July 10, 2008 by Josh Nunn
Not really.
Google released a small update yesterday that adds information about recent activity on your Gmail account to the bottom of the Gmail interface.
The new option in the Gmail interfaceIt also includes a link to further information, including details of IP addresses and methods that have recently been used to access your account. If anyone has accessed your mail in any way, it will be reported here.
Argh! What is that?!I checked mine the minute it showed up in my inbox, and was shocked to see a bunch of IP addresses listed, when I hadn’t been anywhere near my computer in the last five hours.
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Tags: gmail, google, IP address, Security
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March 21, 2006 by Josh Nunn
I recently discovered another use for Gmail’s ‘convert to html’ feature.
For those of you who weren’t aware, Word and PDF files that you receive in Gmail can be opened in-browser as html files. What this means for you and me is a simple way to open some of these common file-types without needing to download the file and fire up the correct program — simply click ‘Open as HTML’ and you’ve got your file, ready to read in seconds using Google’s conversion.
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Tags: gmail, google
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February 8, 2006 by Josh Nunn
Ok, originally I thought this was just a goofy co-incidence.
Gmail’s spam mailbox has spam recipes up the top when you have web clips enabled! I thought it might be just their advertising seeping into inappropriate areas, but now I think they’re actually having a little joke about spam!
Tags: easter egg, gmail, google
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