I am helping a friend who just got a mac set up their computer. They use gmail and I wanted to set up his macmail to get his emails from his gmail account, but when i had the mail account "auto set-up" it began grabbing ALL his emails from his gmail account, and he has more than 10,000 and a great many with large attachments. [more inside]
posted by bonsai forest on Nov 15, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a productivity app that can help me manage both my projects and my time. [more inside]
posted by lunasol on Nov 15, 2009 - 5 answers

I accidentally (long story) deleted all my Google contacts. They are all just sitting there in my Sent and All Mail folders, however. Is there an easy way to re-add them to My Contacts in Gmail. Or do I have to just patiently email everyone over time?
posted by moedym on Nov 4, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I start using OS X .Mail App when I'm so in love with Gmail on the web? [more inside]
posted by Junior687 on Nov 3, 2009 - 19 answers

Gmail question: How do I make a specific mail not group itself into the same thread over and over? Or how do I otherwise solve my minor annoyance? [more inside]
posted by poppo on Nov 3, 2009 - 6 answers

How Do I Delete a Gmail Custom Folder? [more inside]
posted by KRS on Nov 2, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm getting someone else's gmail along with my own. What to do? [more inside]
posted by obloquy on Oct 29, 2009 - 42 answers

Help me come up with some sort of automated way of sending a file to myself in gmail. [more inside]
posted by tylerfulltilt on Oct 26, 2009 - 17 answers

As of a few days ago, I can't tweak gmail signature anymore? [more inside]
posted by ragtimepiano on Oct 22, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me get my AutoArchived e-mail out of MS Outlook and the info from off Exchange server before work shuts it down tonight, please. I'm dumbfounded. [more inside]
posted by willie11 on Oct 19, 2009 - 8 answers

[Gmail Filter] I have email being forwarded by a domain to a Gmail address. I set up an auto-reply to certain emails by using a Gmail filter (filtering to:me@mydomain.com) and a canned response. However, it sends the canned response to the domain instead of the original sender. How can I get it to send the reply to the original sender?
posted by tomcochrane on Oct 15, 2009 - 3 answers

After getting a new logicboard installed on my MacBook Pro this past week, why does GoogleUpdateInstaller constantly ask for my password every few minutes? I'm only using GMail notifier and it is making me insane. [more inside]
posted by banannafish on Oct 13, 2009 - 8 answers

I can search Google, read the news and view most websites, but specific sites like Facebook and Gmail won't load on my Mac Powerbook - I just get page load errors. Any idea what the problem is? [more inside]
posted by nicoleincanada on Oct 6, 2009 - 15 answers

What do I need to learn to write a Gmail Labs feature? [more inside]
posted by Matt Arnold on Sep 26, 2009 - 7 answers

What's the best alternative to gmail? I ask for several reasons, not just that today there's another massive fault with gmail's system. I've used and dislike both Yahoo and Hotmail. I've been a gmail user since forever and have liked it until recently. Time has come to search for alternatives. What's out there?
posted by NorthCoastCafe on Sep 24, 2009 - 28 answers

How do I backup my gmail account and get all of my older gmail messages into Thunderbird on Windows XP? [more inside]
posted by davidstandaford on Sep 13, 2009 - 2 answers

I made a not-awful email newsletter in Microsoft Publisher. Now I want to send it via Gmail. Help! [more inside]
posted by lunasol on Sep 9, 2009 - 7 answers

How do I sync two IMAP folders? I currently use Gmail for all my e-mail (personal & work). I currently have about 4,000+ messages archived in Gmail and I'll continue to add 300-500 per month. I also have a IMAP account with my webhost and I was wondering if there was any type of application or script that would connect to the Gmail IMAP servers and backup/sync all of my mail so I know that in addition to being in Gmail's cloud....it is also on my IMAP server in case something happens. Thoughts?
posted by 4chrisd on Sep 6, 2009 - 4 answers

What can I do to mitigate a future Gmail outage or account lockout? [more inside]
posted by lhauser on Sep 2, 2009 - 11 answers

Gmail was down this afternoon. What, exactly, is happening when gmail is "down," and what are the kind of things that can cause something like Google/gmail to not work?
posted by MoreForMad on Sep 1, 2009 - 14 answers

Email-filter: I have promised to help my aunt set up an email account. She is totally computer illiterate. Doesn't own a computer, probably doen't know how to turn one on, but wants to email her granddaughter who just started college. Help me pick the best email service for her! [more inside]
posted by SuperErin on Aug 24, 2009 - 26 answers

Is it possible to get Gmail notifier to work with a Google Accounts email address? [more inside]
posted by bove on Aug 20, 2009 - 12 answers

I deleted 267,000 messages from my gmail account and now, when I log in, I see a Temporary Error (500) / Numeric Code 93 message. Emails sent to me are bouncing. It's been five days. [more inside]
posted by ph00dz on Aug 19, 2009 - 14 answers

