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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 | ||
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| 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. | + | 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 | ||
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| 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. | ||
==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]] | ||
Revision as of 00:33, January 9, 2020
- Some of the information in this article may be outdated.
Gmail is a free POP3 and IMAP webmail service provided by Google.[1][2] 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. Despite quickly gaining tens of millions of users,[3][4][5] Gmail remained in open beta for over five years, until that label was finally removed in July 2009.[6]
Help
- For viewing unread messages in your inbox, you need to use the combination in:inbox is:unread in the Search function.[7]
See also
- Yahoo
- Duck Duck Go - Privacy-oriented Search Engine
- Right to Privacy and Common law privacy rights
References
- ↑ How do I enable POP?. Google (2007-09-03). Retrieved on 2008-06-01. “You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Mail.”
- ↑ How do I enable IMAP?. Google (2007-10-23). Retrieved on 2008-06-01. “You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.”
- ↑ Google opens Gmail to all, retrieved 27 March 2007
- ↑ Swartz, Jon (2007-11-22). Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers. USA TODAY. Retrieved on 2008-06-01. “For a start, tens of millions use Google's Gmail because it was designed with built-in spam defenses.”
- ↑ Perez, Juan Carlos (2007-12-10). Google Disables Some Gmail Accounts by Mistake. PC World. Retrieved on 2008-06-01. “Hohne said the mistakenly disabled accounts affected "a small fraction," well below 1 percent of the tens of millions of Gmail users.”
- ↑ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/07/why-google-kept-gmail-in-beta-for-so-many-years.html
- ↑ http://www.jakeludington.com/google/20090502_view_unread_messages_in_gmail.html