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Get to Know Gmail Features

Be sure and take a few minutes and get to know Google's web interface and features.  Even if you are using a web client to access your Google Mail - you will need to understand the key concepts below in how Google organizes and manages your mail.


Overview

  • Your First Days: Google's very useful overview of Gmail

 

Key Gmail Concepts

  • Labels and Stars vs. Folders (video)
  • Conversations vs. Threads (video)
  • Creating filters (video)


Useful features

  • Getting your Apple Contacts into Gmail
  • Setting vacation settings
  • Keyboard shortcuts for working in the Gmail interface
  • Forwarding your @ucsc.edu email to another account

 

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