Questions about the use or functioning of any and all web-based email such as Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, etc.
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Label outgoing emails in Gmail when composing the mail
I try to label every single conversation that is in my Gmail inbox. For incoming mails this is super straightforward. I just hit L, type the first few letters of my desired label and hit Enter. So far ...
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1answer
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How to configure Gmail so that filtered user gets an NDR (non-deliverable receipt) or “bounce” message
Someone is sending our public email address a lot of rude email. Basically, stuff filled with threats, expletives, insults and offensive jargon.
I know how to set up a filter in Gmail so that all ...
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3answers
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How to forward multiple emails in Gmail
Is it possible to forward multiple emails in Gmail without doing each one individually?
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30answers
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How to send big files via email?
Gmail's maximum attachment size is 25 MB. How to send files bigger than that?
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3answers
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Can I bounce messages (not forward, but a true bounce) in Gmail?
Prima facie this is impossible.
But perhaps someone has some kind of hack to do it. This is one of the last things holding me back from switching to Gmail from Pine.
To be clear, bouncing a message ...
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4answers
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Are there any good webapps that will convert an RSS feed to email? [closed]
I find that some RSS feeds are more useful if they were sent to me as email messages instead. Are there any good services that will monitor an RSS feed and send the new posts as email messages?
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How to Manage Multiple GMail Accounts on the Same PC/Browser?
I have a GMail address with my employer, a personal GMail address, and a GMail address for my personal business. My gf also has a GMail address she uses on the same PC. Currently this requires much ...
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3answers
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Schedule an email to send at a specific date
How do you set up a service to schedule email sending?
I want to send a mail on a specific date and I have tried Gmail, Yahoo! and Zimbra.
I didn't find any options to send an email automatically ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to create a Gmail filter that works on headers other than From, To, Subject?
I've forwarded one of my really old email addresses to Gmail. I'd like to create a filter so that any mail to that old address is always labeled properly in Gmail.
I can create a Gmail filter with ...
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7answers
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Can I set an e-mail to send on a timer within Gmail?
It's a business related e-mail, and I want it to get to the person before I wake up in the morning, but I don't want their first impression of me to be that I was awake at 3am sending e-mails. Is ...
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4answers
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Service to monitor pages for changes
I'm looking for a service that will monitor a page, e.g. an classified site on a regular interval (around 1h) and email me the changes on that page.
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3answers
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Remove email address from suggestions in To field on Gmail
Gmail keeps populating the To field with an out of date e-mail address that I no longer contact.
The email address isn't in my address book but I did use it a lot previously (the contact has since ...
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1answer
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Does Trello send email notifications?
Does Trello send email notifications when a task is modified? Or do we have to log in and check to see if tasks have been updated?
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4answers
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Manage un-replied GMail conversations
I'm looking for some kind of GMail plugin or application that will solve the following problem for me:
On average, I send about 3 emails a day to people I may have never emailed before, or have but ...
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1answer
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How can I get GMail to make the default address I'm sending an email from be the same as the To address in a reply?
I have two email addresses that I use with GMail, let's call them personal@gmail.com and me@mycompany.com, the latter is integrated with SMTP and POP. When I want to send an email I can choose which ...
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9answers
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How can I back up all emails stored in my Gmail account?
How can I back up all emails stored in my Gmail account? Can some or all labels be preserved?
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2answers
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Setting up Gmail to use Markdown to read and send out emails
I've become rather fond of Markdown and think it would be rather well suited to emails.
How do I set up Gmail to allow me to format reading and sending emails in Markdown? Is this even possible?
If ...
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7answers
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Alternatives to plus-addressing?
Many email services, including gmail, allow you to create throwaway email addresses by appending a tag of the form +anything after the username component of your email - but many sites reject such ...
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Where do my emails go when I click on 'Archive' in Gmail?
I selected a few important mails and mistakenly clicked on Archive.
I don't know where that mails are? Where can I find them?
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In Gmail, how do I create a contact from a recipient of an email?
In Gmail, how do I create a contact from a recipient of an email? For sender, there is 'Add to Contact List' but there doesn't appear to be anything similar for the To: or Cc: fields.
Is there an ...
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2answers
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Insert HTML markup into Gmail signature
Is there any way to add HTML markup signature in Gmail settings? I mean, insert some HTML markup without using rich editor, just inserting HTML?
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1answer
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Can I auto-forward my Gmail to another address?
I'm kind of paranoid about my email and I don't want it to be on Google's servers only. Especially after my account got hacked and all my email got deleted.
So I would like to auto-forward my Gmail ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to sort your email in GMail by something other than the date received?
I want to sort my email in GMail by the sender, rather than the date received, is there a way to do this?
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3answers
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What SMS email address works for Google Voice?
I have a Google Voice number that accepts SMS messages and I need an email address that can be used to send SMS messages to my Google Voice number. What is the email address for Google Voice assuming ...
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1answer
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Does email from one Gmail account to another ever leave the Gmail system?
