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Xoopit is a plug-in for Firefox that integrates extremely well with GMail,and iGoogle and makes your life much easier. Xoopit for Gmail allows you to find and share the pictures, videos, and files buried in your inbox. Photos from Picasa, Flickr or YouTube links sent to your email are automatically collected, You needn't enter the sites to access the photo or multimedia content, saving you the hassle of going to these sites.You can also add Xoopit as iGoogle module, and only need to create an account costs nothing. Get the latest photos and videos to arrive in your inbox on your iGoogle dashboard.[source]
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We know that some of the free email services like Hotmail and Yahoo mail do not support Email clients like Thunderbird to access mail (Access via POP or IMAP), instead we need to sign in to their web site to access it.

If you want to access free email services like Hotmail, Yahoo mail, AOL, etc through Thunderbird, an extension to Thunderbird is there called Webmail which integrates web site based email accounts in to Thunderbird, this allows Thunderbird to download and to send emails using the web site.

This extension currently supports Thunderbird 2, and to use the service, installs the Webmail extension firstly then install the service extension, example Hotmail or Yahoo mail extension.

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Access Hotmail through Windows Desktop mail

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Google has introduced new interface for the mobile version of GMail specially designed for Apple iPhone indenting to make Gmail faster and more fluid.

The whole development is with AJAX and includes pre-fetching and auto-complete function to Gmail. When you use Google on iPhone, Gmail will automatically pre-load all your most recent messages.

More details at Gmail blog

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There are many online storage services available on the internet, but offers limited space. If you are using Gmail as a storage device (Virtual drive) you will get more than 4GB of space for storage of file.
All of you may heare about Gmail Drive that transforms your Gmail account space into a virtual drive. Here discussing another nifty little tool, GSpace, a free extension for Firefox browser that converts Gmail account into a 4GB or more file storage facility.
GSpace acts as an online hard disk, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from everywhere, where an internet connection is available.
Now you can upload and backup your photos, files or whatever you want direct onto your Gmail account
License: Free
Requirement: Firefox 1.5 – 2.0
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Even though in beta stage, Windows live mail desktop is a good tool to access all your email – Hotmail, Yahoo mail or Gmail at one place.

Main features of Windows Live Mail desktop includes Access multiple e-mail accounts at one place, Preview messages in the Reading Pane, Drag, drop, and organize with one click, add photos directly to e-mail messages, and get newsgroup messages and RSS feeds delivered right to your in box.

It is also safer by giving protection from phishing scams and virus scanning. You can block suspicious messages and destroy junk e-mail with a single click.

To configuring the client follow as described.

Download the software from Microsoft and install it. When ask for ‘login’ give your Hotmail address and password - That’s enough to receive your hotmail through Windows Live desktop mail – and finish installation.

To receive other email you need to configure it. For Gmail and Yahoo mail follow the steps below.(for Yahoo mail required premium account)

Open Windows Live desktop mail. From the tool menu select ‘accounts’> add > email account > next. (You can also select ‘Add an email account’ from the left window)

In the pop up window enter your name, email address and your email password on the specified boxes. Select ‘Manually configure server settings, and click next and follow as given below.

Incoming sever – pop.gmail.com [For yahoo (India) – pop.mail.yahoo.co.in]

Port – 995 – Check SSL box

Outgoing server – smpt.gmail.com [For yahoo (India) – smpt.mail.yahoo.co.in]

Port – 465 – check SSL box.

Click next and finish.

>>Wimdows Desktop mail

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GMail allows lot of storage pace, more than 2GB, but not a lot to fill it up with. Now with the Gmail Drive, a little software, you can easily copy files to your GMail account and retrieve them at your convenience.

Gmail Drive adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag and drop files to.

GMail Drive shell extension is a tool that creates a virtual file system on top of your GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer.

License: Free

Visit to download: http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm

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Sending and receiving email through an e-mail client like Outlook Express is pretty easy. Email clients lets you view your e-mails when you are in offline and also let you compose mails without having connected to internet.
Gmail is now open to all (No invitation required) and access trough POP3 is free. It is very easy to configure Outlook express to access Gmail. You need to specify to keep the mail read in Outlook in your Gmail account or delete it.

>Turn on POP access in your Gmail account.

>Open Outlook and select Tools - mail –Add- Click on mail

>Enter your name in the new window that opens up

>Click next. Choose POP3 as the sever type and enter-

>Incoming mail server (POP3) – Type “pop.gmail.com”

>Outgoing mail server (SMPT) – Type “smpt.gmail.com”

>Click next - Enter Your Gmail address and Your Gmail password

>Click next à Apply à Finish.

>In the window shown double click on pop.gmail.com

>From the new window click Advanced

(Make sure to check ‘This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)’ under POP3 and SMPT)

>Type 465 under SMPT (Outgoing server)

>Type 995 under POP3 (Incoming server), if it is not automatically changed.

>Click OK à Next à Finish.

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Gmail Manager allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications in to your browser.

If you place your mouse over ‘M’ shown below on progress bar of Firefox, displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

We can set the time to notify new massages at any time interval like 10 or 30 minutes or as per your choice. Right click on ‘M’, select preferences- notifications button. Set to any time you wish.

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By default Gmail chat doesn’t work with Opera. This is because Gmail is sniffing out Opera. Here is a simple solution to overcome this.

Open Gmail (gmail.google.com)in Opera. Right click any ware on the page and click on the ‘Edit site preferences’. Under ‘network’ tab, change identification option to ‘mask as Firefox’. Now click on ok and refresh the page to start using Google chat from Gmail.

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