I have an iPhone4, running iOS 5.1.1. From day one it has always pulled the Contacts from my gmail account via the "Exchange" option and has worked flawlessly...untill now...
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posted by Fuzzy Dog
on May 20, 2013 -
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I have two gmail accounts. The one that's in a nickname never gets any mis-delivered mail, but the one that's in my actual name (firstnamelastname@gmail.com) gets lots of mail that's clearly not mine. Some of it is fairly innocuous - like a distribution list for the ladies who put flowers on the altar at their church, and some quite a bit less so - like updates on a mental patient at a hospital in the UK. Just now, I got a paperless ticket for someone's flight on Southwest Airlines. Should I just delete this stuff, or is there something I can/ought to do?
posted by tizzie
on May 17, 2013 -
48 answers
Most "distracting" sites I can block by an entry in my etc/hosts file (Mac OSX 10.8.2). e.g.:
127.0.0.1 plus.google.com
But this method doesn't seem to be able to block gmail.
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posted by tomargue
on May 16, 2013 -
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Earlier today I got a message from an address and name I didn't recognize with no text and "Hiii@" as the subject. 'This is clearly spam' I thought, and marked it as such. About 15 minutes later I get a gchat invitation from the same person. I shrugged, and decided to answer it. The conversation seemed real enough, and there was no enticement to do anything like click on a link or buy some scammy product. I'm racking my brain and still can't place the name. Is this a spam bot, or a real person?
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posted by codacorolla
on Apr 26, 2013 -
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ex: iphone mail app using gmail account and sends email to be from my @outlook.com account
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posted by jModug
on Apr 22, 2013 -
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I want to use a gmail account to deal with emails from lots of sources in one place - so email backup, emails to do with my phone, and to do with various accounts etc. and was after some advice on whether to use multiple accounts or plus addressing to sort them
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posted by drill_here_fore_seismics
on Apr 19, 2013 -
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I'm an avid user of Gmail and other Google services, but I'm increasingly uncomfortable keeping my entire email history on someone else's servers. Can I keep a week's worth of messages on the server and encrypt everything else? What are some other Gmail privacy compromises?
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posted by ecmendenhall
on Apr 17, 2013 -
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The other day I discovered that some JPEGs I'd posted to my (self-hosted) WordPress blog had been compressed. The subject of my blog happens to be anaglyph 3D photos... and if the images are not saved at a very high resolution, a phenomenon called "ghosting" or "crosstalk" appears, where parts of the image that are only supposed to be visible to one eye are visible to the other eye as well. This can ruin the 3D effect. So it's important that my images are uploaded and posted with no added compression. The problem is that I don't know exactly where the problem occurred. Details below...
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posted by Artifice_Eternity
on Apr 16, 2013 -
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I'm a recent Chrome user, and so far I'm having a hell of a time with the privacy settings. I like the idea of using the synch feature so I can have my bookmarks and things shared across the three or four desktops I use. However, I can't seem to figure out how to make it so it doesn't sign in automatically when I open the browser - I would like to be prompted to put in a password every time.
I feel really stupid, but I can't figure out how to make that happen.
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posted by Think_Long
on Mar 29, 2013 -
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Is it worth snail-mailing the idiots who share my name and use my e-mail address to sign up for things?
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posted by Nattie
on Mar 26, 2013 -
31 answers
So. If you had a wordpress self-hosted website accessed through your name and an ok password and a gmail account associated with the wordpress admin login, what would you do to secure everything from fuckery?
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posted by Kerasia
on Mar 21, 2013 -
16 answers
Using Gmail, I opened a strange message and now I'm worried it may have done something to my computer. Does this make sense?
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posted by Kevin Street
on Mar 19, 2013 -
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It's an old cry now - to get out of Google's claws. Mail, calendar and everything.
However, I always find one thing missing.
Chat is never talked about. As a matter of fact this one is the difficult most. You need to have added all those chat contacts and they in turn have had to added you(approved) you back, unlike email where you just need to fine an email and the receiver gets it unless you were specifically blocked.
So, let's discuss how to release our chatting app/service free from the claws of Google/Facebook/Skype &c and still be able to:
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posted by amar
on Mar 15, 2013 -
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I want to write a script to automatically check for new emails with a certain gmail label, then check the message body for a link containing a certain keyword or phrase and click on it. The logic part should be easy, but what program(s) should I be using for this? Requirements...
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posted by querty
on Mar 13, 2013 -
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This has happened twice now, and it is freaky. Google chrome on the iMac I use in my office at work (at a university) will have usernames and passwords for people who have never been in my office ever. The first time it happened it was my father's email, and the second time it was my stepmother's. Why would chrome be filling in these odd emails when it doesn't even save my own login information after closing the browser window?
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posted by artychoke
on Mar 7, 2013 -
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I recently started in a new job and got a used laptop for my desk. I have utilized this with my Chrome/ Google account. Then, after a few weeks, I got a warning in gmail, telling me that a foreign state might be trying to hack my account or computer.
My question is, should I start to worry about being tageted by hackers? Or is the alert from google and the phishing attempts a coincidence?
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posted by Nightly
on Feb 24, 2013 -
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Does anyone know of an extension for Chrome that will change the default behaviour of Gmail or will add a new button to Gmail in Chrome for Reply to All without having to use the Reply drop-down? I need to Reply to All almost always; reply to only the sender almost never.
