Below are instructions to allow you to stop similar emails being grouped together in your Gmail account. The Email Group Feature / Conversation View is turned on by default and is loved by some and hated by others.
Luckily it is actually very simple to turn off, first login to your Gmail account as normal then follow the steps below;
Step 1: If your not already in Gmail, click on the Mail icon.Step 2: Click the Settings Cog on the far right hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the settings icon on the drop down menu.
Step 4: Click the “General” option in the top bar.
Step 4: Turn the Conversation/Group email feature off
To turn off Click the “Conversation view off” round toggle button.
To turn back on just Click the “Conversation view on” round toggle button.
Step 5: When you are happy click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom.
If you have any questions or you have any tips of your own, Why not drop a comment below.
Below are instructions to allow you to setup an Email Forwarder in your Gmail account. The Email Forwarder feature is perfect for sending a copy of the emails sent to a Gmail account to any other Email account (It can be from any email provider). E.g. maybe you want to send your personal emails to your work account or may be you want to set up a secondary account and don’t want to have to login into both.
It is actually very simple to setup, first login to your Gmail account as normal then follow the steps below;
Step 1: If your not already in Gmail, click on the Mail icon.Step 2: Click the Settings Cog on the far right hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the settings icon on the drop down menu.
Enter the destination Email address in the box provided.
Confirmation: Google will then ask you to confirm the email address, click Proceed if you are happy.
Confirmation Code: Google will now send a code to the destination email address, enter this in the box provided.
Click the Verify button, that’s it, its all now setup. You should now get a copy of every email sent to this email account in your destination email account.
When you are happy click the “Save Changes” button.
If you have any questions or you have any tips of your own, Why not drop a comment below.
Below are instructions to allow you to setup an Email Signature in your Gmail account. The Email Signature feature is perfect for setting up a automated message that will appear at the bottom of all your emails e.g. your contact details or an email disclaimer. You can also select if the signature appears before or after any quoted text.
It is actually very simple to setup, first login to your Gmail account as normal then follow the steps below;
Step 1: If your not already in Gmail, click on the Mail icon.Step 2: Click the Settings Cog on the far right hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the settings icon on the drop down menu.
Step 4: Setup the Signature.
No Signature: Turn off all signatures – No signatures will appear on your emails.
Select Signature: You can setup a different signature for each alias you have on your account, select the one you want here.
The default will be your main email address.
Signature: This is where you can craft your signature.
You can either create it from scratch in the editor, or you can paste it in from Word etc and it should keep any formatting. You can also copy and past HTML – note you need to copy and past the ‘visual webpage’ not the code.
Insert this: Select whether you want the Signature before or after the contents from replied/forwarded emails.
When you are happy click the “Save Changes” button.
Thats it, if you have any questions or you have any tips of your own, Why not drop a comment below.
How Do I set up an Out of Office AutoReply in Gmail?
Below are instructions to allow you to setup a permanent or timed AutoReply in your Gmail account. The AutoReply feature is perfect for setting up a holiday alert message (e.g. I am away between the 1st of Aug and 14th of Aug, please contact….) or a automated response to your emails (e.g. Thank you for your email, I will get back asap) . You can also define if everyone will get your message or just people setup in your contacts.
It is actually very simple to setup, first login to your Gmail account as normal then follow the steps below;
Step 1: If your not already in Gmail, click on the Mail icon.Step 2: Click the Settings Cog on the far right hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the settings icon on the drop down menu.
Step 4: Setup the auto reply.
First Day: Put the date you would like the AutoReply to start here e.g. the first day of your Holiday/Vacation.
Last Day: Put the date you would like the AutoReply to finish here e.g. the last day of your Holiday/Vacation.
If you leave this black the AutoRely will run perpetually.
Subject: The title of the email you would like the recipient to get e.g. I’m currently away on……
Message: The Message body you would like to send e.g. I am away between the 1st of Aug and 14th of Aug, please contact …
Only send a response: If you only want people in your contacts to get your AutoReply tick this box.
When you are happy click the “Save Changes” button.
Thats it, if you have any questions or you have any tips of your own, Why not drop a comment below.
People often in today’s modern world run their entire lives and and businesses via email, so what would happen if you suddenly lost access to your account? what would happen if you no longer had all your receipts or business contacts? It would not be good…. So we are often asked how can I get a backup just in case it gets corrupted or I lose access to my account for some reason. Below are a few of the easiest methods we have found to quickly and securely create a backup of your email.
How Can I Backup My Gmail Account?
Methods.
Gmail Backup – A great free standalone program for windows and mac that will automaticly download and store all your emails in standard EML files meaning you can open them in any email client e.g. outlook or thunderbird. it also stores any attachments.
Download it from http://www.gmail-backup.com/download – It is also open source so you can do mods or integrate it into your own applications if you so wish.
If the download link is down on their main site (as it was for me the other day) you can grab it from here
Mailstore – Another great program that free for personal use, it will down load emails from Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Any POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, Microsoft Outlook XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail , Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013 mailboxes, Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange Online)
Google’s Gmail email system system prevents all executable file types and some system files from being sent via its servers as a virus protection measure. This is good but also very annoying if like us you often have to send these types of files to customers and other people with in the company. If you try to send an file type that Google does not like Gmail will give you an error message along the lines of “FILE is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of file”.
Luckily there is a couple of fairly easy ways to get round it.
How Can I Send an EXE via Gmail?
Methods.
Use a free facility such as dropbox to upload your file and then email the direct link to the file so that your friend \ colleague \ customer can easily download it to their device. Another advantage to this is that you are not limited to the size of the file.
Rename the file without an exe extension, Compress it with any compression utility and then attach it. Now it will get attached, and uploaded successfully.The receiver of the email should uncompress the attachment and rename it again with exe extension.
How Can I Create A Disposable Email Account in Gmail?
By using this simple method you can create a unique and easily disposable email address for every website and company you sign up for. This method can be used for any Google Mail \ Gmail or Google Apps email account.
How Can I Create A Disposable Email Account in Gmail?
How To Create your Disposable Email Account
To create a disposable email address is very simple, just add a + symbol and some
By creating a custom email address for every business you sign up for then if they ever start spamming you or giving out your email to other businesses you can easily block them.
How to Block your disposable Email Account
It is very easy to block your new disposable email account, just follow the instructions below to set up a filter.
Select the email by clicking on it, select more.
Click “Filter messages like these”, a window will appear.
Enter the custom email in the “To” line.
Click “Create filter with this search”.
You can now choose what you want to happen to thease emails.
If you want them to end up in the bin\ trash just select “delete it” and then click “create filter”.
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Step 2: Click the Settings Cog on the far right hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Click on the settings icon on the drop down menu.
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