Blogs on Gmail and Google Accounts

How to Import Emails via IMAP Protocol in Desktop Email Clients We routinely receive questions in the Gmail Help Community on how to bring over emails from other email service providers. For those circumstances, the most convenient method is to use a desktop email client like MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Mac/Apple Mail and follow the structured steps below: Set up both accounts using the IMAP protocol. Allow the email client to fully download and synchronize emails from both accounts. Set up the necessary destination folders in your Gmail account via the client, which will sync as labels in the Gmail web UI. Move, Copy, or Drag 'n Drop emails from the source account folders into the destination Gmail folders. When your destination Gmail account syncs with the server, the migrated emails will be fully visible in the Gmail web interface. Note on Testing & Execution: 1. This is a manual migration process a...

Why Gmail Displays the Wrong Name on Sent Emails (And How to Fix It) Quite often, we see a different name while hovering over our profile in our Gmail inbox, or our recipients may see an unexpected sender name on outgoing messages that isn't easily traceable. This guide walks through each scenario step-by-step to show how it affects outgoing messages in a recipient's inbox and where to fix it. Here are the links to the sections The Name on the Google Account The Name in Gmail's "Send Mail As" Settings Your Email Address Saved in Your Own Contacts Third-Party Email Clients & Mobile Apps 1. The Name on the Google Account Your primary Google Account name can be updated from either of the following official account pages: myaccount.google.com/name myaccount.google.com/profile/name Visiting the first link opens the standard name edit...

Using Templates in Gmail In my first blog on Canned Responses, I wrote that "Believe it or not, there is no article on Canned Responses in the Gmail Help Centre. Probably because it has always been a lab feature in the past and now included under the Advanced tab under Gmail settings in the new Gmail. So, today we take a look at this very popular feature in Gmail and the different ways we can use it." That has remained the case, so with a change of UI, there is a need to rewrite the tutorial on how we can perform functions for Canned Responses or as they are now known, Templates . Here are the links to the sections Create a Template Insert a Template Edit or Overwrite a Template Delete a Template Prerequisite: Enable Templates in Gmail Thankfully, the prerequisites haven't changed. To start using Templates in Gmail, it needs to be enabled from the Advanced tab under Gmail settings. As...