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Trumix.com listings available of Gmail Podcast Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Gmail Labs The people at Google have found a creative way to let you try various experimental features of Gmail and provide feedback. They call it Gmail Labs. You can access these new features by clicking on the Settings link in the upper right, and then clicking on the tab labeled “Labs”. Some of these features are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Contacts Sync with Mac Address Book Before I dig in to this I would like to thank my long time friend, co-worker, and mentor, Scott Reynolds for passing on this wonderful tip for Gmail. Those of you with iPhones, Macs and Gmail will find this very helpful. This is based on a recent article at googlemac.blogspot.com showing how you can sync your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Speed Dialing Before I get started, I owe you an apology. I have been using this feature of Gmail so long I nearly forgot I was using it. It wasn’t until a few days ago that I was reading my email via a web browser on my cell phone that I thought “I don’t think I told [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gmail Assistant - and more If you use Gmail half as much as I do, then I’ll bet you have more than one Gmail Account. We’ve covered the Gmail Notifier on this podcast in the past as a way to monitor your Gmail, but that only monitors one accountat a time. GmailAssistant is a notifier for multiple Gmail accounts. It [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hosted Mail (updated) A while back I did an episode of the Gmail Podcast where I showed you how to switch your internet domain to be hosted by Google’s mail servers. This gives you the freedom of managing your own mail accounts, distribution lists, and other aspects of your mail environment, while providing all the benefits of Gmail [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | My Gmail Story I couldn’t resist a chance to share my unique story with the rest of the Gmail community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Odds and Ends Google has been very busy lately adding some very nice features to their version 2.0 interface. As a reminder, the ver 2.0 interface requires IE 6 or later or FireFox 2.0 or later. if you haven’t been following the blog on the Gmail Podcast website I’ll bring you up to date on a few announcements from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GSpace Gspace is an add-on to the Firefox browser that allows you to use your 5+GB of Gmail storage as drive space. Start by downloading GSpace from http://addons.mozilla.org. If you enter GSpace in the search box at the top of the screen, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding it. The download process is straightforward and requires Firefox to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Comparison Listener, and fellow Friends In Tech member, Steve Holden sent in an audio clip comparing Gmail to several other popular online mail services. Listen to find out the results. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New User Interface Gmail has got a new user interface on its web client. At first glance, the look is strikingly similar to the original Gmail. If your browser supports it, you will be brought to the new interface as it becomes available. Like most changes to Gmail, Google is deploying this feature in stages. I mention “if [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | IMAP 101 Gmail now supports IMAP. What’s IMAP you say? IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. This is just another way for your Outlook, Outlook Express, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, or even your iPhone, to communicate with Google’s mail server. So what are the advantages of IMAP? For users with many, or large messages, IMAP can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Twitter offers import of Gmail Contacts For those who use Twitter for your social networking, they have added a nice feature under the “Find & Invite” section to allow you to invite people from your Gmail address book quickly and easily. As a quick side note, Twitter is similar to instant messaging on a web page. You login with an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Twitter offers import of Gmail Contacts For those who use Twitter for your social networking, they have added a nice feature under the “Find & Invite” section to allow you to invite people from your Gmail address book quickly and easily. As a quick side note, Twitter is similar to instant messaging on a web page. You login with an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kick-a-thon Promo August 11, 2007 I’ll be using my new Karate talents to help raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.  Please help by <a href=”http://firstgiving.com/ctomasi”>donating</a> online.  It’s secure, it’s fast, it’s easy! Give a little or give a lot, any amount is appreciated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Filter Assistant I don’t know when the Filter Assistant feature first appeared, but I have found it very useful. You’ll find the link to the filter assistant in the upper right of any message. When you click on this link, an orange section appears that looks a lot like the content when you are creating filters via [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Filter Assistant I don’t know when the Filter Assistant feature first appeared, but I have found it very useful. You’ll find the link to the filter assistant in the upper right of any message. When you click on this link, an orange section appears that looks a lot like the content when you are creating filters via [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | PowerPoint Viewer Gmail now recognizes Microsoft PowerPoint attachments. When you have a message with a PowerPoint attached, Gmail will present a link labeled “View as slideshow” near the attachment. When you click on that Gmail will open a new window and start displaying the slides. In theory, it’s pretty straight forward, but here’s what I found in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | PowerPoint Viewer Gmail now recognizes Microsoft PowerPoint attachments. When you have a message with a PowerPoint attached, Gmail will present a link labeled “View as slideshow” near the attachment. When you click on that Gmail will open a new window and start displaying the slides. In theory, it’s pretty straight forward, but here’s what I found in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Selecting Multiple Conversations Here’s a quick tip how to select multiple conversations with just two mouse clicks. To check a range of conversations from the index, click the checkbox next to the first conversation then hold down the shift key while selecting the last conversation.  