Chapter 2
Taming the Email Beast
IN THIS CHAPTER
Taking a tour of Gmail
Shipping and receiving: Sending and getting messages
Replying to and forwarding messages
Handling file attachments (carefully!)
Helpful tips and techniques for managing all that email
To the world's technology nerds, a killer app is a software application that is so useful, so popular, or so essential to its underlying technology that the app is seen as indispensable to that technology. Email has been called the killer app of the internet, and it certainly deserves that title. Yes, text messaging is ubiquitous these days; social networks such as Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram get a lot of press; and for-kids-only programs such as TikTok come and go. However, while not everyone uses these services, it's safe to say that almost everyone uses email. You probably use email all day, particularly during those few hours each day you describe as “work,” so learning a few useful and efficient email techniques can ...
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