I'm a member of hundreds of Facebook groups, which I enjoy except for the fact that their owners sometimes send me a direct email. The result is dozens of direct emails that I can't seem to find a setting inside Facebook to block. So then I move to my Gmail filters. Is there a way to filter out the Facebook group mails using Gmail filters? The identifying feature of mails from groups is that their subject header contains quote marks, so the sender is always Facebook and the subject header is always: "Group Name" sent you a message on Facebook. My question is: how do I teach Gmail to distinguish between these mails and mails from my actual friends, which don't have the quote marks around them?
posted by skylar on Aug 18, 2009 - 4 answers

Work is thinking about banning access to Gmail, Facebook, Hotmail and other third-party email and social networking sites. Help me convince them not to? [more inside]
posted by raf on Aug 14, 2009 - 37 answers

I would like tips on working well with Outlook Mobile and gmail. My primary concern is getting Outlook to download all messages, not just the inbox. [more inside]
posted by mad bomber what bombs at midnight on Aug 12, 2009 - 1 answer

How do I work with both my Google Apps Calendar and my Gmail calendar? Bonus points: on a G1/Android phone. [more inside]
posted by zippy on Jul 31, 2009 - 5 answers

I have the strangest Gmail issue. My account was hacked and while google responded very quickly I am left with an odd result after my account was returned to me. [more inside]
posted by rtimmel on Jul 29, 2009 - 7 answers

Are there any Google insiders here who can persuade the Gmail team to reinstate right-side labels? [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Jul 20, 2009 - 12 answers

Is there any hack/extension/userscript/filter that can put a "last reply by" in Gmail? [more inside]
posted by melissam on Jul 17, 2009 - 1 answer

Automatically login / logout of Gmail at a specified interval [more inside]
posted by passtehbrainz on Jul 11, 2009 - 7 answers

Why does Google Groups keep emailing me informing me I can't post in a certain group, when I've never tried to? [more inside]
posted by srrh on Jul 4, 2009 - 2 answers

I am accessing my work email using gmail, and I need help satisfying my company's backup requirements. Help? [more inside]
posted by kdern on Jun 30, 2009 - 19 answers

How can I backup my flickr account... but not to my desktop computer? [more inside]
posted by Jonathan Harford on Jun 24, 2009 - 6 answers

My mother had forgotten her Gmail password and no longer had access to the e-mail address that was used to set up the account. I used the form Google provides for this situation but there seems to have been a problem. [more inside]
posted by Tenuki on Jun 23, 2009 - 3 answers

There must be SOME way to export my gchat/google talk logs out of gmail, right? [more inside]
posted by EnormousTalkingOnion on Jun 13, 2009 - 2 answers

Tables sent in Outlook messages get messed up when received/viewed in Gmail. Help? [more inside]
posted by Kat Allison on Jun 9, 2009 - 2 answers

I just installed Thunderbird and added my gmail account. Thunderbird only wants to "get" about 100 emails at a time. I have many thousands of emails. Is there any way to make Thunderbird get all of my emails in one go? I don't want to sit here pressing "get mail" indefinitely. [more inside]
posted by prefpara on Jun 9, 2009 - 6 answers

Can I make "mail-to" links redirect to Gmail instead of Outlook or Thunderbird? [more inside]
posted by vincele on Jun 8, 2009 - 10 answers

Gmail, can you please stop automatically adding to my contacts list!? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jun 5, 2009 - 7 answers

After reading this AskMe, I decided to use Mac's Mail program to keep copies of my messages on my gmail account on my computer. However, I wanted to use the "IMAP" option to keep copies of all my mail both on the web, in gmail, and on my computer, in Mac Mail. Instead, something else happened and now I'm in trouble. [more inside]
posted by foxy_hedgehog on May 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Asking for a friend: trying to solve a Gmail lockout issue. [more inside]
posted by kalapierson on May 16, 2009 - 9 answers

How do I stop Outlook / Thunderbird timing out when pushing emails to Gmail via IMAP? [more inside]
posted by charlie7691 on May 4, 2009 - 3 answers

What is the best way to sync my contacts (name, email, phone number) between my iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Gmail? I am using Address Book at the moment but should I be using something else? [more inside]
posted by decrescendo on May 3, 2009 - 8 answers

What do I need to be aware of when switching a client from ISp-provided email to Google-provided email? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Apr 29, 2009 - 6 answers

My mom's Gmail account keeps throwing up the CAPTCHA at login, blocking her mail clients. Why? [more inside]
posted by woot on Apr 28, 2009 - 9 answers

Need to extract and electronically preserve approximately 500 emails from a GMAIL account, out of approximately 5,000 emails. [more inside]
posted by Mr_Crazyhorse on Apr 21, 2009 - 12 answers

Swearing in church perhaps, but alternatives to Gmail? [more inside]
posted by Iteki on Apr 21, 2009 - 12 answers

What's going on with Gmail? [more inside]
posted by setanor on Apr 9, 2009 - 47 answers

Blackberry-wanna-get-GMail-filter ......... The business that I work for gave me a Blackberry. I can get my work e-mails no problem. Is it possible to add my personal GMail account seperately? If yes, is there any potential for IT at my company to access my GMail?
posted by Dave. on Apr 6, 2009 - 11 answers