No need to fear your own inbox. Gmail’s got a few hidden email features that you need to know about.
your.name@gmail.com = y.o.u.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com
Let's say your email is your.name@gmail.com. That's great, but the dots don't matter. At all.
If someone emails you at y.o.u.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com, it'll work just fine.
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Undo accidental emails.
Click that weirdly shaped icon in the top right corner of Gmail, then mouse down to "Settings."
Then click to "Labs." Search for the lab feature titled "Undo Send." Enable it, and click "Save changes."
Still in "Settings," go to "General," and scroll down to the "Undo Send" section. Enable it there too.
Every time you send an email, a yellow bar will pop up and give you the chance to click undo. So the next time you accidentally email the entire company something that was only supposed to go to one person, you've got a few seconds to fix your mistake.
Add plus signs to filter out unwanted email.
Let's say you're signing up for a new gym membership, but you don't want to give them your main email. So add a plus sign to it: your.name+GYM@gmail.com. (Anything you put after the "+" will work.)
When the first email from the gym shows up, click on it, then click "More," then "Filter messages like these." A pop-up will appear, and enter the plus sign address into the "To" line. Click "Create filter with this search."
Then you get to choose what you want to do with those emails. Want them all to go directly to trash? Just check "Delete it," and hit "Create filter" to save your setting. And you'll never see an email from your gym again! They'll automatically all go straight into the garbage.
