Thursday, July 19, 2012

Gmail Tips And Tricks

Hello friends as you all know that Gmail is very famous to all other mail service providers because it provide us better security,whenever somebody send you fake mail it notify you that this mail is fake.There are lots of tips and tricks that are hidden in Gmail,today i will tell you about these tips and tricks.After using these tricks you can play easily play with Gmail,i am not joking its my promise  guys.


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1)Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within a username.It means if your e-mail address is username@gmail.com, then user.name@gmail.com and u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com are also yours.




2)If you send messages and immediately archive the conversation, you can save yourself  by adding a Send & Archive button.For this you have to follow the steps .

             a)Open gmail account
             b)Go to Setting
             c)Go to Labs
             d)Enable Send and Archive button
             e)click save changes


3)Gmail doesn't offer traditional e-mail aliases(other name), but you can add a "+" to the end of your username to create it. For example, messages sent to username+alias@gmail.com is sent to username@gmail.com. This can be useful for setting up filters or figuring out who's selling your e-mail address to spammers. 





4)You cannot attach an executable file like a normal file. Gmail will display the error message – “FILE is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of file”.
To overcome this issue, do the following as a sender of the email.

  a)Rename the file without an exe extension,
  b)Compress it with any compression utility and then attach it.

Now it will get attached, and uploaded successfully. The receiver of the email should uncompress the attachment and rename it again with exe extension.




5)If you want to search something in Gmail than you can easily search by simply type the syntax in Gmail search box.
Syntax is:
                     “Searchtext in:foldername”


For example, following will search for keyword logic in the Sent Folder:-logic in:sent



6)If you want to search specific type of messages read it carefully.

Types of messages in Gmail
  • Starred - messages which are Considered as an important
  • Unread - messages which are unread
  • read - messages which are read
  • chat - Conversation messages
“is:starred”, “is:unread”, “is:read” and “is:chat” will search for the messages that are starred, unread, read and chat messages respectively.

For Example, the following will give you the list of starred messages in Inbox folder.
in:inbox is:starred




7)Gmail provides feature to import the contacts from Yahoo, Orkut and Outlook. You can also import contacts from CSV(Comma Seperated Value)file. CSV file should be formatted as a table and must include a header that defines the fields in your table. Gmail accepts many common header fields (Firstname, Lastname, email address, Phone etc.)
To import conatcts from CSV file please follow the steps.

                         a)Open Gmail Accoun
                 b)Click on “Contacts” link
                 c)Click on “Import” tab
                 d) Browse the CSV file which you want to import
                 e)Click on “Import”  



8)If you have multiple Gmail accounts than you can manage those account in your one account,means you can send mail by other account by being present in the current account.

Follow the steps below to send emails from other accounts. i.e From x@gmail.com, you can send emails as y@gmail.com

  1. Login to x@gmail.com, go to Settings -> Accounts Tab -> “Send Email As” Section.
  2. Add y@gmail.com account here and confirm that this is your email by following the instruction.
  3. Now you can start sending emails as y@gmail.com from x@gmail.com


9) If you have a doubt that somebody else is accessing and hacking into your Gmail account, Gmail provides ‘Last Account Activity’ feature that shows five recent activities in your Gmail account.
Click on ‘Details’ link in Last account activity line at the bottom of your Gmail page.
Recent activity information includes, Access Type (Browser or from some mobile device etc), IP address from which the access was made and Date/Time of access.

You can even sign-out all the other sessions except current session by clicking ‘Sign out all other sessions’



10)You can change Gmail feel and look using themes,for this follow the steps.

                      a)Open Gmail Account
                      b)Click Setting link
                      c)Click Themes tab
                      d)Change theme



11)You can also create a labels in Gmail,for this follow the steps.
                             a)Open Gmail Account
                             b)Click on “Settings”
                             c)Enter label name in “Label” part and Click on “Create”

  Assigning Labels to an Email

  • Select the email message or conversation
  • Drag and drop it to the particular label to which you want to move. When moving you will see a tip message like “Moving 1 Conversation”.




  • 12)When you chat with someone then add Emphasis in chat by read the below points.

    a)To bold a word, asterisk it like this: *learning*

    b)To add italics, just underscore before and after the word like this: _learning_

    c)And to strike a word through, add hyphens before and after like this: -learning-




    13)Gmail handily saves your chat history for conversations with other Gmail users and makes them searchable too (use the search term “is:chat” to look for a keyword term). But there might be times you want to chat and not have it recorded.
    To chat “off the record,” open a chat window with whom you want to talk, click on the “Actions” drop down menu and select “Go off the record.” The person you’re chatting with will be notified of this change.



    14)You can access your Gmail account when you’re not connected(offline) to the web. You can search, read and compose e-mails when you’re not in a Wi-Fi zone, and Gmail will simply auto-update (and send/receive any new mail) when you next reconnect.But this work if you have Google Chrome browser.Follow the steps to activate it.

                               a)Open Gmail Account
                               b)Click Setting link
                               c)Click Offline tab
                               d)Instal Gmail Offline



    15)Gmail offers a free Notifier as a quick download that will alert you with a visual pop-up and audio cue when new mail has arrived, even if you don’t have Gmail open in a browser.





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                         ***Thanks Friends***

    2 comments:

    1. hey but gmail is not aas secure as fastmail.fm.... check it out bro...

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    2. gmail provide you double authantication feature that make it more secure than other services.

      ReplyDelete

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