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How To Use Google Gmail Like A Pro

Nov 5, 2010
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PCWorld: How To Use Google Gmail Like A Pro

Author Mitch Wagner highlights new features such as priority inbox and toggling conversation view, and reviews (and links to) add-in tools such as Rapportive which displays profile information about senders.


“A long time ago, most people who used webmail were cybercafe-frequenting, patchouli-scented trustafarians backpacking through Europe. Just about everybody else used a real e-mail client that ran on the desktop.

But times change. With Google’s launch of Gmail in 2004, webmail became powerful enough to replace a desktop client. Since then, Microsoft’s Hotmail and Yahoo Mail have added features to catch up, but Gmail is still my favorite; I’ve been using it as my primary work and personal e-mail for most of the past three years.”

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