If you are familiar with selecting a range of cells in a spreadsheet, this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Selecting Multiple Conversations Here’s a quick tip how to select multiple conversations with just two mouse clicks. To check a range of conversations from the index, click the checkbox next to the first conversation then hold down the shift key while selecting the last conversation.  If you are familiar with selecting a range of cells in a spreadsheet, this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Add Event to Calendar Listener Steve Holden pointed out that while reading messages, he noticed that the Gmail web interface has a link on the right side of the screen to add the event to your Google calendar when a date appears in the body of the message. I tried doing little experimenting to see if I could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Add Event to Calendar Listener Steve Holden pointed out that while reading messages, he noticed that the Gmail web interface has a link on the right side of the screen to add the event to your Google calendar when a date appears in the body of the message. I tried doing little experimenting to see if I could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Google Checkout You can use your Gmail account as a secure way of checking out of dozens of online stores. Many offer a discount!  Learn more by listening! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Google Checkout You can use your Gmail account as a secure way of checking out of dozens of online stores. Many offer a discount!  Learn more by listening! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More HTML Signatures In an earlier episode of the Gmail Podcast I described how to do HTML signatures using Google documents to copy and paste the content. Thanks to listener Bob, there is an easier way using Greasemonkey. Step 1 involves installing Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that lets you manage other scripts. You can find it at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More HTML Signatures In an earlier episode of the Gmail Podcast I described how to do HTML signatures using Google documents to copy and paste the content. Thanks to listener Bob, there is an easier way using Greasemonkey. Step 1 involves installing Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that lets you manage other scripts. You can find it at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mail Fetcher Gmail now has a way to get email from other accounts with a feature called Mail Fetcher. This differs slightly from the existing technology available in the “Send Mail As” feature described in an earlier podcast. Send Mail As is a “push” technology meaning that your mail is pushed from the original source (say your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mail Fetcher Gmail now has a way to get email from other accounts with a feature called Mail Fetcher. This differs slightly from the existing technology available in the “Send Mail As” feature described in an earlier podcast. Send Mail As is a “push” technology meaning that your mail is pushed from the original source (say your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Google Alerts Learn how to use Google Alerts as part of your Gmail account to know when your favorite topics are found on the web. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Archiving I was surprised to find that I had not covered this topic yet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Years News Some quick updates I picked up in the past week or two regarding Gmail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Anti-Virus Explained You may have not even realized that Gmail provided anti-virus protection, but it’s there. Listen and find out more about how it works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FiT Christmas Promo December 18th, Friends in Tech present their second annual Christmas production. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | HTML Signatures While the Signatures option in the general Gmail settings allows plain text only, there is a way you can leverage Google Docs to help you create a signature with different fonts, styles, and even images. Listen to this episode of the Gmail Podcast and find out how. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Interface Updates Google has made several minor, but useful updates to the Gmail interface. If you haven’t read up on all of them, have a listen. You should find some interesting information to help save you some time and frustration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mobile Applet Google has released a couple of new applets for your cell phone. No more using the cheesy mobile browser interface! The Gmail applet is worlds better, but still has some odd bits.  Listen and find out how to get Gmail on your phone! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Report Phishing Tired of those nasty messages from bogus sources impersonating sites PayPal, eBay, or your bank in order to gain access to your information? Gmail has a feature to help combat this situation. It only takes a couple mouse clicks to help you and your fellow Gmail users. Listen and learn how. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Report-Phishing.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Apply New Filters to Old Mail Learn a little bit more about filters and how you can apply them to existing mail conversations. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Apply-New-Filters-To-Old-Mail.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Web Clips Learn how to customize (or even disable) those messages at the top of your mail index and messages. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Webclips.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tougher Spam Filtering Those pesky spammers are getting tougher and tougher to beat. This little hint should help keep their latest tactic from bugging you. