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'

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'

Google Contacts started life as a part of Gmail but has recently been given more prominence (and its own page independant of Gmail). I wanted to see what its limits were so I decided to import 20,000 names and addresses to see how it faired as a mailing list. Continue reading 'Taking Google Contacts to the Limit'