Gmail – Security, Tricks, Tips, Help, Lab tools…
Google Online Security
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- Stay safe online … tips and advice for staying more secure on the web
- Keeping your data secure
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- Choosing a smart password
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- Tech tips that are Good to Know
Gmail Blog
The most useful Gmail Blog items for improving productivity and just making Gmail more fun to use.
The stared ( * ) links are a must!
- Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection
- Improving themes in Gmail’s new look
- Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members
- Stars are handy for marking important messages
- Pick your favorite Gmail inbox style
- Pasting images into messages just got easier
- 3 Labs graduations, 1 retirement
- How to set up Gmail to power through hundreds of messages each day
- Switch to Gmail
- New in Labs: Background Send
- Advanced sign-in security for your Google account February 10, 2011
- Two improvements to contact groups
- Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages
- Unread message icon
- Find Labs with search-as-you-type
- Free calling in Gmail extended through 2011
- Email delegation: Granting access to your Gmail account
- Restore your contacts
- A Priority Inbox update: time savings, new features, and your feedback
- New in Labs: Auto-advance to the next conversation
- Help keep your account safe with the Gmail security checklist
- Turn off Gmail’s conversation view
- 5 tips for using Priority Inbox
- * Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
- Easier event scheduling in Google Calendar
- Labs: Find docs and sites quickly with Apps Search
- * Access two Gmail accounts at once in the same browser
- * Drag and drop attachments to save them to your desktop
- Rich text signatures
- View .doc attachments right in your browser
- Tip: 5 things you may not know you can do with attachments in Gmail
- Long lived new windows
- Create canned responses and quickly reply to common questions.
- Make sure you have the right Bob before hitting send.
- * Drag images into messages
- * Drag and drop attachments onto messages
- * New in Labs: Nested Labels and Message Sneak Peek
- * Detecting suspicious account activity
- Labs: Refresh POP accounts
- Fast new windows
- Gmail Chrome extensions
- One button to merge all duplicate contacts
- * Labs: Default text styling
- Choose a new theme Log into your Gmail account for this link to work properly!
- Composing a message? Try the contact chooser
- Send mail from another address without "on behalf of"
- Displaying images in messages from your contacts
- Tip: Check and reply from multiple email addresses in Gmail
- Create your Google Profile
Gmail Help
- Using Gmail Labels
- Using Gmail Filters
- Get mail from other accounts
- Set up custom “From” addresses. Note: You must be logged into your Gmail account for this link to work properly!
- Add a custom signature to the bottom of your email messages. Just go to Settings at the top of your inbox scroll down in the "General" tab to the Signature area. Note: You must be logged into Gmail
- Use offline Gmail anytime you're not online. Note: You must be logged into Gmail
- Create canned responses and quickly reply to common questions.
Gmail Labs
Gmail Labs: Some crazy experimental stuff. Note: You must be logged into Gmail
A list of the labs tools I use, the ones in bold are must have!
- Authentication icon for verified senders
- Default Text Styling
- Don’t forget Bob
- Filter import/export
- Google Calendar gadget
- Google Docs gadget
- Google Search
- Google Voice player in mail
- Got the wrong Bob?
- Inserting images
- Mark as Read Button
- Move Icon Column
- Nested Labels
- Picasa previews in mail
- Refresh POP accounts
- Send & Archive
- Signature tweaks
- Superstars
- Title Tweaks
- Undo Send
To setup Labs feature go to your GMail page click Settings and choose the Labs tab.