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How to quickly block future emails from a sender in Gmail

Posted on April 18, 2026

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Gmail is one of the most popular email services out there thanks to all the cool and useful features it offers.

One of the handiest Gmail features of all is the ability to quickly and easily block anyone at all from sending you emails with just a couple of mouse clicks.

Thanks to this powerful feature, you don’t have to create a complicated “Rule” to keep a person’s emails from landing in your Inbox. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I transfer my Yahoo emails into Gmail?

Posted on April 15, 2026

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Question from Thalia: Hi, Rick. I hope you can help me with something.

I have a Yahoo email account that I don’t use anymore because I recently switched to Gmail.

I want to delete the Yahoo email account but I have thousands of important emails in there that I really need to keep.

Can you tell me how to move all of those emails from Yahoo into my Gmail account so I can delete Yahoo without losing anything?

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Q&A: How do I make Gmail automatically open the next message?

Posted on April 7, 2026

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Question from Manuel: First of all, I really like your newsletter, Rick. I’ve learned a lot from you.

I have a question that I haven’t seen you address before.

When I delete a message in Gmail it automatically takes me back to the Inbox. How do I make it automatically open the next message instead? [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware fake Gmail ‘account closure’ emails

Posted on April 3, 2026

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There’s a very dangerous email scam making the rounds again, and as before it’s catching a lot of Gmail users off-guard.

As usual, the text of the email varies a bit, but the message conveyed is always the same.

The email claims to be from Google in response to a request to close your Gmail account. [Read more…]

Q&A: Does Google really fine people for spamming with Gmail?

Posted on March 23, 2026

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Question from Beverly: Google sent me an email saying my Gmail account was caught sending spam.

They said I have to pay a $250 fine within 48 hours or my Gmail address will be permanently shut down.

This seems like a scam to me, but the email looks real and I can’t afford to take a chance on losing my Gmail address. Everything I do online is linked to that address.

My question: Is this email legit? [Read more…]