Free email service owned by Google. It supports POP3 and IMAP
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Why my Gmail goes partially unencrypted whenever I start writing a new message?
When I enter my Gmail account (Ubuntu precise, Firefox with a few addons—AdBlock, WOT, Ghostery, HTTPS Everywhere) the encryption of the page works normally (snapshot 1), and keeps on doing so until I ...
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Can I form a direct URL to a particular Gmail account?
Since Gmail implemented multiple sign-on, I have been unable to create a bookmark URL that will always go to my "@gmail.com" inbox. For hosted domains, it's easy enough to make the bookmark URL: ...
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How to mark all emails as read on a certain label with several sub labels
How can I mark all emails as read on a certain label with several sub labels in Gmail? I have a label, say Projects, with several sub-projects, like ProjectA ProjectB, ProjectC underneath it.
Is ...
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Display all hidden chat members in Gtalk
Gtalk doesn't provide groups in chat window. If I am online, I am online for all. If I am invisible, I am invisible for all. So, I see a very large list when I get online. For me, say for example, few ...
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Auto CC all outgoing mail
Is there a way to auto CC to a specific email adress all outgoing emails from a Gmail account?
I tried doing it with a filter but I don't have the option of CC. I know there is a script for ...
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Can I keep Gmail “Other Contacts” functionality but prevent syncing (to e.g. MobileMe)?
When I reply to people, Google adds them to “other contacts” in Gmail.
Unfortunately, people in this “group” sync to e.g. MobileMe.
Is there any way to prevent this?
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Gmail Filtering: How to filter by messages, not by conversation?
I have been emailing my Gmail account error messages from a project I am working on.
I am trying to use GMail filters/labels to sort out the class of errors. But because the subject line is ...
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Gmail Mute Filter
Is it possible to use Gmail filters to Mute a conversation?
I've tried using a filter to Skip the Inbox, but when someone else replies to the original email it ends up in the Inbox again.
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How to include random quotation in GMail signature
I have a file full of quotations that I would like to include in my GMail signature at random. Is there a way to do this?
The random signature feature from Google Labs has been retired:
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Stopping GMail showing new messages
I find notifications of new messages (even seeing the number of unread new messages) very distracting. But I value using GMail's interface - with labels, conversation view, keyboard shortcuts, and ...
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Filtering Gmail by day of the week
I currently receive emails every weekday from a service I subscribe to. These quickly clog up my inbox however, so I've decided that while the information I receive is important to my work, I only ...
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Permalink to a Gmail's minimal thread view
In Gmail you can link to a specific thread, from that thread you can open it in a new window. I'd like to link straight to that window. I enjoy the minimal look and I get distracted if I see my inbox ...
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Limiting data while traveling
I am traveling in Europe and want to limit the amount of data I use when I open an email. Is there some way to turn off images or data intensive graphics?
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Why does Gmail still only show email address when I have that person's name in my contacts?
When looking at my Gmail inbox some emails show the contact name in the from column and others just show an email address. The strange thing is that some of the ones that just show email address are ...
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Is it possible to host in the cloud but have email in Gmail?
Is it possible to host a website for example in Amazon Cloud and have my domain point there, but have the same domain installed with Gmail for mail support?
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Outlook.com only syncs new email, not migrated email from Google apps account
Given Google's recent anti consumer/startup policies (no activesync on new iOS devices,no new Google apps free tier) we have migrated our custom domain email from Google Apps (essentially gmail) to ...
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Update your Phone in Google Mail for Suspicious Activity Alerts
Where do you find verification code when you are updating your phone number with google for alerts of suspicious activity?
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When I send gmail email, the recipient sees the sender as GMAIL- not my name
When I send an email to someone with a gmail account (from my gmail account), the recipient sees GMAIL as the sender in their inbox.
I have done the following and it works for a few days BUT the ...
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Can not receive some mails sent by `SMS Backup+` Android app when using Gmail `mail delegate` feature
I currently backup my Android phone data using SMS Backup+ application. Data entries are written to gmail e.g. each phone call is logged as one message labeled with call log tag and automatically ...
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Sending Mail with the From Address as the Google Group Name of which I am owner
How do I send Mail with the "From" Address as the Google Group Name of which I am owner?
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Can I be notified if someone tries to login using my old password?
Imagine a hacker gets a group of logins and passwords. (e.g. March 2013 EverNote incident). A user@gmail.com changes immediately his old password1 to password2 and checks an option - I will be ...
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How to send to a Google Group with a Gmail 'Send mail as' address?
I regularly send announcement emails from within Gmail to a Google Group that I manage, using a 'send mail as' address rather than my primary account address. When group users reply to a message, they ...
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Deleting my Gmail profile picture doesn't remove it from conversations in Gmail (don't have Google+ account but it forces me to use a picture anyway)
Basically, see the title. I do not have a Google+ account, just that screen that begs you to make one. Whenever I send an email on Gmail, it normally has my Youtube account profile picture.
I went ...
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Missing emails in Gmail when searching
I have a Google Apps account which runs the emails for my company and it's working ok for the most part. Today one of my users tried to search for emails to/from a specific email address, but when she ...
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How to get saved password from POP3 account in Gmail?