I ask because I connect to Gmail over HTTPS and if emails sent from one account to another (or the same account, just to back something up) don't actually leave Google then it's end-to-end email ...
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3answers
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Import Yahoo! Mail and contacts to Gmail without Y! Mail Plus
I don't have Yahoo! Mail Plus so when I tried to import from Gmail as someone else has it doesn't work for me and I get migration errors.
Only a month's worth of email is imported after I tried to ...
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2answers
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How can I filter out Facebook notification emails?
I'm trying to create a filter on my Facebook email so that notifications are labeled as one category, while other account-related messages are labeled something else. The problem is that they both ...
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1answer
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Replying from gmail with custom POP3 settings and auto selecting the associated custom SMTP settings
I setup gmail to add a POP3 and SMTP server for sending mail.
Whenever I get mail to that new address though, and I press on reply it still tries to reply by default by using my @gmail address.
Is ...
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How do I set Gmail to use my default account?
How do I set Gmail to use my default account? My settings are set correctly, so this appears to be a bug.
Details:
I've checked my settings and my ****@xona.com account is set to be the default, but ...
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1answer
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How can I grab all email addresses associated with a “label” in Gmail? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Get e-mail addresses from Gmail messages received
In Gmail, you can tag one or more emails with a Label:
I know I can select the label to see the emails in question, ...
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How do I get the e-mail addresses of my Facebook friends?
I want to send one of my Facebook friends an e-mail, but I don't have his email-address.
It's rather personal, so I don't want to send it via Facebook if possible.
How can I get his e-mail address ...
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How can I create intelligent Gmail filters?
About every 6 months, I update my Gmail filters to accommodate all the new kinds of spam out there. It's actually quite tedious to put filters on everything and to try to devise new filters.
Gmail ...
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Offering free web email to users? [closed]
Is it possible to offer free email service to a website users. Similar like any email provider (like gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc), a user can simply fill registration form and get email address ...
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Anti spam temporary e-mail service
Please list some web apps that allows you either to
create temporarily forwarding addresses (like mailexspire)
use anonymous inboxes (like mailinator)
As always with such lists: one service per ...
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5answers
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Be notified of @-messages on Twitter
On Twitter, how can I receive an automatic notification through email if somebody writes an @-message to me?
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4answers
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Re-Associate YouTube Account
My YouTube account, which I use actively (both for watching and posting videos), is currently associated with my old AOL address. When I sign in to YouTube, that's what I use in the "username" field.
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2answers
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Send mail from a Gmail catch all address
I just recently set up Google Apps (Standard) on my domain, and I have a catch-all e-mail address on it that I pull e-mail from locally, so I can easily receive e-mail to anything@example.com. Now I ...
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How can I send a HTML message from Gmail?
How can I send a HTML message from Gmail?
HTML:
<p style="background-color:green; padding: 30px;">Hello</p>
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0answers
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How to block “via” senders in gmail?
I have this annoying problem in gmail. Spammers are by-passing the gmail spam filters and are so clever that I am not able to create a manual filter of my own to block them. They are sending me junk ...
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How do I get Gmail to ask me to be a mailto handler again?
I noticed that when I open up Gmail on Google Chrome, a popup near the top asks me if I want to let Gmail be my "mailto:" handler.
If I select "No," I'm assuming that Gmail will no longer ask me to ...
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4answers
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Reply to Facebook Message via Email
I know it is possible to receive your Facebook messages via email. I would like to reply by email, but Facebook doesn't allow me to do this and instead returns a delivery failure. Are there any ...
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4answers
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How do I import email from another email account into my Gmail account?
I have another email account with another email provider which is not GMail, but I want to import that email into Gmail. Is it possible to do this?
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4answers
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Can a few employees share the same inbox in Gmail?
I am administrator for a shop. We have a few employees but we use one email address for customers, shop@example.com
It would be nice to organize this in some way so that the employees can have their ...
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1answer
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Gmail — Respond from the correct email
Does anyone know how to automatically respond from the email, where i received mail from automatically.
Because I forward my work email to my gmail, and i want to respond automatically without ...
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1answer
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How does “your Gmail picture” work?
While browsing through the Gmail settings, I found out that I could select a profile image which is shown to my email recipients. How does it work?
Will it attach an image to every message?
If not, ...
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1answer
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anonymous links in email?
I've received a spam claimed to be sent from one of my friends' email (well I'm sure he didn't send it).
What exactly would be the implications of clicking the link?
What's the worse that could ...
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1answer
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Extract email adresses of Gmail [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Get e-mail addresses from Gmail messages received
I have a Google Apps Gmail account and I would like to extract all email adresses in the from and to (and cc, bcc and ...
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1answer
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Automatic notifications from Bitbucket
I created a repository on the Bitbucket. And in Admin tab I found Services configuration. As I understand services allow to integrate with email, twitter and so on.
I expected that once I configured ...
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Gmail import problems (migrating from yahoo mail plus)
I've decided to migrate over to gmail, so of course I would like to migrate my old yahoo emails and forward yahoo mail to gmail for a few months until the transition is complete. (Yes, I've already ...
