As your Google account becomes increasingly important Google have announced a new (optional) technique to secure your account using your mobile or smart phone. Google’s system doesn’t require a physical keycard. Instead, it relies on your mobile phone. First, you need to activate the optional feature from your settings page (again, ... Continue reading 'Google Improves Security With Help From Your Smart Phone'

Gmail (or Google Mail in the UK) has always been generous with the amount of free storage it offers, currently 7444MB. However there comes a time when you have to start thinking about deleting some of those larger emails. Strangely Google doesn't make this as easy as it could. Continue reading 'Recovering Space on Gmail'

Nicknames are alternate email addresses (AKA aliases) you can create for users if you'd like them to be able to receive mail at another address. Heres how to add a nickname to a users account: Continue reading 'Google Apps Email Aliases (Nicknames)'

One of the great thing about Gmail is that it lets you send emails as if they were from your non-Gmail addresses. There's just one problem, it adds the words "on behalf of"  and displays your Gmail address in the "From" area. Of course this is one of the reasons to use Google Apps for Domains as it will let you send emails from your domain without adding any such text. Continue reading 'Gmail: Send Email Without “on behalf of”'

What happens if you have a second (or third) Gmail address (i.e. Google Account) that you don't often use? Well, after 90 days without use it'll be deleted. Here's what Google has to say: Continue reading 'What Happens to Dormant Gmail Addresses?'

You can add this Google Voice gadget to Gmail's side menu by enabling the "Add any gadget by URL" feature in the Gmail Labs settings. Then just add the gadget's URL by going to Settings > Gadget.   Continue reading 'Add Google Voice to Gmail'