40 interesting features in Gmail

One of 'Google kids' is Gmail's free e-mail service that is increasingly attracting users thanks to new and unique features that are constantly being added.

However, not all users know all about the 'massive' feature store that Gmail owns. We present 40 very useful tricks that many people may not have discovered.

1. Google has removed the required mode of ' Invitation ' for a long time, so creating a Gmail account is now simply by clicking on the ' Sign up for Gmail ' button and filling in. The required registration information is sufficient.

2. Like many other email services, Gmail does not allow attachment of .exe or .dll extension files to prevent the virus from spreading. So if you want to send files of this type, go to DropSend, which lets you send up to 5 files of this type for free each month.

3. Google Docs service supports almost all file formats in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, RTF), so if you need, you can directly open the attachments right on the browser.

4. When the attached image files have JPEG, GIF or PNG extensions, users can choose to download them or view them directly in the browser. Better, with MP3 files, you either download, or you can play them directly with the browser.

5. To receive your emails from non-Gmail accounts, go to Settings then click on the Accounts tab >> Add another mail account . The browser will take you to the next 2 steps for you to configure a POP3 mail account. First, you must enter the desired email address to log in, on the next page of the form, you will have to enter the password, and most importantly, the POP server address for that account. This information is completely available on the instructions page that the service you are using provides. After the POP details have been entered, end the operation with the Add Account button and Gmail will automatically load the email directly from your old account.

40 interesting features in Gmail Picture 1 6. When you've finished configuring to receive messages, emails from another account with Gmail, what should you do with the Inbox in your old account? Google Email Uploader has provided you with a solution. It allows you to transfer all old emails stored in Outlook, Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird to your Gmail account, even if the folder name you created in your old accounts is also moved and kept. original.

7. POP interaction gives Gmail a new utility; That's the ability to store your old emails. Please go to Settings then select ' Forwarding and POP / IMAP '. In the POP Download section, check the option ' Enable POP for all mail ' or ' Enable POP for all mail that arrives from now on '. You can choose to keep ( Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox) or delete mail ( Delete Gmail's copy ) when it has been downloaded from the server. Configuration instructions will show how to set parameters for POP3 mail browsers such as Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Thunderbird.

8. As mentioned above, all POP-compatible email accounts can be added to Gmail accounts, including other Gmail accounts, so you can put all other Gmail accounts in one. account with 1 login only.

9. Of course, when you have multiple email accounts of different accounts to one account, it's important to arrange them. Gmail does not use Folder for this job, but it uses Label (Label). You can paste labels by selecting a message, then in the main window's toolbar select the More Actions menu, in the drop-down list, select New Label . A JavaScript form will appear allowing you to write and label the messages you need to mark.

10. You can highlight these labels by clicking on the box next to the Label box on the left, and in the color menu that appears, select the colors for each label to easily distinguish them. You can also filter mail by clicking on the desired label, then the message list will only have messages that you have selected.

11. The More Actions menu also allows you to create events for Google Calendar from your Gmail account . select a mail then click Create Event from the More Actions menu

12. If Calendar options do not appear in your Gmail Gmail, go to Settings >> General then select English (US) in the Google Mail display language menu.

13. You can also create rules to automatically label messages sent to your account. For example, you know that all messages from littlebob@yourclient.com are related to work. Go to Settings and then Filters . Click Create a new filter , it will open a form that asks you to enter the search criteria that Gmail will use to apply the rules for the message. You can enter littlebob@yourclient.com in the From: box, then click on Next Step to move to the next step, where you will be asked to select an automatic operation after Gmail has filtered the email for you. , select Apply the Label , and New Label from the drop-down menu, and then enter the necessary Label label name, for example, Jobs. Now, just click Create Filter . At this time, any new email from the above address is automatically labeled Job, making it easy to find and distinguish from mail from other addresses, for other purposes.

14. You can also do the same to filter mail sent to you at different accounts. For example, if you have a domain name account of a company that allows you to forward all the mail received to an account of your choice, Gmail is the ideal choice for you. For example, you can inform your friends that your address is " mates @ yourdomain " while you use the " work @ yourdomain " address for the job. Then you use a Gmail account and then use the filtering system through rules based on the To: field to paste the corresponding labels for mail sent to each account.

15. You can also use filters to label received messages in your inbox, for example, receipts from your purchases. Go to Settings > Filters as above and select Create a new filter . In the title box type receipt or order or payment - then click Next Step . Tick ​​the Apply the label box and create a new label called receipts . When you click Create Filter , tick the box labeled Also apply filter to the xx conversations below .

16. How to find emails with attachments in your inbox? You only need to add the phrase has: attachment to the search statement (search query).

17. You can also find mails with attachments that are specific file formats, for example: has: attachment filename: doc .

18. By default, searches only apply to messages in Inbox. To find mail in other directories, use the print modifier syntax, for example, to search in the Spam folder, add in: spam to the search statement.

19. To search for messages sent or sent to someone, use the command structure to: or from: For example, you want to find emails from a person named Jake, add the phrase from: jake to your search statement.

20. You can also use the keyword exclusion in the search statement the same way you do when searching with Google with the symbol '-'. For example, if you search for emails that contain the word apples and not oranges, you need to enter the string ' apples -oranges ' into the search command line.

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