Recently a team of Google engineers calling themselves The Data Liberation Front set-up a website showing how to get your data in and out of as many different Google products as possible. They say that: Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Googles products. Our ... Continue reading 'Liberate Your Google Data with The Data Liberation Front'

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'

Gmail has added a feature to help you identify "phishing" - fake emails that pretend to come from places such as your bank or eBay. The new feature verifies the email's source and adds a key icon to it. Currently it only highlights genuine eBay and PayPal emails but Google promise more validated emails soon. Here's how to switch it on. Continue reading 'Gmail Verifies Emails, Adds Key Icon'