Gmail is one the most popular and most used email service around the world. But apart from sending and receiving emails we hardly use it for anything else, and do not know about other wonderful features of Gmail which can be very useful.
Here is the list of 10 less known features of Gmail:
1. Gmail can be used offline (with Google Gears)
Install Google Gears and you can use Gmail even when you are offline. Its obvious that you won't be able to use full functions as you are not connected to internet but you can save time as you can write or draft and email and it will be sent and delivered as soon as you get online. Also, you can read and browse through already received emails, this also saves you a lot of time and you do not have to wait to get online to read an important email.2. Gmail can give you driving directions
No, I have not typed a wrong sentence! Gmail infact can guide us to a party, to a new office or to an important meeting if you are not sure of the driving directions. How it happens? Actually gmail automatically tracks any location or address mentioned in your emails. It then creates link to the right of the message and asks whether to link this address to the map. choose YES option if you need the the directions.3. Turn on Experimental Features With Gmail Labs
Gmail Labs is an experimental feature center for Gmail. The features and Gmail Apps which are not yet ready are experimented and used from here. Few of them may get popular and easily installed easily in Gmail.4. Add Gmail Themes
As a human nature we tend to get fed up of same things easily but we cannot change or customize many things. But we can surely change the look of our Gmail by using different themes available. You can set themes as per your moods or likes. In few themes you may find readability issue but most of them are too good.5. Task Lists
This was the most awaited feature in Gmail I guess - A to-do list. Now you can take a note of your to-do activities. You can mentioned due dates and mention the details about the tasks to be done. You can hide, float your task list.Just take a minute and like our Facebook Fan page.
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6. Get Free IMAP and POP Mail
As Gmail supports both POP and IMAP, you can map Outlook or Mac Mail with your Gmail account. Many email providing services do not allow this. In this regard Gmail always has upper hand.7. Use Google Apps to Send Gmail From Your Own Domain
This feature can be utilized if you have your own domain and do not want to bear the extra expenses of maintaining your own email server. By using free Google Apps you can turn your domain address into your Gmail account. Your client's would never be able to make difference as they will receive emails as "uraddress@urdomain.com. This looks more professional as well rather than simply using Gmail address for professional purposes.8. Video Chat From Gmail
Many of us may be already using this feature frequently. We can use Gmail chat to send instant message to other Gmail contacts and can use voice and video chat option as well to chat to our Gmail contacts for free.9. Check the Gmail Server Status
Gmail servers rarely have issues but rare things do happen. If you are confused and need to check if Gmail is down or not, please check the Google Apps Status Dashboard. You will find if Gmail server is down there will be information about the expected time of getting the server up.10. Remember the Milk
Remember the Milk is a third party service but it integrates with Google. You can use this feature if you are not happy with the task list in your Gmail.So now these less-known features are not new for you.
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