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|style="width: 50%;|Step 1- Step 2 - Configuring your gmail to allow mail download to your computer / mail client

 

|style="width: 50%;|Step 1- Configuring your gmail to allow mail download to your computer / mail client

You can read your Gmail messages from a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.

You can read your Gmail messages from a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.

To enable POP in Gmail:

To enable POP in Gmail:

When you open Thunderbird for the first time you need to create a mail account (your existing e-mail account).

When you open Thunderbird for the first time you need to create a mail account (your existing e-mail account).

Go to File → New → Mail Account.  

Go to File → New → Mail Account.  

|style="width: 50%;|Step 3-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 2 providing the email account / id and password

|style="width: 50%;|Step 3-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 2 providing the email account / id and password

|style="width: 50%;|Step 4-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 3, setting up the incoming server settings.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 4-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 3, setting up the incoming server settings.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 5-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – this is the screen  

|style="width: 50%;|Step 5-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – this is the screen  

|style="width: 50%;|Step 6-On opening Thunderbird, you will see the ‘mail folders’ on the left side. Selecting any folder will display the mails in the folder.  

|style="width: 50%;|Step 6-On opening Thunderbird, you will see the ‘mail folders’ on the left side. Selecting any folder will display the mails in the folder.  

Click on Get messages (for receiving), and Write (for replying)

Click on Get messages (for receiving), and Write (for replying)

|style="width: 50%;|Step 7-Categorizing mails by storing in folders and sub folders. Right click on any folder to create a ‘sub-folder’ to that folder.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 7-Categorizing mails by storing in folders and sub folders. Right click on any folder to create a ‘sub-folder’ to that folder.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 8-Tagging mails for setting reminders

|style="width: 50%;|Step 8-Tagging mails for setting reminders

|style="width: 50%;|Step 9-Storing a mail drafts folder if still not completed.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 9-Storing a mail drafts folder if still not completed.

(A mail can be saved before sending in the ‘Drafts’ folder)

(A mail can be saved before sending in the ‘Drafts’ folder)

|style="width: 50%;|Step 10-Sending a mail to ‘Outbox’ folder, when off-line,  to send later when connected to Internet (A mail once ready to be sent, can be saved in the ‘Outbox’ folder by typing CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER at same time, this will save the message in the Outbox folder. This is useful to do, if you do not have connectivity at that time. Later, when you get connected to the Internet, you can right click on the Outbox folder to ‘send unsent messages’.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 10-Sending a mail to ‘Outbox’ folder, when off-line,  to send later when connected to Internet (A mail once ready to be sent, can be saved in the ‘Outbox’ folder by typing CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER at same time, this will save the message in the Outbox folder. This is useful to do, if you do not have connectivity at that time. Later, when you get connected to the Internet, you can right click on the Outbox folder to ‘send unsent messages’.

|style="width: 50%;|Step 11-You can create a ‘mail filter’ by clicking on Tools → Message Filters – New. You can move any mail satisfying your condition (a particular sender email id) to a specified folder etc. This feature can be used to move ‘group’ or mailing list emails to a separate folder, without flooding your inbox

|style="width: 50%;|Step 11-You can create a ‘mail filter’ by clicking on Tools → Message Filters – New. You can move any mail satisfying your condition (a particular sender email id) to a specified folder etc. This feature can be used to move ‘group’ or mailing list emails to a separate folder, without flooding your inbox

Filters can be setup by person, by subject line, by list

Filters can be setup by person, by subject line, by list

Sender id, Receiver id, With / without attachments, Size of file, Age of mail etc

Sender id, Receiver id, With / without attachments, Size of file, Age of mail etc

You can also have combinations of parameters using both “AND” and “OR” claus.

You can also have combinations of parameters using both “AND” and “OR” claus.

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