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posted by DarlingBri
on Feb 4, 2013 -
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Some of my mail is not ending up in my Inbox, and instead is only found in "All Mail". This includes emails from my wife, which is slightly problematic! I don't have any filters directing mail to other locations. The problem is occurring within the Gmail web app, and subsequently on my other devices too (Mail in OS X, Gmail app on iOS). Searching for a solution to the problem only results in specific client issues, or problems with Filtering.
Can you help troubleshoot?
posted by Amity
on Jan 19, 2013 -
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I get google drive document invites sent to my work email, and I can't access them through my gmail account, even though I've successfully linked the two addresses in my primary google account. Any ideas?
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posted by mercredi
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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After years of being an Android user, I finally bought my first iPhone. I'm having trouble and getting thoroughly confused with merging and syncing all my contacts.
Please help me start over and create the Ultimate Contacts Manager solution that doesn't require me to become a sync wizard.
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posted by zooropa
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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I have several VERY desirable gmail addresses. Is there any way to sell/trade them for anything of value?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 15, 2013 -
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I am finally going to stop using a paper calendar and start using my laptop/iPhone/iPad instead. However, having used ol' reliable paper for so many years, I'm a bit paranoid about using Google calendar (or an app) and then losing all my data somehow... Is there an iPhone/iPad calendar app that would make me feel more "secure," or is there a service like Backupify that
doesn't require a Google Apps account? I'd love to back up my Gmail too, if possible. (Am I just worrying too much? Is using iCloud enough? I am clearly clueless.)
posted by trillian
on Jan 15, 2013 -
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Twice recently my Gmail acct. has been hijacked by someone who is sending spam emails to some, but not contacts --seems to be only recently emailed (by me) people. The spam is an ad, as seen on Fox News for Raspberry drops weight loss aid. How do the spammers access my Gmail account? Could it be through my brand new Android cell phone? I am unaware of any other problems on my (Macbook) home computer. I have a secure WiFi router at home. No evidence malware or virus. I've changed my Gmail password, FWIW. Any suggestions on how/where to find a way from this happening again?
posted by NorthCoastCafe
on Jan 15, 2013 -
5 answers
Is there any way to 1) have an Android phone that is always on and connected with your gmail account and 2) be invisible in gchat at the same time?
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posted by segfault
on Dec 24, 2012 -
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How can I do mail merge in Gmail? All the online "how to" things (
e.g.) I am finding are telling me there's mail merge functionality in Google Docs, but I can't even find Google Docs from my gmail account. Do I need to install something? Help.
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posted by joannemerriam
on Dec 21, 2012 -
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[I am old/paranoid/a special snowflake filter] I am a Mac person. I have mostly avoided google products in my life, and am not eager for google to know everything about me. I just got a Nexus S (because it was the free option). How can I use my phone most effectively for email and calendars/reminders? [Lots of tedious old person details inside]
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posted by latkes
on Dec 19, 2012 -
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I have just shy of 24k emails in my gmail. Looking for automated methods to organize and delete all the junk.
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posted by royalsong
on Dec 10, 2012 -
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How/why is my Facebook profile pic turning up on emails I send from my Gmail account to Hotmail/Outlook?
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posted by crossoverman
on Dec 7, 2012 -
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Google calendar idiot here. How do I sync iPhone to google calendar, not the other way around and why is someone else's calendar appearing in my google calendar online?
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posted by meerkatty
on Nov 28, 2012 -
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Why can I access the rest of the internet but not any Google sites? How can I fix this?
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posted by raccoon409
on Nov 27, 2012 -
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!#*! Outlook! Trying to move over 100000 emails from a local machine to a new machine.... problems inside.
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posted by handbanana
on Nov 21, 2012 -
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I was checking the security setting on my gmail account this AM and was alarmed to see that govtrack.us had somehow been granted " granted the following services access to your Google Account".
Especially concerning since i had never seen that site, or even heard of it. What gives?
posted by dougiedd
on Nov 18, 2012 -
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Are there any Google Apps or browser plugins/add-ons or scripts for Gmail that can track the length of time it took for a contact to reply to you? Something that would show you weekly/monthly/yearly stats which of your contacts replied the fastest and which replied the slowest.
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posted by querty
on Nov 13, 2012 -
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twitter won't recognise my password, or send an email to the related gmail account - now what?
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posted by gusset
on Nov 5, 2012 -
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Please help me find an effective workflow to manage the metric ton of digital work-related information I get via email every day. I wish the solution was as simple as Evernote but, of course, it's not.
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posted by _Mona_
on Oct 27, 2012 -
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How do I force my Gmail account's phone number to associate with the same account's Google Voice number?
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posted by frodoxiii
on Sep 20, 2012 -
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I have multiple email addresses associated with my gmail account. Can I make one of them show up as the default in an
original email's "from" field based on the email address or domain I'm writing to?
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posted by jessca84
on Sep 1, 2012 -
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Mac mail sends with one gmail account but the recipient sees it sent from another gmail account. Help?
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posted by sarae
on Aug 21, 2012 -
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How do I go about exporting a set of emails from 3 gmail accounts with a clearly defined subject line (i.e XXX DATE) from one sender when other senders also send the same subject line?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 10, 2012 -
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