There are some idiosyncracies that you should understand when working with large numbers of messages. Read more for a couple pointers…
If you are working with a large number of emails, (more than will fit
on one screen “page”) be sure to remember that checking “All” doesn’t
check all messages in the category you are viewing, but only those
visible on the current page. So, if you have three pages of messages,
only the first page will be affected if you click “All”.
Want to know a quick way to address another Gmail user? Read more to find out!
Did you know that you can send an email to another Gmail user by just
entering their username into either the TO, CC, or BCC fields when you
Compose a message? You do not need to type the rest of the
“@gmail.com” address! Simple end elegant!
When Gmail was first released to Beta, it was missing the ability to create an automatically appended “Signature”. Well, after beta tester feedback Gmail has added the feature! Read how to define it…
Go into “Settings” and click the radio button next to the edit box in the Signatire section. Next, enter any text you want to have included in all outgoing messages! Makes things simpler and more professional!
According to a Palm Infocenter article, Sony is “suspending” it’s Clie PDAs, not releaseing any new models to the US market this Fall. This hits hard to many CLie devotees. Despite the news, the Sony Clie NX topics here on JimsTips.com will continue to exist.
Unfortunatly, I haven’t added much new content simply because I had to move to a Palm Tungsten T3 because of our company’s “no cameras” policy. At the time, all of the decent high-end Clies had integrated cameras eliminating them as viable choices.
Like many Email providers, Gmail supports the standard “plus” addressing scheme. But just what is it, and how can it help me?
The “plus” method of addressing lets you add additional words to your account name (the “left side” of your email address.) For example, if your email address is “john.doe@gmail.com”, you could add “+club” when you give your email address to members of a club to which you belong. So, your email address would now be “john.doe+club@gmail.com”. But why would you want to do this? Think of the “plus” word as an extra “keyword” or “tag” that you can use to better manage your messages.
Using our example, say you email an invitation to your friends in a club asking them to rsvp to the invitaion. You ask them to reply to “john.doe+nope@gtmail.com” when sending you a responseif they don’t want to come, and reply to “john.doe+ofcourse@gmail.com”. Assuming they follow your directions, You can then set up a Gmail Filters to automatically route emails to specific Labels based on the addresses. It’s a simple example, but the uses can be numerous.
Another use is when you are shopping online. When asked for an email address, use something like “john.doe+amazon@gmail.com”. That way, whenever you get future emails addressed to that address, you’ll know that it’s either from Amazon directly or from someone to whom they sold your email address. This can be a somewhat effctive way to track spam. Just be aware that not all email systems recognize or accept “plus” addresses. In fact, some spammers even strip it out completely, but it’s a cool tool, none the less. THe best way is to just try it and see if it works for your application!
Gmail’s account names (you know, the “left” side of your email address) are very forgiving. Read more for more details!
If you registered your Gmail account name like I did, you likely used the form “first.last@gmail.com”. Did you know that it doesn’t matter if you used a period or not! “john.doe@gmail.com” is treated the same as “johndoe@gmail.com”. In fact, Gmail is not even case sensitive, so “JohnDoe@gmail.com” is the same as “joHn.doE@gmail.com”! So, not only did you get the email account name you wanted, but you really got more!
Any valid for also works at the login screen too! It surely makes remembering easier!
