Gmail is an email service provided by Google. It allows users to send and receive emails for free, as well as organize, search and manage their messages efficiently, in addition to other applications such as Google Photos, Maps, Drive, among others.
Gmail was created by Google and released publicly on April 1, 2004. It was designed, according to its developers, to address the limitations and problems faced by existing email services at the time, offering greater storage capacity, a more intuitive interface and innovative features such as advanced search capabilities and automatic organization of messages into conversations.
Some tricks to get the most out of Gmail
1. Auto Reply: send a automatic response to incoming messages. If a contact sends you multiple messages, you will be sent this automatic reply every 4 days at most.
2. Block users: If you are receiving particularly annoying emails or a lot of spam from a single email account, Gmail also allows you to block accounts, This way you can prevent any email from a specific account from ever reaching you again.
3. Organize your emails with priority stars: Google has a star icon enabled so you can mark your most important messages. It also gives us the option of implementing five other stars with different colors as well as other exclamation, seen, question or information symbols.
To activate the settings menu option, In the General tab look for the Stars option. You can choose between three predefined configurations with one, four stars or all the symbols, although you also have the option of moving the available ones to the area. With all this you can organize the emails depending on the topic and priority.
4. Customize your Gmail background: To configure the Gmail background to your liking, enter the options wheel top right and choose the Themes option. A pop-up window will appear in which you can choose the background you prefer.
Initially, the themes are a background image, and in addition to those that come predefinedit is also possible to put a personalized photo, or if you prefer a dark or light tone.
5. Create a to-do list with your emails: Gmail offers a feature that allows you generate a task list using the titles of your incoming emails.
This feature may be more useful than it seems, especially if you receive numerous emails daily and you want to quickly identify the most important that require a response before moving on to other activities.
To create this list, access the email you want to include, select the drop-down menu More and choose the Add to tasks option. You can add as many items as you want, mark them as completed, and/or delete them once you’re done with them. Additionally, you have the option to set reminders so you don’t forget any important tasks.