Gmail in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself

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 Beginner’s 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.

Introduction   1
What You Need to Know to Use This Book   2
About the Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes Series   2
Special Sidebars   2
Chapter 1: How Gmail Works--And What It Does   3
What Is Gmail?    3
How Does Web-Based Email Work?    4
What Makes Gmail Different from Other Web-Based Email Services?    5
No Folders   6
Conversations   6
Storage   7
Gmail Today   7
Summary   9
Chapter 2: Creating and Signing In to a Gmail Account   11
Signing Up for a Gmail Account   11
Signing In to Gmail   14
Summary   15
Chapter 3: Navigating Gmail   17
Navigating the Inbox   17
Managing Messages   18
Reading and Sending Messages   19
Using the Navigation Sidebar   20
Accessing Other Gmail Features   21
Summary   23
Chapter 4: Receiving and Reading Email   25
Reading an Email Message   25
Replying to a Message   27
Reply to the Original Sender   27
Reply to All   28
Forwarding a Message   28
Printing a Message   29
Deleting a Message   30
Viewing and Managing Deleted Messages   31
Viewing an Email Conversation   31
Summary   32
Chapter 5: Sending Email   33
Composing a New Email Message   33
Selecting Recipients from the Contacts List   35
Copying Others on a Message   36
Working with Draft Messages   37
Checking Your Spelling   37
Summary   38
Chapter 6: Formatting Email Messages   39
Applying Text Formatting   39
Applying Paragraph Formatting   41
Inserting Web and Email Links   42
Adding Emoji   44
Summary   45
Chapter 7: Working with Pictures and File Attachments   47
Inserting a Picture into a New Email Message   47
Attaching a File to a New Email Message   49
Viewing Pictures in Email Messages   50
Downloading Files Attached to Email Messages   53
Summary   55
Chapter 8: Creating an Email Signature   57
Creating a New Signature   57
Changing or Removing Your Signature   59
Summary   59
Chapter 9: Working with Contacts and Contact Groups   61
Viewing Your Contacts   61
Creating a New Contact   63
Editing or Deleting a Contact   66
Creating a Contact Group   66
Adding a Contact to a Contact Group   67
Sending a Message to a Contact or Contact Group   68
Summary   69
Chapter 10: Organizing Your Gmail Messages   71
Organizing by Tab   71
Viewing Messages on a Tab   72
Moving Messages from One Tab to Another   73
Choosing Which Tabs to Display   73
Marking Important Messages   74
Organizing with Stars   75
Organizing with Labels   76
Labeling a Message   76
Creating a New Label   77
Changing Label Colors   78
Viewing Labeled Messages   78
Managing Your Labels   79
Archiving Old Messages   80
Summary   81
Chapter 11: Searching in Gmail   83
Conducting a Basic Search   83
Conducting an Advanced Search   84
Using Search Operators   86
Summary   88
Chapter 12: Using Gmail Filters   89
Creating a Filter   89
Filtering Messages Like an Existing Message   90
Creating a Filter from a Search   92
Managing Your Filters   93
Summary   94
Chapter 13: Working Offline   95
Installing the Gmail Offline App   95
Navigating Gmail Offline   96
Reading Messages Offline   98
Composing Messages Offline   99
Summary   100
Chapter 14: Using Gmail When You’re on Vacation   101
Enabling Gmail’s Vacation Responder   101
Forwarding Your Gmail to Another Account   103
Checking and Sending Gmail on the Road   104
Summary   104
Chapter 15: Setting Up Gmail for Other Email Accounts   105
Using Gmail to Retrieve Email from Other Accounts   105
Reading Gmail in Another Email Program   108
Configuring Gmail for POP Mail   109
Configuring Gmail for IMAP Mail   110
Configuring Your Other Email Program   111
Forwarding Your Gmail to Another Account   111
Importing Contacts and Emails from Other Accounts   112
Summary   114
Chapter 16: Customizing Gmail   115
Customizing the Gmail Interface   115
Configuring Inbox Tabs   115
Changing the Display Density   116
Applying a Theme   117
Configuring Other Gmail Settings   118
General   118
Labels   120
Inbox   120
Accounts and Import   121
Filters   121
Forwarding and POP/IMAP   121
Chat   122
Web Clips   122
Labs   122
Offline   122
Themes   122
Editing Your Profile Information   122
Changing Your Profile Picture   124
Summary   125
Chapter 17: Dealing with Spam   127
How Google Deals with Spam   127
Reporting a Message as Spam   127
Removing a Legitimate Message from Your Spam List   128
Permanently Deleting Messages from Your Spam List   129
How Google Guards Against Malware   129
Summary   130
Chapter 18: Managing Tasks with Gmail   131
Viewing Gmail’s Tasks List   131
Creating a Task   132
Completing and Deleting Tasks   134
Working with Multiple Tasks Lists   134
Emailing a Tasks List   135
Printing a Tasks List   136
Summary   136
Chapter 19: Chatting in Hangouts   137
Participating in a Text Hangout   137
Participating in a Video Hangout   139
Summary   141
Chapter 20: Using Gmail on Mobile Devices   143
Using Gmail on the Go   143
Using Gmail’s iPhone App   144
Reading Email   144
Viewing Other Email   147
Sending Email   148
Using Gmail’s iPad App   150
Reading Email   151
Viewing Other Email    152
Sending Email   152
Using Gmail’s Android App   153
Reading Email   154
Viewing Other Email   156
Sending Email   157
Summary   159
Chapter 21: Using Gmail with Google+   161
How Gmail Integrates with Google+   161
Sharing Gmail Photo Attachments on Google+   162
Viewing and Responding to Google+ Posts from Gmail   164
Messaging Between Google+ and Gmail   165
Emailing Google+ Connections   165
Reading Google+ Messages in Gmail   167
Turning Off the Gmail/Google+ Integration   168
Summary   169
Appendix A: Troubleshooting Gmail Problems   171
You’re Unable to Log In to Your Account   171
Resetting Your Password   172
Resetting Your Username   172
Someone Has Hijacked Your Account   173
Gmail Is Slow or Unresponsive   173
You’re Receiving Someone Else’s Emails   175
Someone Mistyped the Address   175
You’re Bcc’d on a Message   176
You’re Being Spammed   176
The Message Was Sent but Not Received   176
Messages Appear to Be Missing   178
You Accidentally Deleted an Important Message   179
All Messages Are Sent to the Trash   180
Legitimate Email Is Marked as Spam   180
Not All Labels Are Displayed   180
Messages Aren’t Displaying Properly   181
You Can’t Download File Attachments   181
You Can’t Send an Attachment   182
You Receive a Phishing Message   183
You Receive a Message About Cookies   184
Summary   184
Index   185