Gmail Hacks And Tips

I ’ve been using GMail from long time and have always thought it was the best email service. With the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. Here is a run down of some fun and crazy Gmail hacks. Some are simple extensions for firefox, some are more complicated scripts, and some are just plain silly.

Gmail Based blog - this idea uses libgmailer to connect to Gmail. Uses GMail messages as “entries” (the message star is the publish status) and replies to conversations are the “entry comments” .

Firefox Gmail Notifier - Firefox extension that notifies you of new GMail mail.
Encrypt entire Gmail session - a nice little hack if you’re reading mail at your local, unecrypted hotspot. Just replace http with https once you log into Gmail and now your session is encrypted.

GMail Loader - So, you want to switch to GMail, but you have a ton of message that you want to bring over. Well, this can help solve your problems. Today, the GMail Loader is a graphical, cross-platform, Python based utility that supports two mBox formats (Netscape, Mozilla, Thunderbird, Most Other Clients), MailDir(Qmail, others), MMDF(Mutt), MH (NMH), and Babyl (Emacs RMAIL).

ReadPst - a utility to convert your Outlook .pst mail files to GMail.

GMailSkins - ok, this is the Texas Chainsaw massacre for GMail. Alright, bad joke. Tired of the Gmail interface? Go check it out.

GMail To Do List - that’s what I love about researching this stuff - I find useful stuff for you and me!

GMailTo Mac OS X - this little proggie allows you to redirect any email link to GMail.

GMail Icon Generator - It does other types of accounts too, but we’re talking GMail here. If you’ve never been told, allow me to tell you. Don’t post your email account on your blog in plain text. Spammers gobble that up. Use this to create a picture file that spambots can’t use.

GMail Compose - Allows you to right click in the context menu on Firefox and GMail someone. It’s a firefox extension.

libgmail - For you coders - python binding for the GMail service.

Install Linux on Gmail - A wonderful hack to put linux on GMail.

GMail manager - Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

GDisk - turns your GMail account into a mountable Mac drive.

GTDGMail - is a Firefox extension that integrates the highly effective methodology of “Getting Things Done” into the popular email service Gmail.

GMail MP3Player - this shows you how to use GMail as an MP3 player.