Gmail tricks

Yes, we all love Gmail. I thought I will never switch from Yahoo! Mail but seeing the features and tools that Gmail was providing I just couldn’t resist myself. Whenever I see someone using Yahoo! Mail or MSN Hotmail, I just could not get that why they are still on those old ones. It’s time to AJAX. So, here I come with some cool Gmail Tips and Tricks.

Send mail using the username only

You can send email to other gmail ids by just writing the gmail username in To, BCC or CC spot, no need to write “@gmail.com”. So, this feature saves a lot of time and thus pretty handy.

With or without (.), It’s no issue with Gmail

You own a gmail id first.second@gmail.com, now you wish to leave that period (.) between the first and last name. There is no need to register a new gmail id. Gmail is very flexible with periods (dots). So that means “firstsecond@gmail.com” is just same as “first.second@gmail.com”. You can give it a try by sending a mail to yourself but including a dot in the id (place that anywhere in your gmail id). It really works.

Case insensitive Gmail

Gmail is also flexible with case of letters. Uppercase letters are equivalent to lowercase letters in the gmail id. That make sense because username is an identity, and should be unique no matter it’s upper case or lower case.

Always click logout

Always close gmail by clicking sign out link, closing the gmail tab does not logs you out of the gmail. This is an important security step you should always take, especially when you are using Gmail on someone else’s computer or if your system is used by many people.

You can suggest some more gmail tricks by contacting me.