Free email service owned by Google. It supports POP3 and IMAP
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Get e-mail addresses from Gmail messages received
How can I export a list containing e-mail addresses for everyone that has sent me an e-mail? I have all of the messages archived.
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10answers
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How can I sort emails in GMail by size?
Google have started to warn me that I am almost out of space in my GMail account. How can I sort my messages by size to identify any expendable large emails in my account?
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9answers
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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 implement a white-list-based system in Gmail?
Is there a way to implement a whitelist-based system in Gmail? Specifically:
all messages coming from addresses in a "white list" get through;
all messages coming that are responses in a ...
27
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2answers
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How do I get rid of “On Behalf Of” from my sent Gmail messages?
I have a Google Apps account with 1 primary domain and a secondary alias domain (let's say example.co.uk and example.com). When I send emails from the alias domain, the receiving person sees the ...
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1answer
672 views
How do I disable the spam filter in Gmail?
I'd like to disable the spam filter in Gmail, how can I do this?
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1answer
7k views
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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16answers
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Export Gmail messages to text or HTML files
I want to be able to export Gmail messages as text or HTML files so that they can be stored, passed around, and easily viewed later.
I would really like to be able to locate a selection of my ...
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7answers
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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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3answers
5k views
Can I control how often Gmail polls POP3 accounts for incoming mail?
I use Gmail to handle my mail, but it's mostly imported by Gmail from an external POP3 account.
Normally this works fine, but I;ve had some instances where Gmail has gone almost 24 hours without even ...
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6answers
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In what order are filters processed in Gmail?
If I have multiple filters that match the same email do they all get processed? If so, in what order are they processed? What if the first filter matched modifies the email to make it match (or no ...
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5answers
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How can I filter my Gmail messages that aren't labeled?
I'd like to sort all of my Gmail messages that don't have label, so I can process them (I miss some every now and then). I can sort by every label by clicking on it at the left, but how do you sort ...
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3answers
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How do I force images to hide in Gmail?
In Gmail, e-mails from "strangers" automatically have their images blocked. I accidentally selected to always display images from the sender. However, I would like to undo this decision and begin ...
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2answers
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When is it okay to use “label:”, “in:”, or “is:” in a Gmail Filter?
When you try to use any of the queries label:, in:, or is: in a Gmail filter, you will see the following warning:
Warning: Filter searches containing
"label:", "in:", or "is:" criteria are
not ...
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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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1answer
2k views
Gmail keyboard shortcut to “expand all”?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to "Expand all" emails in a conversation after having navigated via j or k? Typing Enter after j or k doesn't do much.
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1answer
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Sending a new mail with another email as an attachment in Gmail
How do I attach an email from a previous conversation or mail to a new message in Gmail?
Forwarding isn't feasible as I need to attach more than one email in a new message to my client.
Is there any ...
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9answers
3k views
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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Getting Youtube and Gmail to work under two different accounts
I swear that I was able to sign into a separate Youtube account (x@mycustom.com) and Gmail (p@gmail.com) yesterday. I know this because I constantly check gmail and youtube (where I never really sign ...
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3answers
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How can I change my Gmail address?
How can my wife explain to gmail that her name changed when we got married?
There does not seem to be a way to change my wife’s Gmail’s email address to use my surname.
Whatever I try her now ...
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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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5answers
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How can I setup a filter in Gmail to delete message older than 1 month? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Webapp to delete certain Gmail messages older than n days?
Is it possible to setup a filter in Gmail to delete message older than 1 month?
The reason I need that is ...
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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 ...
13
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4answers
7k views
How can I import mail from one Gmail account to another, preserving my label structure?
I'd like to import mail from one account to another, but I have 10 or so labels in the one I want to export from. What's the easiest way to get the same labels on the same email messages on the new ...
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1answer
8k views
Can I merge two conversation threads in Gmail?
I really like that gmail keeps related email messages in one "thread" for easy access. But sometimes an email message gets left out. (I suspect the senders email client is misbehaving.)
Is there a ...
