3 Useful Gmail Tricks You Probably Don't Know

3 Useful Gmail Tricks You Probably Don't Know

THE SECRET TO INFINITE GMAIL ADDRESSES This is how a typical gmail address looks – xyz@gmail.com. You can add just about anything after the xyz seperated by a + sign and emails sent to that address will still be delivered to

your mailbox.

 This is because, Gmail tends to ignore all characters after the + sign. So, xyz+justunfollo

w@gmail.com, xyz+nothing@gmail.com, xyz+kittens@gmail.com are all the same email address.

 Why would you need this trick If you are like me, you subscribe to a lot of interesting blogs, news feeds etc. 

And as with most things in life, these email lists tend to get compromised and before you know it the very website you trusted is sending you spam.

So, let’s imagine a hypothetical situation you are following Google’s blog updates

and you signed up with this email xyz+googleblog@gmail.com. Now if you receive spam in your email inbox and the “to” address is “xyz+googleblog@gmail.com”, you know which list has been compromised and you can immediately unsubscribe.

UNSEND EMAILS Had your ‘oops’ moment yet Sent an email and wished you could bring it back This has happened to me, but it’s generally stupid stuff like grammar mistakes in my email that get me all harried.

But your oops moment could have been something more serious – sent it to the wrong James, maybe Here’s how you can delay email sending to ensure that you can call back your email after you’ve sent it.

Gear shaped icon on the top, left  Settings  Labs  Scroll down  Undo Send  Enable. This will delay sending for a few seconds after you hit send. Sometimes, those few seconds can make all the difference.

DESKTOP NOTIFICATIONS Do you have a compulsion for email checking Need to pop into your inbox every five minutes This can be a huge time waster. Huge.

The solution Gear-shaped button  settings  scroll down  Desktop notifications  New mail notifications on. ow every email you receive in your inbox will show up as a notification, irrespective of what you are doing at that point in time.

If you know that you’ll receive a notification whenever an email’s received it will drastically reduce your compulsion to check your email and will help you concentrate better on the task at hand.