Questions tagged [gmail]
Webmail service provided by Google. See WebApps.StackExchange.com first as that's where they most likely will be on topic unless using with a desktop client
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How does insta-syncing e-mails in Thunderbird work?
I've just deleted an email on the Gmail website. It was instantly deleted in Thunderbird as well. How does Thunderbird do this? I thought e-mail uses a request-response mechanism with only occasional ...
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How can I import a PST file to Gmail?
I'm in the process of moving my email to Gmail. I used to use Outlook and I have a massive amount of email stored in various PST files (about 7GB worth). Ultimately I'd like to store this all in Gmail ...
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Different favicons for two Gmail tabs?
Anyone knows a way to have two Gmail inboxes with different favicons but keep the unread number icon feature?
To better distinguish the two tabs.
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Always mark message in Drafts folder as read
I have a gmail account that I access from Thunderbird.
When I write an email and save it as a draft, it gets saved to the Drafts folder. Good. However, this email is marked as unread in the Drafts ...
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How can I download a blocked attachment in gmail?
I have some documents I wrote, all of which are text, in various extensions, txt, .js, compressed and attached in an email. there was no issue when I uploaded the file several years ago, but evidently ...
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Import emails from Outlook to Gmail
I have emails in my desktop Outlook and want to transfer them in Gmail (G Suite if it matters).
I exported a folder in a CSV file, however, cannot find a way to import them in Gmail. The solutions I ...
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Is webmail also use POP/IMAP Protocol to retrieve email?
I have seen many sites and I knew about POP/IMAP protocol. I knew that email clients such as : outlook, etc will use one of those protocol from mail server. But if I use webmail, it means that I ...
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Gmail can't authenticate Office 365 Address via SMTP
Custom Domain registered through GoDaddy
Office 365 email purchased through GoDaddy
Trying to send / receive email for this address using free Gmail (not G suite)
I have reviewed every resource I can ...
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How to turn off text auto-completion in Gmail / Googlemail? [closed]
Suddenly Gmail started trying to complete every word/text typed in Gmail/Googlemail. This happened in Gmail only and it was not triggered by the operating system or the browser.
See this screenshot:
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Migrate old mails from Gmail to Dropbox / Sync.com
I've been using Gmail for many years and would love to find a way to move the older mails to offline storage (and the to my sync.com folder).
I have looked at Google Takeout and it seems as I can ...
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How to completely remove a google/gmail connected app?
When I open an attached document (txt file, google document, microsoft word file etc.), at the very top I have Open with option. There is a list of Connected apps. I want to remove one of them from ...
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Efficiently Backing up Multiple Accounts (gmail, yahoo) from Outlook to PST
Outlook is receiving emails from ~20 different Gmail and Yahoo [IMAP/SMTP] accounts, with my goals being to:
Backup emails to a .pst for archiving on a hard drive
Delete Inbox emails from Gmail and ...
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neomutt: Stop new mail banner for folders other than inbox
I'm using neomutt as my local mail reader (I use isync to mirror my Gmail account locally). I am noticing that sometimes when I start neomutt, it informs me in the bottom banner that there are new ...
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How do I stop Gmail from opening mailto links in Chrome?
I followed the instructions to set Gmail as my default email client by inserting this:
In address bar of same tab, type/paste this & hit enter:
javascript:navigator.registerProtocolHandler("...
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How to automatically recognize & move spam emails
There are lots of spam emails in my inbox, but there are also several normal emails and other useful emails among them.
Is there any way to automatically recognize spam emails and move them to another ...
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POP3 on Gmail doesn't retrieve spam email from outlook
I have pop3 on Gmail but it retrieves emails from outlook only from inbox folder but not from the spam folder. Is there a way pop3 to sent the spam emails (which some of them are not spam) to my Gmail?...
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Outlook IMAP connection to Gmail shows unread messages, but there are none
I initially posted this question to a vendor site, but my luck there is hit and miss.