I have set up a POP3 mail account (Yahoo) in Gmail to send and receive my Yahoo messages from there. Everything works, so obviously I saved my password for the account somewhere in Gmail.
I want to ...
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Gmail is automatically labeling emails which have been already labelled
I recently imported mails from Hotmail. I organised everything, created folders, and moved the emails into them.
For some reason, Gmail is creating new folders/labels and putting existing emails ...
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How can I make Google Chat messages appear in GMail, if I was away when I received them?
Sometimes I receive Google Chat messages from people when I'm away, or for whatever reason I'm not able to see them. Right now, I never see these messages, unless I just happen to do a search in Gmail ...
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Cannot access old Facebook account
I had a Facebook account registered with my gmail id. I wanted to create a new profile with the same email id and see.
It asked me for a verification. I did. Now I cannot login to the old Facebook ...
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I cannot send large group email through Gmail without tons of mail delivery failures
I have a specific email group of about 165 people. I have been trying to send them all an email via Gmail (to which I am still quite new, being a Hotmail user) and last night when first trying to send ...
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Mailman, Gmail, Google Group inter-import
Anyone know a method to import G Group/Mailman archives into Gmail?
I really need to use the search function inside Gmail.
Thanks!
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SMS from within Gmail in India
Google has recently made SMS from within Gmail available in India, along with many other countries.
And supposedly, all Indian mobile carriers support it, but I’m still having trouble sending a ...
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How to stop Gmail's “Add your mobile phone to your account”?
Gmail prompts
Add your mobile phone to your account .Without a phone number, you could lose all access to your account if you forget your password or if your account is hijacked. Adding a phone ...
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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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Gmail and Cpanel
I have a client whose employees use Gmail to access company email. All email sent to, for example, admin@domain.com is forwarded to admin.domain@gmail.com. The employees log in to Gmail to read and ...
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Selecting different address from gmail in “Basic HTML” mode
I have a number of Google contacts with multiple email addresses (e.g. work and home). On my tablet, I use "Basic HTML" mode rather than mobile or desktop. In this mode, I'm having trouble selecting ...
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Gmail stopped receiving messages from 2 forums
I have been on the emailing lists of 2 forums (one of which is CodeProject), opting to receive notifications of posted answers to my questions, and I had no problem receiving their messages until a ...
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New email skipping Gmail's inbox
Since about July 19th I haven't gotten a new email to show in my inbox. Neither the Important and Unread section, nor the Everything Else Section (I am using the priority inbox, but I've checked with ...
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Google Apps GMAIL — send email problem (550 550 Authentication is required for relay (state 12).)
I have a Google Apps Gmail as subject,
I success sent email to smartermail email account by using gmail, yahoo, hotmail, facebook, foxmail (qq)... and smartermail email account the email...
Only ...
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How to make gmail stop resending mail after a 421 “service unavailable” or 451 “try again later” error
I mistyped an email address in gmail. This resulted in the destination domain pointing not to a local business but instead to a squatter's domain. 24 hours and 35 minutes later, I got a message back ...
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Gmail Keyboard Shortcut to set focus in the message body
I would like to set the focus of my cursor within the email itself so that I can tab through links within the email with my keyboard.
Is there a shortcut for focusing the cursor within the body of ...
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Random Signature in Gmail
Well all the old instructions to allow me to put a random quote in my gmail sig do not work anymore. Gmail has changed, gmail labs has retired "random signature."
Does anybody know a way to do it ...
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WebMail Notifier (Firefox Extension) Keeps Requiring me to provide Google verification code from text message!
When using the WebMail Notifier since I started using the 2 step authentication from Google for my Google account and upon doing so this extension of course triggered my Google account when it tried ...
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How did I get notified even though I haven't added anyone in the close friends list?
I got notification on the phone stating "xyz" friend of yours has updated a status. I got to know from someone that when you add specific friends in your close friends list you are notified. When I ...
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Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account
I am using a plugin product for wordpress (Cimy Swift SMTP) that allows me to use your mail server smtp.gmail.com and my email address example@gmail.com to facilitate mail on my word press site ...
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Why is gmail dropping some messages?
This seems to have been a problem in the past, but I've tried each possible solution and found nothing that works.
I've been using Gmail in Windows LiveMail.
I just learned I had some missing ...
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Can webmail be monitored by external entities?
The UK government is announcing plans to monitor internet communication for everyone in the country, and it will be possible for law enforcement to be able to see, who, when and how often and long you ...
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Why won't Gmail receive emails from some accounts?
My friend set up a Google apps email account with Gmail. He's having trouble receiving email from most people. However, I was able to send him an email from heirloom mail. I used mailx asked on a ...
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Using Gmail's IMAP as backup with as little redundancy as possible
It seems to me that if a message in Gmail has a label, the imap client will download it at least twice: once for the label, once for "all mail". Even worse if it has more than one label.
I'd like to ...
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Gmail, how to tag automaticaly all nest label?
Is there a way to tag automatically every label of the label hierarchy ?
For example, I would like to tag email with mycompany/accounting and personal and search then (or look at then via IMAP) with ...
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Display name instead of email address when logging into Gmail
How do I show my name in Gmail instead of the email address that appears when logged into the account?
Having been the victim of identity theft, I don't want my email address to show after I have ...
