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How to Write an Urgent Email Without Sounding Rude
An urgent email needs a clear deadline and a reason for it. The word "urgent" alone doesn't explain why someone should act now.
Writing & etiquette8 min read
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Build several Gmail filters on one page, review the rules together, and download one file to import them into Gmail.
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Paste raw email headers to reorder the delivery path, find hop delays and sender-domain differences, and inspect recorded authentication results.
Inbox & setup7 min read
How to Export Emails from Gmail and Back Up Your Account
You can export your whole Gmail mailbox as an MBOX file with Takeout or save one email directly from Gmail.
Writing & etiquette6 min read
How to Address Multiple People in an Email
"Dear Colleagues" suits a formal group email, and "Hi all" works with or without a comma after "Hi".
Client emails7 min read
How to Write a Holiday Email to Clients (With an Example)
Write a personal holiday note with a greeting and send date that suit the client, including clients you haven't spoken to recently.
Inbox & setup6 min read
How to Create a Group Email in Gmail
Save a Contacts label and enter its name in Gmail’s To field. Choose who sees the addresses or use a Google Group for a shared address.
Inbox & setup6 min read
How to Schedule an Email in Gmail (and Change or Cancel It)
Your scheduled email is in Scheduled until Gmail sends it. To change it, cancel it to make it a draft, then schedule it again.
Inbox & setup8 min read
Gmail Labels vs Folders, Explained
Gmail has labels, not folders. Adding a label to an email leaves it in your inbox.
Inbox & setup7 min read
How to Set Up and Use Gmail Multiple Inboxes
You can turn on Gmail Multiple inboxes on a computer and create up to five sections.
Inbox & setup6 min read
How to Create and Use Gmail Templates
Gmail on a computer lets you reuse an email's wording after you turn on Templates in settings.
Deliverability & security6 min read
Email Spoofing: How to Tell Whether Your Account Was Used
Someone can send spoofed mail bearing your address without signing in to your account. Check your Google Account’s recent security events and signed-in devices to see whether anyone also got in.
Inbox & setup5 min read
How Gmail read receipts work
Learn who can request a Gmail read receipt, where to find the option, why a receipt may not return, and what the result actually tells you.