Symptoms in a nutshell: The email folder pane shows that the "All Mail" folder have 2 unread messages, ...
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How does Apple Mail (macOS Sierra) access Gmail?
Ever since Apple Mail gained the ability to add "Google" mail account types, it has become a lot easier to access a Gmail address from a Mac. My question is how does it do it? I assumed it used IMAP ...
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How to add a gmail suite account to mac
When I try to add an account I get a message prompt saying
Google requires completing authentication in Safari.
Which opens an incognito safari browser window with a google login, after entering my ...
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How to make mailto: links open in Gmail instead of Outlook
When I clicked a mailto: link in a web page the following page appeared. How would I make it open in Gmail instead? I am using Windows 7.
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Send Email via Gmail from Command Prompt
I've got some backup jobs running weekly and would like to have the log files sent to me automatically via email so I don't have to manually check them.
On a Windows system, is there a tool that I ...
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Is there a email client similar to mailplane for Windows?
I've been impressed with MailPlane, the email client for the Mac that is designed for gmail. Is there a similar gmail client for Windows?
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receiving email addressed to another email address
my main email address is [email protected] but recently i've been receiving emails addressed to a [email protected] i don't know this address is or how they're being sent to my email address
i've ...
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Can't find Word doc I was working on within Outlook, but it was opened as an “eml” file after download from Gmail?
I was looking at an email in Gmail and wanted to open it up separately. I ended up clicking download, which downloaded an eml file and when I clicked on it, it opened in Outlook.
I opened the Word doc ...
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Gmail responding with "DSN: Service unavailable"
I have googled this widely :/ I have a Wordpress site, but the same happens from the command line. Sending a mail that ends up at the MX of:
mysite.com. 140 IN MX 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
Leads to ...
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How to get back to normal formatting i Gmail compose message?
If I try to quote something from e.g. Wikipedia into a Gmail mail I'm writing, it will also copy the formatting, including blue links such as [1], [2], etc. for references.
When I then try to end the ...
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Why might MS Outlook 2010 (under WIN7) have stopped loading at "Loading Profile"?
MS Outlook 2010, set as a front end to 2 GMAIL accounts (all under WIN7) stops loading at "Loading Profile".
It occurred first after a hung transfer of large files between the gmail accounts.
I've ...
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Sync sent emails from Exchange to Gmail
I would like to sync my sent items (and the draft) from Exchange to Gmail. Unfortunately I can only enable a POP3 account which sync the inbox only.
Is there a way (this could involve a third-party ...
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Is there a way to reduce the CPU usage of a Gmail tab in Chrome browser?
This is driving me crazy and I hope you can help.
Here's a screenshot of the issue.
On the right, Windows Task Manager showing high Chrome CPU usage.
On the left, Chrome's Task Manager showing it's ...
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Why won't links within Gmail open in new tabs anymore?
I recently upgraded to Firefox 3.6 and all of a sudden, clicking on links within email messages open in the same window. They used to open in a new tab using Firefox. In fact, this is still the case ...
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Outlook and Gmail - how to search for old messages
I've Outlook connected to Gmail via IMAP with 6 months cache. How can I search older messages (which are still in the cloud)?
The basic need is that I have to free up space in Gmail. I made a search ...
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Bulit-in Windows 10 modern app Mail and Calendar downloads mail from Gmail with a long delay
I'm using the latest, updated Win 10 with the latest Mail and Calendar app. For some time now, the app downloads new emails from Gmail with a ~2 hour delay.
To fix this, I tried resetting the app to ...
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Activate gmail notifications when chrome is closed
I would like to do so that Chrome shows me Gmail notifications when I get a new message even when Chrome is closed. I activated them in the Gmail settings but I only receive them when Gmail is opened. ...
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Sending email as G-Suite account via Gmail account
In addition to my personal Gmail account, I have a number of G-Suite professional accounts. I have been forwarding all of those to my Gmail account, and have set up multiple "Send mail as" identities ...
