Very often, we receive files as Gmail attachment and presuming that Gmail never runs out of space, we never download these attachments. But as time follows, it becomes difficult to keep up with millions of attachment and searching these files becomes nightmare.
The biggest mistake we make here is, assuming Gmail as online file storage [...]

MailBrowser is a Gmail plug-in which is ideal for people dealing regularly with attachments and unknown contacts. This plugin works with both Gmail and Google Apps account. You can also configure multiple accounts with this browser plugin. Unlike other plugins or addons available with Gmail, MailBrowser loads into your browser sidebar. And since it remains [...]

Gmail by default sorts mails by date and to group messages by sender, you will have to create a filter. However, there is another simple trick, which will group your mails from a particular person without creating a filter. All it takes is just two clicks to get your work done.
We have previously discussed how [...]

Gmail’s best feature is its email searching capabilities. Search terms or Operators help us finding mails more easily, effectively and conveniently. Thanks to Google’s proprietary search algorithms, we can find mails hidden deep inside. For example: Just adding after: or before: keyword, we can find mails within particular dates. Here are some more search terms [...]

One feature, I often miss in Gmail is its ability to sort messages. By default, Gmail sorts mails by date, which doesn’t do a great job in organizing your inbox. There is no facility to sort mails by name, subject, size and sender. Consider this scenario where sorting of mails can be very useful : [...]

You can substantially increase the functionality of Gmail by adding Gadgets. Gadgets also increase the productivity as you can use variety of services within single Gmail Window.

One of the annoying problems with Gmail is that even after you delete an email address, it still appears as drop-down suggestions, when you start typing name in “To” box.

A member of Blogoscoped forum reports that Gmail is experimenting with ads between emails. As we all know, Gmail is popular free mailing service from Google and its only source of revenue is from ads.

Gmail gadgets can really spice up your emailing experience. Just imagine what things you can do inside a single Gmail window by adding custom gadgets. You can use all the services at the same place without leaving the inbox.

Gmail by default uses your contact list to find the safe addresses. However, many times your company mail or your friend’s mail is mistakenly considered as spam by Gmail malware engine and it goes to Spam folder.

Gmail tries to provide useful information and relevant ads in the rightmost side of your email inbox. However, most of the window white space is taken by the sponsored advertisements moreover these ads sometime annoy users.

Gmail by default gives 11 font choices which are more than enough for an average user. But sometimes we would like to have stylish fonts used in our mails to impress our friends or standard font mail for business communication.