Blogs on Gmail and Google Accounts

In my blog on  Adding Image Hyperlinks in Gmail signature , I had discussed ways to insert an image to your Gmail signature from your computer or via a web URL. Soon thereafter, I became aware of an issue where images were inserted into the Gmail signature from Google Drive via web URL. To better explain, here are the steps: An image in Google Drive is set to " Anyone with the link " and the sharing URL copied. The Insert image icon in the Gmail signature area clicked, the Web URL tab chosen and the copied Drive URL pasted and the image is previewed correctly. The blue Select button is clicked. It is then the issue is noted. The image element is inserted, but as a placeholder and the image is not visible. The steps to resolve this issue are included below: The Insert image icon in the Gmail signature area clicked, the Web URL tab chosen and the copied Drive URL pasted and the image is previewed correctly. Now, instead of clicking on the blue Select button, right click on the ...

These days people have multiple email accounts, so, one of the common questions posed in the Gmail Help Community is often about "How did this email, that was intended for my account X, reached my Gmail account?"  The common reasons which can cause this to happen are: Emails are forwarded from the account X to the Gmail account Emails are fetched via POP3 from account X by the Gmail account Emails are fetched via the Gmailify option from account X by the Gmail account Emails are fetched via the ShuttleCloud API from account X by the Gmail account The Gmail address is listed as a Reply-to address in account X The Gmail address is included as a BCC recipient in the email For anyone inconvenienced by this issue, the most accurate way is to analyze the header of the message they received in their Gmail address. The header lists the machines (or servers) that a message had to pass through before reaching the recipient’s mailbox thereby providing a log of how it ended up...

Gmail has recently added Contacts in the right-side add-on panel and in the process, brought about some changes in ways Contacts now gets saved from Gmail.  For starters, the " Add to Contacts " options in the hovercard is now gone and replaced with a " More info " link.  So, of late, many users are seen posting in the Gmail Help Community and asking about how they can add contacts directly from Gmail or edit contact details from Gmail.  To add a contact directly from Gmail, click open the conversation and then, click on the Contacts add-on from the right-side panel (shown as 1). It will default to showing contacts " In this thread ", then click on the contact you wish to add to contacts (shown as 2). The next screen shows the " Add to contacts " icon at the top-right corner. Click on it. After a few moments, the confirmation would show up at the bottom of the screen. Thereafter, to view, edit or delete the contact, click on the " Open in ne...