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How do I change Firefox default email client?
I setup a mailto shortcut on Firefox. I did this by going to Menu->Customize and dragged the Email Link up to a blank space next to the tool bar. That way if I am on a web page I should be able to ...
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MacOS Mojave - Mail auto-appearing
I have a problem with Mail app. A few hours after quitting the app with Cmd+Q, the app starts up again suddenly, without being manually opened. It is connected with a Gmail account. Does anyone know ...
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windows mail stopped working with GMail
I like the windows mail app for it's speed and simplicity, but seems like since end of march or around that it is unable to download email from google. I have removed and re-added the account but it ...
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Archiving Gmail messages using Mutt: does simply deleting the message in mutt work?
Question: can someone confirm and/or explain the following observation?
After shopping for ~/.mutt/muttrc settings over the web and digging into years-old (if not decades old) posts, I found the ...
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Send an email to a group excluding a member in Thunderbird
I use Thunderbird on my MacBook-Pro and sync my contacts from gmail to Mac OS X's address book, then I make some groups of friends in my address book, in Thunderbird I can use this group in send field ...
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Turn off Cached Exchange mode with a Gmail account Outlook 2016
How can I disable Cached Exchange mode on Outlook with a Gmail account?
Because instead of seeing the "Use Cached Exchange Mode" chekbox while entering account settings in Outlook 2016 like here:
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RDP connection over OpenVPN to work computer triggers Google security alerts for dormant accounts
Background:
I was (for the first time) setting up a remote connection from home to my office:
Install OpenVPN client, install certificate (.ovpn file) in it, start connection
Start Windows 10 Remote ...
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Outlook with GSSMO: Rare case of email received hours later than in Gmail, receipt time incorrectly shown
This is an issue with MS Outlook using G Suite Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GSSMO). Here's what happened according to the email header:
Background
The Sender sends an email at a local time that ...
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How can I export gmail message subject lines from a search?
I have a label that sorts all my email marketing from one company. I want to export the search results so I can grab the subject lines. There are about 350 messages, and I wanted to research the ...
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Unifi video email alerts show 'invalid address' error
I'm getting following error when trying to configure email alerts in Unifi Video:
javax.mail.SendFailedException: Invalid Addresses;
nested exception is:
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPAddressFailedException: ...
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Thunderbird with millions of gmail emails
I just tried using thunderbird hooked up to my gmail account using imap, which has at least 5 million emails in the account. Thunderbird is basically unresponsive, which isn't a huge surprise. I tried ...
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Do spammers actually make subject lines such as "[SPAM]"? Or is this added by some filter?
I have a Gmail account. Today, I had received a spam message whose subject line was actually "[SPAM]". Is this some new kind of "trick" by spammers, or was the subject line determined to be 100% sure ...
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Outlook 365 - Multiple Gmail IMAP Accounts
I am setting up Microsoft Outlook (as part of Office 365) for a friend.
He has 6-7 Gmail accounts which we want to connect as IMAP. I remember trying this for him around 10-12 years ago but Outlook ...
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Thunderbird saves multiple local copies of emails that are tagged with multiple gmail labels
I have Thunderbird v. 68.5.0 set up with a gmail-account via IMAP.
Unlike claimed here thunderbird-and-gmail, in my case Thunderbird saves an email multiple times if that email has multiple labels ...
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Use Gmail to send/receive email with custom domain through Outlook/Office 365 servers
Here is the desired outcome:
All email tasks completed in Gmail (never load Outlook.com)
Email is on a custom domain e.g. [email protected]
Emails are actually sent/received via Outlook's SMTP/IMAP ...
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my Gmail's company account got the password change without my permission, can they see my emails? [closed]
I am working with company xyzzz.com, they have a gmail business account for me [email protected]. Now company xyzzz changed the password and I can't access the email.
So my question is: do they have ...