Gmail Podcast

This episode is brought to you by GotoMyPC.com. Try it free for 30 days! Let’s face it, few of us take full advantage of the full power of the Gmail search feature. We look for a keyword or email address and perhaps we add “has:attachment” if we know the message included a picture or something. […] The post Improved Search first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

This episode of the Gmail Podcast is brought to you by GotoMyPC.com. Try it free for 30 days. OK, here’s a situation. You sit down to read your email from a friend who lives in England. The email has a few questions that really need to be responded to over a phone call. Unfortunately, you […] The post Sender’s Time Zone first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

One of the handiest labs features I have found is called “Suggest more recipients”. Like other labs features, you can enable this by going to the Settings link in the upper right, clicking on the labs tab, then locate the feature called “Suggest more recipients”, scroll to the bottom and click “Save Changes”. This podcast […] The post Suggest More Recipients first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

It is no longer necessary to use workarounds to put images in your messages or attach them. There is now a labs feature that allows you to insert images as easily as your favorite word processor. This episode of Gmail Podcast is sponsored by GotoMyPC.com – get a free 30 day trial! Begin by going […] The post Insert Images first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

I have to admit I was excited to hear about the Gmail Labs feature simply called Offline. The offline feature allows you to use Gmail when you are offline or on a flakey internet connection. To get started with Gmail Offline, begin by going to Settings> Labs. You’ll first need to enable the offline feature […] The post Offline first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

One of the most interesting new features in the Gmail Labs is called Multiple Inboxes. If you need more information on Gmail Labs, check the Gmail Podcast Archives for plenty of details on what it is and how you can enable dozens of useful features. Multiple inboxes gives you a very nice way to see […] The post Multiple Inboxes first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

It seems like Gmail is more and more becoming the online version of Microsoft Outlook. In mid-December they added Tasks to the list of features available in the Gmail labs. Tasks are a way to keep track of what you need to do and what you’ve already done. To begin working with Gmail tasks, click […] The post Tasks first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Yes, you heard right. This episode is about the Google Calendar. I’m not running out of Gmail information, on the contrary, I’m having a hard time keeping up with all the cool new stuff coming out. Recently I found a new feature that ties Gmail with the Google Calendar. To begin, I’d like to give […] The post Calendar first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

It was only a matter of time before Google integrated video in to their GoogleTalk protocol and made it available directly from Gmail. Well, now you can talk face to face with your friends with voice and video without leaving Gmail. The first step is to ensure you have a camera and the proper drivers […] The post Video Chat first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

There have been several additions to the Gmail Labs since I originally told you about it in June of 2008. If you haven’t listened to that podcast, I recommend you go back and listen to it to better understand what Gmail Labs is and how to use these terrific extensions to the software. One of […] The post Labs 2 first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

One of the main reasons I, and many others, love Gmail is for its excellent spam filtering capabilities. Spam is a term used for those annoying advertisements typically regarding your health or finance. In some cases this content can be as high as 90% of your email traffic. Gmail does a pretty good job at […] The post Not Spam first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

It helps to step back and take a look at the Gmail interface once in a while – you never know what you’ll see that you hadn’t spotted before. This week I took a close look at the bottom center of the screen. While I was familiar with some of the items, I notice something […] The post The Bottom Line first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

The people at Google have found a creative way to let you try various experimental features of Gmail and provide feedback. They call it Gmail Labs. You can access these new features by clicking on the Settings link in the upper right, and then clicking on the tab labeled “Labs”. Some of these features are […] The post Gmail Labs first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Before I dig in to this I would like to thank my long time friend, co-worker, and mentor, Scott Reynolds for passing on this wonderful tip for Gmail. Those of you with iPhones, Macs and Gmail will find this very helpful. This is based on a recent article at googlemac.blogspot.com showing how you can sync […] The post Contacts Sync with Mac Address Book first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Before I get started, I owe you an apology. I have been using this feature of Gmail so long I nearly forgot I was using it. It wasn’t until a few days ago that I was reading my email via a web browser on my cell phone that I thought “I don’t think I told […] The post Speed Dialing first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

If you use Gmail half as much as I do, then I’ll bet you have more than one Gmail Account. We’ve covered the Gmail Notifier on this podcast in the past as a way to monitor your Gmail, but that only monitors one accountat a time. GmailAssistant is a notifier for multiple Gmail accounts. It […] The post Gmail Assistant – and more first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

A while back I did an episode of the Gmail Podcast where I showed you how to switch your internet domain to be hosted by Google’s mail servers. This gives you the freedom of managing your own mail accounts, distribution lists, and other aspects of your mail environment, while providing all the benefits of Gmail […] The post Hosted Mail (updated) first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Google has been very busy lately adding some very nice features to their version 2.0 interface. As a reminder, the ver 2.0 interface requires IE 6 or later or FireFox 2.0 or later. if you haven’t been following the blog on the Gmail Podcast website I’ll bring you up to date on a few announcements […] The post Odds and Ends first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Gspace is an add-on to the Firefox browser that allows you to use your 5+GB of Gmail storage as drive space. Start by downloading GSpace from http://addons.mozilla.org. If you enter GSpace in the search box at the top of the screen, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding it. The download process is straightforward and requires […] The post GSpace first appeared on Gmail Podcast.

Listener, and fellow Friends In Tech member, Steve Holden sent in an audio clip comparing Gmail to several other popular online mail services. Listen to find out the results. The post Comparison first appeared on Gmail Podcast.