Month: December 2011

Use Gmail’s vacation responder to let people know you won’t be able to get back to them right away. You can set up a vacation response in your Gmail settings that will automatically reply to anyone who emails you. […]

Gmail has two primary display modes, depending on what type of browser1 you use to access it. Standard view is what you’ll see when you sign in to Gmail from a fully supported browser, and gives you access to all Gmail features. […]

It’s easy to check your spelling while composing Gmail messages. Here’s how: Click ‘Check spelling’ along the top of the message you’re composing. Click the misspelled word (highlighted in yellow) to see Gmail’s suggestions for […]

Gmail lets you send messages with another of your email addresses listed as the sender instead of your Gmail address. This feature helps you manage multiple accounts from the Gmail interface; […]

If you’re sending a message to several people and want to hide each recipient’s email address, you can use the blind carbon copy feature. When you’re composing a message, just click Add Bcc and enter the email addresses that you don’t want to display to the recipients. […]

What face would you like to present to the world? You can choose almost any photo as your Gmail picture, to show up whenever another user rolls over your name in their inbox, Contacts, Chat […]

Themes allow you to customize the look and feel of your Gmail account. To choose a theme, click a thumbnail on the Themes tab of your Settings page.
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You can assign any picture to use for a contact, regardless of whether they’ve chosen one. This picture selection only appears in your Gmail interface; your contact won’t see it unless you suggest it for them. […]

You may see the basic HTML version of Gmail if: You’re using an unsupported browser. You’re using a slow network connection. You previously set basic HTML as your default view. Click Standard View at the […]