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What is Gmail?

What is Gmail?

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Introduction

Gmail is a one among the Google products and services which allows users to send and receive emails messages over the internet. It's a free web-based email service allowing individuals and businesses transfer electronic mails from one computer to another via internet or network connections.

In order for an individual to use gmail services, he/she has to create a Google account. A free version of Gmail really costs nothing rather than your broadband or Dial up connections.

Gmail is the currently most used email program than its competitors i.e. Hotmail and Yahoo mail.

Officially introduced in 2004, Gmail has become an essential email tool to many individuals and businesses due to the presence of good services provided alongside incorporation of different Google services such as Blogger or Blogspot, Youtube, Google+, more Data Storage spaces, etc.

Another thing that make Google lead the Email sphere is its easy-to-navigate interfaces that make people perform different tasks easily and comfortably.

If you create a Gmail account, you will be able to access different Google's online products and Services i.e. start blogging in blogger platform, Google Adsense, Google Adwords, Google Custom Search Engine (CSE), Google Analystics, Youtube, Google+, Google Drives, Google product Forums and others, just to mention a few. "One Account. All of Google".

With Gmail account you can send email messages to a variety number of your close people such as friends, classmates, relatives, etc. As it is to other email service programs, Gmail allows users to attach files of different kinds such as videos, audio files, documents, etc.

Your Email messages will get into recipients' Mailboxes a few seconds after you click on the Send button.

Having a gmail account is so important as it allows you connect and use different online activities, such as subscribing to the email newsletters provided by news authors, contact your business partners as well as accessing encrypted online platforms, for example courses on different aspects.

You can also perform other tasks such as uploading your Video files to youtube (Google product) so that other people will be able to play them online or even download them if possible.

Creating a Gmail or Google account is so easy in the way that anyone can afford regardless of his/her computing academic background, but the internet and computing basics skills are required.

Gmail Screen

Important to keep in your mind

Gmail offers spam filters for keeping your inbox/mailboxes free from unwanted emails. The penetration of unwanted email messages from unknown people or sources and automated systems is really annoying. Google cares about its users and ensures users inboxes are not filled with junk emails.

Gmail offers a capability to search for your emails messages stored in your gmail account.

If you're an experienced gmail user, you might have noticed the presence of Ads which usually appear at the top, right and to the bottom of the message screen after opening the message.

These ads or Advertisements are displayed to refund Google Company as they spend a lot of money to run and maintain this email service while you use it for free.

The ads displays different terms depending on the kind of email message you're currently viewing or you lastly/recently viewed.

If some of them display something you don't prefer, you can set or control which ads will show up every time you're accessing your Gmail interface.

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