Gmail

Gmail overview

Gmail offers entire organizations and businesses personalized email addresses like This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Gmail comes with helpful features to make email more useful, like award-winning spam and virus filtering, up to 25 GB of storage per account, powerful search to find messages as fast as you can search the web, and instant messaging built right in. The Gmail web application is accessible from anywhere, and you can even sign in from your mobile phone. Or if you prefer, you can access email from your favorite mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird using POP or IMAP at no additional cost.

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Inbox features
Inbox features
Conversation view
Conversation view
 
       
Advanced search
Advanced search
Inbox features
Integrated chat
 

Quick facts

Custom email addresses Your accounts use your own domain name, like This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ample mail storage All users get at least 2.757272164 gigabytes of storage. Google Apps Premier Edition users get 25 gigabytes.

Powerful mail search tools With Gmail, the power of Google search is available for your inbox. Find saved messages instantly, even if you don't keep your mail organized.

Integrated contact list Gmail helps you keep track of your contacts by automatically remembering people that you've corresponded with.

Integrated instant messaging See who's online and instant message with them in real-time, right within the mail browser window. Chat conversations are saved and searchable, just like email conversations.

Integrated calendar features Gmail recognizes meeting requests and invitations, and helps you RSVP without ever leaving your inbox.

Virus, spam and phishing protection Gmail uses powerful technology to effectively block viruses, filter spam, and alert you when you receive phishing messages. These features help provide a safer email experience.

IMAP, POP and mail forwarding Download messages from Gmail to applications like Outlook and Eudora, or POP messages from another email address into your Gmail inbox. With IMAP, any actions (marking as read, replying, archiving) you take using your desktop client or mobile device will propagate immediately and automatically to Gmail. Email forwarding gives you more flexibility by letting you check your mail from another email account.

Mobile access Install the Gmail mobile application onto your BlackBerry® smartphone for fast access to your mail account when you're on-the-go. Just browse to http://m.google.com/a from your BlackBerry® smartphone to download the application. If you don't have a BlackBerry® smartphone, you can access a streamlined version of the Gmail web interface from your phone, built especially for mobile devices.

99.9% uptime guarantee for Google Apps Premier Edition users With Google Apps Premier Edition, Gmail is guaranteed to be available at least 99.9% of the time, ensuring that users have access when they need it.*

Supported browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape and others.

Supported languages US and UK English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.


* The 99.9% uptime guarantee for Gmail is offered to organizations using Google Apps Premier Edition, as described in the Google Apps Premier Edition Terms of Service.