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Tougher-Spam-Filtering.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Google Notifier for the Mac Despite the “beta” label, Google Notifer for the Mac v1.9.65 is available for download. You can find it here. It’s a handy way to keep tabs on your Google Calendar and Gmail account without firing up the browser and logging in to Gmail. If you need to get to either of those items, they are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hosting Part 2 The process to convert your domain mail over to Gmail continues with part 2 of 2 in the series. Hear how to create an admin account, update the MX record, and manage users in your domain both manually and in batch. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Hosting-Part2.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hosting Part 1 This is part one of a series to help you learn how to let Google manage your email domain entirely on Gmail. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Hosting-Part1.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Take Action Learn how to select more than 100 messages at a time. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Take-Action.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rich Formatting There is a way to spice up the visual appearance of your email, but use it with caution. Find out how by listening to this installment of the Gmail Podcast. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Rich-Formatting.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Importing Contacts Find out how to get lots of contacts from your old system in to Gmail using comma separated value (CSV) files. Whether you are using a system like Microsoft Outlook or just want to save time entering data through the web interface by means of a spreadsheet, this one can really save you time. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-ImportingContacts.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Review Please Friends In Tech is having a friendly competition to get reviews on the iTunes Music Store. As a member show, I would appreciate it if you would go to my page and write a review of the show. Thank you! Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Reviews.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Reply by Chat Learn how to use another new feature of Gmail. Reply by Chat allows you to use the subject of an existing message or conversation and start a chat with the sender. By using Reply by Chat, the chat transcript is saved (if the feature is turned on in your profile) and kept with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spell Check Gmail includes a spell checker. Learn how to switch languages (if necessary), pick correct words, make manual corrections, and resume editing. I also have a quick tip regarding deleted email versus archive and how often trash and spam are cleaned out. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-SpellCheck.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chat Status Inspired by listener feedback, I decided to explain how to set a custom chat status message and explain what those colored dots mean next to your contact names. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Chat-Status.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More Search Tips There is more information on searching than will fit in one short episode. Learn about prefixing your searches with “in:”, “is:”, “cc:”, “bcc:”, “before:”, and “after:”. The quick tip will show you how to undo some of your recent actions. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-More_Search_Tips.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Add Event Info Google has released it Calendar and Gmail has some nice hooks to make it easy to invite others. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-AddEventInfo.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Map This Google is great at integration! They found a way to identify street addresses in your email message and provide a link to Google Maps if you want to see where that address is located. Listen to this episode to find out how to use this feature. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-MapThis.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tracking Packages Did you know Gmail can spot package tracking numbers and provide you with an automatic link to track them? Find out how by listening to this episode! Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-TrackPackages.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Personal Level Indicators Quickly identify which messages were sent directly to you, others, or a list by scanning the index with personal level indicators. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Indicators.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CC and BCC Learn the power of sending email to others without disclosing their identity to some. The CC (Carbon Copy) field and BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field in Gmail can be very useful at times. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-CC-BCC.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vacation Responder Let Gmail respond to your email automatically when you are not available. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-VacationResponder.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skins Episode #13: Change the appearance of your Gmail interface. Using Greasemonkey, you can change the look of Gmail using the Firefox browser. It’s called, appropriately enough, Gmail Skins. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-Skins.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Signatures Episode #12: Signatures Learn how to automatically put a signature or tag line on each message. I also provide some tips for good signature etiquette. Download media.libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-2006-03-04.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Send Mail As Episode #11: Manage multiple email accounts with Gmail. This short effective tip will teach you how to forward email from many other accounts to Gmail and responding to them as if they came from the original site. Download libsyn.com/media/chuckchat/Gmail-2006-02-25.mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |