, email management got a pretty colorful face. Color labeling your incoming emails automatically is good; using Nested Labels to create simple hierarchies within individual labels is great. Nested labels were introduced last year and [...]
If anything from the internet era of 90s that has magically survived the onslaught of all sorts of communication mediums like social networks, cell phones, chat apps (all kinds of) etc, and also flourished while doing that, is the humble email inbox. Yes, email is alive and kicking. It remains the most sought after – [...]
Gmail has a lot of features, some that are especially great and some that are somewhat extraneous to the average user. Maybe you don’t use Google Buzz or maybe you have no use for the chat function. An advanced user like me wants more and more from the Gmail interface, but for some of my [...]
Boomerang for Gmail is an add-on that adds a whole new spin on the way we do email. It can schedule email delivery and help you set up email reminders for received mails. In our current situation, there are only two options for sending emails. Those options are you either send that email now, or [...]
There are various ways to backup your Gmail account. You can have the emails downloaded via POP or have them auto-forwarded to another account. In this article, we’ll discuss how to use another Gmail account to backup your primary Gmail account. It’s just a one time set it and forget it method, hence you should [...]
There are times when your internet connection isn’t working but you badly need to check something in your email account. If you use email in your browser, this in when you miss a standalone mail client like Outlook the most, isn’t it. If you use Gmail, there’s another way to access your email offline and [...]
Like many others outside the United States, I too was wondering how to get my hands on the cool call phone feature which Gmail introduced recently for its US users. There were reports that if you set your Gmail language settings to English(US), it should work. And yes, it did for many. But not for [...]
Thunderbird is a desktop email client from Mozilla, a nice free alternative to Microsoft’s Outlook. You can easily set up gmail in that if you prefer desktop email apps. This article is a step by step guide to setting up gmail in Thunderbird. You can also setup your Google apps account (yourname@yourdomain.com) in the similar [...]
