Gmail. Gmail is a free, advertising- supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation- only beta release on April 1, 2.
February 7, 2. 00. The service was upgraded from beta status on July 7, 2. Google Apps suite. With an initial storage capacity offer of 1 GB per user, Gmail significantly increased the webmail standard for free storage from the 2 to 4 MB its competitors such as Hotmail offered at that time. Individual Gmail messages, including attachments, may be up to 2.
MB, which is larger than many other mail services support. Gmail has a search- oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum. Gmail is noted by web developers for its pioneering use of Ajax. Gmail runs on Google GFE/2. Linux. As of June 2.
Features. Storage. The Gmail service currently provides more than 1. GB of free storage per account. Users can rent additional storage (shared between Picasa Web Albums, Google Drive and Gmail) from 2. GB (US$2. 4. 9/month) to 1.
TB (US$7. 99. 9. 9/month), but only 1. GB of this additional storage will apply to Gmail, in effect limiting Gmail storage to 2. GB total. On April 1, 2.
Gmail, Google announced an increase from 1 GB. Georges Harik, the product management director for Gmail, stated that Google would "keep giving people more space forever."On April 2. Gmail announced the increase of free storage in Gmail from 7. GB to 1. 0 GB ("and counting") as part of the launch of Google Drive. At the same time, Gmail users became unable to upgrade the size of their e- mail inbox beyond a 3. GB limit, irrespective of their price plan. Gmail Labs. The Gmail Labs feature, introduced on June 5, 2.
Gmail, such as bookmarking of important email messages or custom keyboard shortcuts. Users can enable or disable Labs features selectively and provide feedback about each of them.
This allows Gmail engineers to obtain user input about new features to improve them and also to assess their popularity and whether they merit developing into regular Gmail features. All Labs features are experimental and are subject to termination at any time. Spam filter. Gmail's spam filtering features a community- driven system: when any user marks an email as spam, this provides information to help the system identify similar future messages for all Gmail users. Users may tune the system to allow mail marked as spam to be handled in particular ways. Gmail Mobile. Gmail Mobile is a version of Google's Gmail email service.
It is a free service, developed to provide access to Gmail from mobile devices such as cell phones, or smartphones. Gmail Mobile offers many of the features as Gmail delivered effectively to smaller, mobile screens. Users have the ability to compose, read, archive, reply, forward, mark unread, add a star, add custom labels or trash email messages. On September 2. 2, 2.
- Google’s smart mobile email app, Inbox by Gmail, has just become even smarter with its latest update, which introduces improvements to trips and attachments.
- The Gmail interface makes Gmail unique amongst webmail systems for several reasons. Most evident to users are its search-oriented features and means of managing e.
- Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols.
- Visually Open Nav. Go to Wired Home Page. No Wifi? No Problem. Gmail Releases New Offline E-mail Tools.
After all we’ve shown you about how useful Gmail can be, you may decide to check all your email accounts (Hotmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, etc.) in Gmail. There are plenty of reasons to love Gmail: completely free features, plenty of storage space, free POP3 access to your email as well as free offline access.
Google brought Push Mail support to its Gmail service using Google Sync for i. Phone and i. Pod Touch platforms. In order to use the service a user will need a Gmail account and a mobile device that meets the following requirements: It must have Internet access and a WAP enabled web browser. It must be XHTML compliant. It must have cookies enabled and the mobile network must also allow cookies to be set.
It must allow SSL ( Secure Sockets Layer) traffic. Gmail Mobile was released on December 1.
Social networking. On February 9, 2. Google commenced their new service, Google Buzz, which integrated with Gmail allowing users to share links and media, as well as status updates. Buzz was launched with an automatic opt- in, causing an uproar in the Gmail community which led Google to quickly undo its initial moves.
Buzz was discontinued in December 2. Google+. Google+, which was launched on June 2. Google's most recent foray into social networking, integrates further into Gmail than Google Buzz, with Google+ profile icons appearing in the headers of emails received in Gmail and Google+ circles appearing in sortings of Gmail contacts. As of August 2. 01. Gmail's video chat is replaced with Google+ Hangouts for multi- user videoconferencing. Google Voice in Gmail chat. In August 2. 01. 0, Google released a plugin that provides integrated telephone service within Gmail's Google Chat interface.
