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cleanup and a partial update. Is this "help" entry still relevant? Do they still support POP3? For that matter, do they even support IMAP outside of their proprietary software anymore?
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'''Gmail''' is a free [[Post Office Protocol|POP3]] and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] [[webmail]] service provided by [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web
'''Gmail''' is a free [[Post Office Protocol|POP3]] and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] [[webmail]] service provided by [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273&topic=1556
| url = http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273&topic=1556
| quote = You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Germany]] it is officially called '''Google Mail'''.
| quote = You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Germany]] it is officially called '''Google Mail'''.
Gmail launched on 1 April 2004 as an invitation only beta release and became available to the public on 7 February 2007. To this day the service remains in beta status and has tens of millions of users.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-opens-Gmail-to-all/2100-1038_3-6157101.html?tag=nefd.top Google opens Gmail to all], retrieved 27 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web
Gmail launched on 1 April 2004 as an invitation only beta release and became available to the public on 7 February 2007. Despite quickly gaining tens of millions of users,<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-opens-Gmail-to-all/2100-1038_3-6157101.html?tag=nefd.top Google opens Gmail to all], retrieved 27 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-11-22-spam_N.htm
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-11-22-spam_N.htm
| title = Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers
| title = Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers
| accessdate = 2008-06-01
| accessdate = 2008-06-01
| publisher = PC World
| publisher = PC World
| quote = Hohne said the mistakenly disabled accounts affected "a small fraction," well below 1 percent of the tens of millions of Gmail users.}}</ref>
| quote = Hohne said the mistakenly disabled accounts affected "a small fraction," well below 1 percent of the tens of millions of Gmail users.}}</ref> Gmail remained in open beta for over five years, until that label was finally removed in July 2009.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/07/why-google-kept-gmail-in-beta-for-so-many-years.html</ref>
==Help==
==Help==
* For viewing unread messages in your inbox, you need to use the combination '''in:inbox is:unread''' in the Search function.<ref>http://www.jakeludington.com/google/20090502_view_unread_messages_in_gmail.html</ref>
* For viewing unread messages in your inbox, you need to use the combination '''in:inbox is:unread''' in the Search function. [http://www.jakeludington.com/google/20090502_view_unread_messages_in_gmail.html]
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Google]]
* [[Google]]
* [[Yahoo]]
* [[Duck Duck Go]] - [[Privacy]]-oriented Search Engine
* [[Duck Duck Go]] - [[Privacy]]-oriented Search Engine
* [[Right to Privacy]] and [[Common law privacy rights]]
* [[Right to Privacy]] and [[Common law privacy rights]]
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Google]]
[[Category:Google]]