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Experiencing the New Gmail - How to create Reminders

I have been thoroughly exploring the New Gmail UI, and in the process, I developed an idea about how to create Reminders in here.

The steps are as follows:
  • Open a Compose window in New Gmail and type in the Reminder in the Subject field. 
  • Save the Draft.
  • Open Drafts from the left panel.
  • Either hover over the specific draft or select the draft to view the Snooze option and click on it.
  • Select the Date and Time you wish to be reminded of this task.
  • Done! At the specified time, the Draft shall reappear at the top of your Inbox.
I have created this short video to better explain this.


Comments

  1. Unknown13 August 2018 at 12:07

    I upgraded to the New Google email and lost ALL email back to April 2018.
    How do I recover it?

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    1. Somnath9 October 2018 at 01:35

      First check if those missing messages are under Trash, Spam or All Mails and if they are, move them back to Inbox. For additional assistance, please refer to this help article: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7015314?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop

      Otherwise, please report this missing to Google by filling up this form to check if retrieval of those messages are possible: https://support.google.com/mail/contact/missingemails?rd%3D1

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  2. Geckohale30 September 2018 at 21:00

    I have a calendar for that. But I can see that if you had some site-related occasion you wanted a reminder for, you could forward its link & save a draft with comments & then do this snooze thing. But this seems so convoluted and you would still have to sit there while the new very slow gmail went through all that processing. It is really quick in my calendar and I can have comments there, too -- so cannot imagine I would ever use it for such a purpose.

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    1. Somnath9 October 2018 at 01:56

      Thank you for your comment. Oddly, I haven't experienced much lag in setting things up either through my laptop or my mobile devices.

      I prefer using Snooze for my personal notification purposes, and since I mostly use/work in Gmail, it makes sense to do it from there. If I am required to share things with others, I consider other alternatives. So, I understand how it may work in certain situations but not in others.

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