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Question from Glenda L.: Hi Rick. I recently made the switch from Gmail to Outlook.com and I no longer have a need for my Gmail account. I need to keep my umbrella Google account though because I use other Google services besides just Gmail.
I have two questions for you:
1 – How do I transfer all of my old Gmail messages to my Outlook.com account?
2 – How do I close the Gmail account once the messages have been transferred?
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Have you ever noticed that Gmail automatically adds people to your “Other Contacts” list when you send them a message? I guess it assumes that if you contact them once, you’re going to want to do it again at some point in the future.
But over time that list of “Other Contacts” can grow quite large and unwieldy. It’s very easy to wipe the “Other Contacts” list clean and start fresh. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Google is currently in the process of rolling out a new feature that lets any Google+ user who follows you send you emails via Gmail – even if you aren’t following them back. In fact, they don’t even need to know your email address!
Some folks might be fine with it, but I really don’t much care for the possibility of getting emails from people that I don’t even know. If you don’t either, you can easily turn it off and keep your inbox off-limits to your Google+ followers. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to schedule your emails for delivery at a later time, right in the Gmail editor? Well, now you can thanks to a fantastic browser extension called Boomerang.
Scheduling Gmail messages for later delivery used to be a clumsy multi-step process, but after you install Boomerang all you have to do is change the date and time right on the edit message screen! The message will then be delivered at that date and time, instead of right away. [Read more…]
Question from Wayne K.: Well, I finally decided to give Outlook.com a try, and I found that really like it.
I’d love to drop Gmail altogether and switch to Outlook.com, but I have 3 years worth of Gmail messages stored and I can’t afford to lose them. Can all of my old Gmail messages be imported into Outlook.com? And if so, how do I do it?
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