Gmail Tips: The Complete Collection

This is the complete collection of all of my Gmail Tips posted between May, 2004 and December, 2007 to the GmailTips.com site. Unfortunately, some of the images have gone missing, and many of the tips are outdated as features and functions have evolved.

Please note that while this is not be an up-to-date reference, it does provide a wonderful glimpse into the history of how we used, interacted with, and adapted to Gmail.

Gmail Tip #3: How to Maintain Notes

Some email providers provide a “Notes” function to let you maintain a list of notes. For example you might keep Web site links, random thoughts, etc. Gmail doesn’t offer this feature, but by using some…

Gmail Tip #1: All About Labels

Labels. Gmail lets you assign a Label to a message and then view all messages assigned to that Label. Sounds a lot like the typical “Folder”, right? Well, almost. Unlike Folders, you can assign multiple…

What is Gmail?

Gmail is a free POP3 and IMAP webmail service provided by Google. In the United Kingdom and Germany it is officially called Google Mail. Gmail launched on 1 April 2004 as an invitation-only beta release…