How to add your Google Apps Mail account to Thunderbird
One thing that I love about Postbox is it’s complete support for tonnes of email services. However, sadly, Postbox has turned paid. As a result, I decided to give Thunderbird 3 beta a shot. And, I’ve come back disappointed.
One main reason I jumped to Postbox is that Gmail takes an hour to load on normal non-broadband connections. Besides Gmail, Yahoo and Windows Live Mail, I also use Google Apps for email (yes I know a lot of email addresses!)
So, I was rather surprised to find that Thunderbird (on which Postbox is based), doesn’t directly support Google Apps, as it does Gmail POP and Gmail IMAP. So, in this post, I will guide you through adding your Google Apps account now.
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Undo Sending email in Gmail
Ever send an email out only to realize you’ve forgotten an attachment or even worse, it’s gone to the wrong person!
Now, in Gmail Labs, you’ll find a new feature that will delay the sent email for five seconds before it is sent. During this time you will be hit the Undo button and stop the email from being sent.
If you close Gmail before the message disappears or if your browser crashes, or if you just don’t do anything, Gmail will continue to send the email.
Remember you can report any bugs or send feedback about your experience.
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A die-hard blogger, web developer, biker, singer, geek, non-stop talker, foodie, movie freak are just some of the words that begin to describe me.
Gmail finally fixes Mark as Unread
One thing ever Gmail user loves is the conversation view. However, one painful experience with the conversation view is the "Mark as Unread" feature which used to mark the entire conversation as unread, which means that you had to figure out exactly which was the first unread post, the next time you opened up the conversation again.
This has always been a painful experience especially if you have ten or more emails as part of the conversation.
Gmail has finally fixed this after being so many years in the "beta".
Now if you’re reading a conversation that had unread messages when you opened it and you mark it unread, Gmail will only mark those messages that were unread when you opened the conversation in the first place.
This is a very very welcome change. I do hope they get this implemented across all the versions, i.e. the new UI, the Older Version and the HTML interface, as well as on my mobile.
About Ajay
A die-hard blogger, web developer, biker, singer, geek, non-stop talker, foodie, movie freak are just some of the words that begin to describe me.
Manage your Gmail online and offline with Postbox
Anybody who uses Gmail on a slow internet connection knows that it is one of the worst painful experiences you can ever have. Gmail keeps telling you that the page isn’t loaded properly and well you’re only option is switching to the “Older Version” or to the HTML version.
So, when I came across Postbox about a few weeks back, I decided to give it a shot to see if it eases the pain. And, I wouldn’t be writing this review if it didn’t!
So what is Postbox?
A new kind of messaging application, the Postboxâ„¢ email client helps you spend less time managing email and more time using email to get things done. Postbox automatically analyzes your e-mail messages, documents, photos, and links to web pages; then it catalogs all this information making it faster to search for and retrieve.
Easy-to-use tagging features let you organize messages the way you want and then focus on one project at a time without missing out on important new messages. You can also gather messages by conversation, annotate messages and create to-do items that appear in mailbox windows.
Features
- Powerful Search: This is the main power of Postbox. After you configure your accounts, you can search for emails across all of these accounts through simple search filters and more power advanced search settings. A contacts panel and Inspector pane make viewing contact information and finding attachments and links extremely easy
- Message Viewing: This is the reason I switched to Postbox. It supports multiple tabs for multiple emails / inboxes. Folder views are preserved. Powerful drag and drop support even across different email accounts is possible! And, my favorite… conversation view which similar to what Gmail has to offer, groups all your emails with the same subject line together for easy viewing.
- Organization: This is one less used feature for me, but you can group messages by topic and tags. However, I prefer using Gmail’s Labels (which are mapped here as folders) for organizing my email. And, I have folders for my Yahoo! Plus account. You can also quickly choose to archive or annotate messages.
- To-Dos: One additional feature is the ability to create To-dos and reminders. I haven’t used this much, because I just use Notes gadget of Windows Sidebar for this purpose.
- Security: Postbox updates itself, so you don’t need to break your head about patches and upgrades. It also includes full fledged anti-phishing to protect you from links. Inbuilt Junk system helps you to tag and block spam email.
Screenshots
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If you’re suffering from Gmail… get hold of Postbox, try it out. You won’t go back to the web interface 
Download:
- Download Postboxâ„¢ for Windows (Vista and XP)
- Download Postboxâ„¢ for Mac OS X (Tiger 10.4 and Leopard 10.5)
- Quick Start Guide
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A die-hard blogger, web developer, biker, singer, geek, non-stop talker, foodie, movie freak are just some of the words that begin to describe me.
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