This service initially lacked an official name, with Google referring to it as "Google Voice in Gmail chat" and also "Call Phones in Gmail", but is now called Google Video and Voice Chat. The service allows people to make free calls from their Gmail account to U. S. and Canada, at least through the end of 2. Gmail account users can also call other countries on a fee basis. The service logged over 1 million calls in 2.
August 2. 01. 0. Google Voice multi- way videoconferencing (with support for document sharing) is now integrated with Google+ Hangouts. Offline Google Mail. On August 3. 1, 2.
Official Gmail Blog that Offline Google Mail was launched as a Chrome web app at the Google Chrome Web Store. This HTML5- powered app is based on the Gmail web app on tablets.
On April 1. 1, 2. Google engineer Sundar Pichai revealed that Google employees had been testing the app together with offline versions of Google Docs and Google Calendar for months and that the apps would be launched in the summer of 2. Gmail Search. Gmail has an integrated search function that resembles Google Search but only searches a user's Gmail account. On May 2. 1, 2. 01. Gmail improved their search functionality to include autocomplete predictions from the user's email content. As with a web search, Gmail's search functionality cannot search for word fragments, although it does perform partial- string stemming (e. When creating a Gmail account, users are asked to provide a recovery email address—to allow them to reset their password if they have forgotten it, or if their account is hacked.
In some countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, or India, Google may also require one- time use of a mobile phone number to send an account validation code by SMS text messaging or voice message when creating a new account. This requirement to associate a unique recovery email and/or phone number with an account makes it difficult for would- be spammers to set up multiple accounts. Google also offers a 2- step verification option—for extra security against hacking—that requests a validation code each time the user logs in to their Google account.
The code is either generated by an application ("Google Authenticator") or received from Google as an SMS text message, a voice message, or an email to another account. Trusted devices can be "marked" to skip this 2- step log- on authentication.
When this feature is switched on, software that cannot provide the validation code (e. IMAP and POP3 clients) must use a unique 1. Google instead of the user's normal password. Security Warnings.
On June 5, 2. 01. Whenever Google analyses indicate that a government has attempted to compromise an account, Gmail will display a notice that reads "Warning: We believe state- sponsored attackers may be trying to compromise your account or computer". Interface. The Gmail user interface differs from other Webmail systems with its focus on search and its "conversation view" of email, grouping several replies onto a single page. Gmail's user- experience designer, Kevin Fox, intended users to feel as if they were always on one page and just changing things on that page, rather than having to navigate to other places. History. The idea for Gmail was pitched by Rajen Sheth during an interview with Google, and went on to be developed by Paul Buchheit several years before it was announced to the public. Initially the email client was available for use only by Google employees internally. Google announced Gmail to the public on April 1, 2.
IMAP support was added on October 2. Domain name history. As of June 2. 2, 2. Gmail's canonical URI changed from http: //gmail.
As of December 2. URI were redirected to the latter.
Gmail hoaxes. Gmail Paper hoax. On April Fools' Day 2. Google made fun of paper- based archiving by introducing "Gmail Paper", where a user could click a button and Gmail would purportedly mail an ad- supported paper copy email archive for free.
Gmail Custom Time hoax. On April Fools' Day 2. Google introduced a fake service, "Gmail Custom Time", which would allegedly allow a user to send up to ten emails per year with forged timestamps. The hoax stated that by bending spacetime on the Google servers, the emails actually get routed through the fourth dimension of time itself before reaching their intended recipient. Gmail Autopilot hoax. On April Fools' Day 2. Google introduced a service called Gmail Autopilot by CADIE.
According to Google, the service purported to automatically read and respond to emails for the user. It appeared to work by analyzing messages for the emotions expressed in the message and either providing advice to the user or automatically responding to the message. Gmail Motion hoax. On April Fools' Day 2.
Google introduced a service called Gmail Motion which allowed users to navigate emails, send and even dictate messages through the user's physical actions using webcams. For example, to send an email, the user would perform the action of licking a stamp, and posting it. After the user signed up, they would be directed to an "April Fools'" message. Gmail Tap hoax. On April Fools' Day 2. Google introduced a service called Gmail Tap, an application for Android and i. OS which claimed to double typing speed with a revolutionary new keyboard.
The system involves a keyboard with three keys: Morse code "dash" and "dot", and a spacebar (along with backspace). Shortly before midnight, on March 3. Gmail Tap was added, an Android Application utilizing Morse Code instead of the onscreen keyboard. Selecting Download App for Your Phone produced the message: "Oops! Gmail Tap is a bit too popular right now. We suggest you try downloading it again on April 2nd."Code changes.