Jenson asks: Hi, for some particular reason, I can’t login into my Gmail account. I have tried all the steps that you suggested in your earlier article but the problem doesn’t seem to go away. Is there any alternate way I can check my Gmail mails.

For anyone who is facing problems in signing into Gmail, please first read this article where we have detailed common tips which you can use to solve the problems. Also take out time to read this article about changing DNS address, in case the problem is with your Internet Service Provider. Read the rest of this entry »

Gmail is a great free email service offered by Google. As is the case with all the services around the world, it has its own set of pros and cons. Talking of the negatives, one of the problems that almost every Gmail user must have faced during his or her usage is the Gmail Login issues – Users are not able to login into their Gmail accounts. Though we have briefly discussed the Gmail Login Problems and their solutions in our earlier article, this article is purely dedicated to using alternative Gmail login URL’s to solve the login issues.

Here are the currently available alternative Gmail Login URL’s

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These days most of us manage multiple email accounts and it is a painful task to copy paste the details of all our contacts one by one from one email account to another. Modern day email providers like Gmail allow you to download your email contact list, which can be stored at your personal computer or can be used to import contacts to a new account.

In this article we will learn how to export and backup your Gmail contacts for further use.

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Google’s Gmail is one the most popular free web based email services available today. Why shouldn’t it be? After all it comes with gigabytes of storage space, free POP3 and IMAP support, Offline mode, superior personalization  through Gmail Labs and many more features.

To render these advanced features to its users, Gmail makes use of Ajax, employing JavaScript codes.  While these work fine on advanced browsers like IE7 +, Mozilla Firefox 2+ and the Gmail interface loads in the Standard mode, the features don’t properly load on earlier browsers.

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Most of us often discuss important matters over chat and therefore like to have a backup of these chats. If you are using Gmail Chat or Google Talk as you instant messaging client, taking a backup becomes much easier. Gmail gives you the option of taking a backup of your Gmail Chat history to your desktop that can be accessed anytime.

Ideally if you have enabled “Save Chat History” and are not chatting “Off Record”, Gmail will save the Gmail Chat and Google Talk chat history in a separate “Chat folder” online. This folder can be accessed anytime online. However if you want to take an offline backup , you can follow the instructions that follow. Read the rest of this entry »

Chiru asks: Someone hacked my Gmail account yesterday and has been deleting important mails and contacts. I need to change my Gmail password immediately. How do I do it?

With the number of phishing and hacking activities increasing with every passing day it is vital that we take effective security measures to protect our personal and professional information from getting into wrong hands. One step towards this would be to change your current email passwords to a longer, complicated yet a memorable password.

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