04Mar

Sort gmail messages by read/unread

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This entry is part 1 of 13 in the series gmail tricks One of the main functionalities that lacking gmail is it’s sort functionalities by read and unread respectively. One tricky mechanism is there to for doing this. On the search textbox type “is:unread” to sort unread messages and “is:read” for read [...]

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25Mar

Exclude gmail chat conversation from search result

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This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series gmail tricksWeird of seeing chat result while you search particular content in your gmail ? Here is a solution for it. You can exclude any folder using a string append to the search string, “-label:folder name”. For example you need to exclude chat conversation by [...]

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01Apr

Firefox extension for gmail chat

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This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series gmail tricksUse firefox extension for gmail chat instead of webchat available with gmail. After installing the gtalk sidebar firefox extension add a button on the tool bar as below.

Drag drop the button to tool bar. The new icon will open the gmail chat as a [...]

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09May

Search gmail message during a period of time

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This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series gmail tricksGmail is one of the best email client available online, moreover slew people are using the application as there email client. This email client provide vast variety of search option for searching the email in the mail box. I am going to explain how [...]

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20May

How to create your own notes using gmail?

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This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series gmail tricksI am sure slew people are using gmail as there email client. I know lot of peoples shifted to gmail from other providers mainly due to its usability. Now I am going to explain how to make your gmail account as an application to [...]

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03Jun

How to check who sold your email address to spammers?

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This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series gmail tricksA lot of websites are selling email address to spammers. Here is a workaround how to find those who sell your email address to spammers by using gmail address while registering in websites.
I am using the same magic for which I used to create [...]

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03Apr

How to start group chat using gmail webchat

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This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series gmail tricksIt released some times back but I saw it today. I was wondering why I use google chat gadget for group chat. I feel really ashamed about me. Anyways let me explain how to start a group chat using gmail web chat. Click [...]

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20Jun

Superstars in gmail

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This entry is part 8 of 13 in the series gmail tricksAll of us need to flag some of the important emails, thats why email clients provide the facility for flagging or starring. But what will do if we need to prioritizes the starred emails?
Team gmail recently enabled a feature called superstars, which provide [...]

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24Jun

Insert inline image in gmail

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This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series gmail tricksGmail is one the coolest email client available. But it lacks an important feature. We can attach files but we are not able to add inline images in editor.
I will suggest a work around for this. But this is not much friendly moreover we [...]

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26Jun

Pictures in gmail chat

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This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series gmail tricksGmail web chat is the coolest chatting application I have ever seen. But I had some bad experience while using google web chat. The google web chat shows that status of the online user by displaying the name. In my messenger list I had [...]

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