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Steve Oualline and Grace OuallinePractical Free Alternatives to Commercial Softwarehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3075-6_15

15. Using Gmail

Steve Oualline1  and Grace Oualline1
(1)
San Diego, California, USA
 

Gmail is Google’s free e-mail program. The major reason we use is because it is great at eliminating span. Also, it’s free, it works well, and you don’t have to set up your own mail server to use it.

In this chapter, we will cover the basics of using the system as well as the use of the “star” flag for important messages. We’ll also discuss the tagging system, which allows you to organize your e-mails so you can make sense of all the messages you get.

Security is also a major concern. The best way ...

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