July 22nd, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Sarah Price, Online Operations StrategistLike many of us nowadays, I get a lot of email. So much email that going on vacation can be a little scary because I know I’ll have a mountain to wade through when I get back. A few messages I receive …
July 20th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by David de Kloet, Software EngineerWhen an email references external images, Gmail usually doesn’t display them automatically. Instead we show placeholders and present you with the option to “Display images below” or “Always display images from…
July 14th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by James Watts, Software EngineerOur little baby’s all grown up.We launched Gmail Labs as a forum for delivering useful (and maybe not so useful) features that might not be quite ready for prime time. The idea was always that the most popular an…
July 13th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Brad Taylor, Gmail Spam CzarWe’re always looking for new ways to protect Gmail inboxes from spam and phishing. Last year, we started taking extra steps to protect you from fake eBay and PayPal emails, requiring that any email claiming to come…
July 9th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Cristelle Blackford, Online Operations StrategistEven the best of us forget our passwords from time to time. In fact, recovering passwords is one of the top reasons people visit the Gmail Help Center. To help with these situations, we recentl…
July 7th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Keith Coleman, Gmail Product DirectorWe get asked all the time why Google keeps its products in beta for so long. And Gmail, five years after launch, is consistently a subject of this questioning, even of jokes.Some people thought that once w…
July 1st, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Damian Gajda, Software EngineerA few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel. Now we’re making some more changes to Gmail’s labe…
June 23rd, 2009 | by Zach Yeskel | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Zach Yeskel, Product Marketing ManagerIf you got 100 new messages, how long would it take you to get through them all? An hour? Five minutes? How would you find the important ones, reply to the ones that require an immediate reply, and mark t…
June 16th, 2009 | by Zach Yeskel | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product ManagerUp until now, Gmail only supported some contact fields. Whenever someone imported their contacts from apps like Outlook and OS X Address Book, we used to put fields Gmail didn’t recognize into the contact’s notes…
June 12th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Joyce Sohn, Product Marketing ManagerIt’s that time of year when students are graduating, and in many cases getting yet another email address to check — an alumni account — as a graduation present.Whether you have an alumni address, a wor…
June 11th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Corey Anderson, Software Engineer (and puzzle creator) Flying 500 miles per hour at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, it always seemed odd that I could use approved electronic devices, but I couldn’t get online to chat or send an email. Luc…
June 4th, 2009 | by Zach Yeskel | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Zach Yeskel, Product Marketing ManagerMy friends email me all the time with ideas for improving Gmail. Just this weekend, my friend Dave said he wanted a way to select all of his messages with a certain label (like “urgent”). Two weeks ago, A…
May 21st, 2009 | by Zach Yeskel | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Peter Balsiger, Software EngineerWhenever I open up my inbox at work, I’m never surprised to find several new messages waiting to be read. The same thing can’t always be said about my personal Gmail account. Sometimes I end up checking my mai…
May 19th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Darren Lewis, Software EngineerBack in the early days of human existence, before language had fully developed, our caveman ancestors probably did a lot of grunting. Language, and thus life, were pretty simple: watch out for that saber-toothed…
May 13th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Chad Parry, Gmail EngineerGmail users can be a passionate bunch. Many of us have, at one time or another, encouraged or cajoled friends and family to join us @gmail.com. But switching email accounts can be pretty painful. It’s like getting ou…