Michael Miller - Gmail in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself (2nd Edition)

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Second Edition

Michael Miller

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Sams Teach Yourself Gmail in 10 Minutes, Second Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33839-7
ISBN-10: 0-672-33839-4

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First Printing October 2014

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Michael Miller has written more than 150 nonfiction books over the past two decades. His best-selling titles include Sams Teach Yourself Spotify in 10 Minutes, Computer Basics: Absolute Beginners Guide, and Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource.

Mr. Miller has established a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers. For more information about Mr. Miller and his writing, visit his website at www.molehillgroup.com or follow him on Twitter @molehillgroup.

To my wonderful Minnesota family: It wouldnt be the same without all of you in my life.

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Everybody uses email. Its how we communicate in the business world, and personally with family and friends. The ordinary individual has at least one email account, sometimes two or more. Its how we keep in touch with each other.

In the old days, you signed up for an email account with your company or Internet service provider, and used a dedicated program such as Microsoft Outlook to read and send email messages. That worked fine, but it kept your emails tethered to a single PC; it was difficult, if not impossible, to read your work emails at home, or send email from your personal account while on the road.

That changed with the advent of web-based email, which lets you access your email from any computer, tablet, or smartphone. All you need is an Internet connection and a web browser (or mobile app), and your email is available from just about anywhere. Its a vast improvement over the old method.

When it comes to web-based email services, Googles Gmail is the biggest and, some might say, the best. More people connect via Gmail than they do any other email service; Gmail is easy to use and extremely versatile.

In fact, theres probably a lot more you can do with Gmail than you know. For example, did you know you can organize your email messages with labels? Or send a single email to a group of recipients, using a contact list? Or use Gmail to send and receive pictures and other files? Or use Gmail to organize your daily to-do lists, or even participate in text and video chats?