by Trey | Jan 19, 2012 | Good Ideas, Google |
I had a few additional Gmail thoughts that really didn’t need their own post, but needed to be covered. 1) Getting your old emails from Outlook into Gmail. If you’re wondering why you would want to further clutter your email box, let me offer some reasons why you might want to bring the old stuff along. First, you’ve got some important stuff in those old emails. I search multiple times daily to recover an old conversation or bit of information that is now an archived email. Additionally, consider the power of Google’s search to find that hidden treasure. Secondly, you can organize your old emails into folders and hide them out of the way or anymore, I just archive it all and just use search. Each Gmail account comes with over 5GB worth of space, so there’s no real reason to delete old emails, just archive them and then they are there when you need them. Especially if you are upgrading a business email, you will want to have your hands on all of your old quotes and conversations with clients, so when you upgrade bring your old email with you. If you have a Google Apps account, you can utilize their Gmail uploader, but if you don’t try using these steps to get everything in one place. Export and Backup Emails from Outlook by Blog, from Computer and Internet Tips. 2) Use labels and filters to Automate your Email Often when we think of mail, we think of using folders to organize it all. Gmail implemented labels in lieu of folders to make organization simpler and more powerful....
by Trey | Nov 30, 2011 | Good Ideas, What Works for Me |
iPhones are cool, but recently I remembered how thankful I am for how my iPhone keeps me organized. At the top of my list is the synchronization of contacts, calendar and mail with my phone and Google Apps. This can require a little set-up but once it is done, it will change your life. When I got my last iPhone, I connected up with my Google Account while walking from the Apple Store to the Mall exit and before I left, my phone had synchronized all of my contacts, my calendar and my email. For all intents and purposes, my phone was now completely functional for all of my organizational needs and I had owned it less than 15 minutes. iPhone provides pretty good support for syncing mail and calendar to Gmail accounts, but to get your contacts to sync as well requires a few extra steps. I ran across a great article today on Lifehacker.com to get your contacts synced as well. It is definitely worth checking it out. http://lifehacker.com/5859854/how-to-set-up-gmail-google-calendar-and-google-contacts-on-ios?tag=emailabletechsupport This post is part of their series on Emailable Tech Support. I’ll be highlighting more of these articles in future posts, but to access their archive, use this link http://lifehacker.com/emailable-tech-support Here are some Google topics I would like to cover in the future. Consolidating all of your email addresses and accounts into a Super Gmail Account The power of IMAP — How to simplify your email retrieval Creating a Google Apps account for your family Family Calendaring Using filters and labels in Gmail Delete it or Archive it? Let me know if there’s something here that piques your interest...
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