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4answers
3k views
Merge two Gmail accounts or make one an alias of the other
How do I merge two Gmail accounts, or at least have one be an alias for another?
I have two Gmail accounts:
email1@gmail.com
email2@gmail.com
I would like some way to merge both of these accounts ...
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3answers
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Stopping spam emails in Gmail by pattern
There is a this spammer with maybe a 100+ fake emails. The pattern is as follows:
jobsnext130@yahoo.in, jobsnext131@yahoo.in and so on. Essentially, jobsnext(a number)@yahoo.in
I have tried to stop ...
10
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1answer
3k views
How do I get the sidebar in Gmail to expand like old times?
I recently switched to the redesigned version of Gmail (aka Gmail's new look) and I'm loving it.
However, one of the changes I noticed is that the bar on the left side (which has a list of all my ...
10
votes
3answers
3k views
How does Gmail decide to thread email messages?
Sometimes I'll notice false positives (includes an email that isn't part of the thread) and false negatives (misses an email that should have been part of the thread). How does Gmail decide which ...
4
votes
3answers
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In Gmail, how can I have customized signatures based on the From: address?
In Gmail, I have a number of accounts that I can choose to send from. (Old e-mail address, one used just for gaming, one for my blog, etc.)
How can I have a unique signature for each depending on ...
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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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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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2answers
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How can I perform the same action on all results of a label/search in Gmail?
When I search, for example, "something label:somelabel" I get 1000 results paginated by 25 (my settings). 'Select all' selects only the 25 on the current page, I would like to delete all of them ...
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votes
1answer
702 views
Can I archive only certain messages within a conversation?
I have a long conversation with many recipients (I'm organising an event), in amongst the replies I have 3 or 4 mail delivery failed messages, which I'd like to Archive (so that they're not messing up ...
4
votes
1answer
720 views
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 ...
4
votes
4answers
3k views
Setting up an out-of-office automatic vacation response in Gmail
We use Gmail for official mail and we need to notify when someone is on vacation.
Where in the inbox settings do we set up an out-of-office, or vacation, responder that will send an email on our ...
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votes
1answer
1k views
How to add an image to my gmail signature?
I know there is a plugin for Firefox but is there any other way to create a signature in gmail that includes an image?
2
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1answer
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Gmail / Google Contacts: Is it possible to select Contacts in 2 specific Groups? Or Contacts in 1 specific Group and not another specific Group?
Question 1:
In Gmail / Google Contacts, let's say I have 12 contacts in Group A and 8 contacts in Group B.
4 contacts are in both Group A and Group B.
Is there a way I can filter to get results of ...
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8answers
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How to use GPG with Gmail?
I would like to read and write GPG encrypted mails within Gmail. I found FireGPG, but the support for Gmail has been discontinued (and I am using Google Chrome as a browser).
What is the most ...
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9answers
2k views
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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7answers
10k views
How to use Gmail's “Send Mail As” with another Gmail account through SMTP without “On Behalf Of”?
Related to this question, I want to remove the "On Behalf Of" when I send an email from another Gmail account via the web ui. So, as of now, my email is being shown as From emailA@gmail.com on behalf ...
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2answers
3k views
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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2answers
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Is it possible to create a Gmail filter that works on arbitrary headers?
(Not a dup: this very similar question really asks about the DeliveredTo header).
Bugzilla provides a number of headers telling you why you received a mail, such as X-Bugzilla-Reason. How can I ...
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13answers
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Remove the Chat box from the left pane on Gmail
I don't ever use the chat feature of Gmail. Is there a way to get rid of the chat box on the left side?
I can minimize it, but it still shows my name and the "Search, add, or invite" textbox.
I can ...
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4answers
4k views
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6answers
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How do I organize my labels in Gmail?
I have more than 100 labels in my Gmail account. They are currently displayed as a long list on the left side of the screen, and it's becoming quite difficult to use. Is there a way I can group ...
8
votes
3answers
7k views
Add an Event to Google Calender by Sending an Email
Is there any way to add an event to my google calendar by sending an email somewhere?
To be clear, I want the event to be created by the simple act of sending the email, I do not want to have to ...
