Gmail, Google's revolutionary free e-mail service now accepts signup request from anyone. It's no longer invitation based and one can simply login to www.gmail.com, fill a form and signup for a new Gmail account. Here are a few tools and plugins which will be useful if you are a Gmail user.
- Gmail adress book exporter: Export your Gmail contact to multiple output formats and use them with other applications such as Outlook 2007. (Requires Java Runtime)
- Gmail icon generator - Create a cool graphic which includes your e-mail address and Google logo. This also minimizes exposure to spam.
- Disable Gmail Ads - A custom CSS Stylesheet which disables Gmail text ads.
- Google Talk - Instant messenger from Google. Use your Gmail username and password to login.
- GMail RSS Feeds - Retrieve notifications of new mail through RSS feed. (PHP Script)
- Gmail Notifier- Receive notifications in your desktop when you receive mail. Official product by Google.
- Gmail Notifier FireFox Extension- Install an icon on your FireFox toolbar that displays new messages in Gmail account.
- GMNotifier - A more configurable and feature rich version (unofficial). Requires .NET Framework.
- Gmailit - Send the current page you are viewing to someone using Gmail.
- Gmail-to - Double clicking a mailto: (email hyperlink) link automatically loads Gmail.
- gExodus - Import email from other sources to Gmail.
- Gmail-to- Compose email from any page.
- GTray - Another Gmail notification application similar to Gmail notifier.
- Gmail Mobile- Check Gmail from any mobile phone via http://m.gmail.com
- GMail Drive Shell Extension - Save and retrieve files stored in your Gmail account directly from a explorer shell extension. (You can use your storage space as a virtual drive)
- Gmail as Backup - Backup your critical data to the Gmail storage space (PHP Script).
- GFile - More user friendly script for 'Gmail as Backup'.
- Google Toolbar - Allows one click Gmail search plus many more features.
- Gmail Search Extension - Search Gmail through the Firefox search bar.(Firefox Extension)
- Gmail Tray - Search Gmail from Windows Taskbar.
- G2G Share - Share files in your Gmail account.
- GSuite - Access and use Gmail from a mini browser in System Tray.
- gmail copy - Copy files and retrieve files from Gmail using a command line utility.
- Gmail Image Viewer (beta) - View inline image attachments (Internet Explorer add on)
- Gmail Gems - A cool blog which includes many tips and tricks that help use Gmail effectively and efficiently.
- Picasa integration - use Picasa (Google's Photo Editor) to attach and send photos from your Gmail account
- Gmail as a journal - Use Gmail account as your journal. Set different labels to distinguish between mails and journal entries.
- Skin Gmail - Use a custom .CSS Stylesheet within FireFox to change the look and feel of Gmail.
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