Category: Gmail Master

Yes, you heard right. This episode is about the Google Calendar. I’m not running out of Gmail information, on the contrary, I’m having a hard time keeping up with all the cool new stuff coming out. Recently I found a new feature that ties Gmail with the Google Calendar. To begin, I’d like to give…

A while back I did an episode of the Gmail Podcast where I showed you how to switch your internet domain to be hosted by Google’s mail servers. This gives you the freedom of managing your own mail accounts, distribution lists, and other aspects of your mail environment, while providing all the benefits of Gmail…

This time we take a look at what you need to do if to get access to one of your loved one’s Gmail after they are deceased. This item has been in the news and fortunately for us, Google has a standard procedure. You will need to provide Google with the following information in written…

Listener Steve Holden pointed out that while reading messages, he noticed that the Gmail web interface has a link on the right side of the screen to add the event to your Google calendar when a date appears in the body of the message. I tried doing little experimenting to see if I could trigger…

Gmail now has a way to get email from other accounts with a feature called Mail Fetcher. This differs slightly from the existing technology available in the “Send Mail As” feature described in an earlier podcast. Send Mail As is a “push” technology meaning that your mail is pushed from the original source (say your…

Gmail has a page to allow you to suggest features. Choose from some of the more popular suggestions or create your own. Find the page here. http://www.chuckchat.com/media/gmail/Gmail-Suggest-Features.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Learn how to customize (or even disable) those messages at the top of your mail index and messages. http://www.chuckchat.com/media/gmail/Gmail-Webclips.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The process to convert your domain mail over to Gmail continues with part 2 of 2 in the series. Hear how to create an admin account, update the MX record, and manage users in your domain both manually and in batch. http://www.chuckchat.com/media/gmail/Gmail-Hosting-Part2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This is part one of a series to help you learn how to let Google manage your email domain entirely on Gmail. http://www.chuckchat.com/media/gmail/Gmail-Hosting-Part1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

There is more information on searching than will fit in one short episode. Learn about prefixing your searches with “in:”, “is:”, “cc:”, “bcc:”, “before:”, and “after:”. The quick tip will show you how to undo some of your recent actions. http://www.chuckchat.com/media/gmail/Gmail-More_Search_Tips.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download