A web-based email solution provided by Google. Preferably, this tag should be used for questions about using Gmail with Ubuntu desktop applications, especially desktop email clients.
Questions tagged [gmail]
286 questions
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How to make Gmail open when clicking mailto: links in the same browser it is clicked? (Chrome/Firefox)
I just installed 12.04 and when clicking mailto: links Thunderbird opens.
I want Gmail to open in the browser, in which mailto: was clicked.
So if I am in Firefox and click a mailto: link a new FF tab should with Gmail should open.
And if I am in…
max
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View threads/conversations in Evolution just like Gmail can
I want to view threaded email conversations in Evolution. Is there a menu option for this? By threaded conversations I mean something like what Google's GMail does.
user5245
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Can I make links to email addresses open Gmail instead of Evolution?
When I click on a link to an email address in Firefox or Google Chrome a "Welcome to Evolution" screen appears. Can I make Gmail open instead, or at the very least disable Evolution from running?
ændrük
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How can I get Gmail notification in my indicator applet (without leaving Evolution open)?
I'd like to have a Gmail notification service in my Epiphany indicator applet, without leaving Evolution open in the background all the time. Right now I only get notifications if Evolution is open. Strangely, this is not the case with Google…
eugenemarshall
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How to run Thunderbird in the background?
I want to get instant notifications for new emails and I don't want to install and configure an extra program for that. Thunderbird shows notifications, so does Gmail webapp. But both of them work only as long as they are open and running (or…
lfk
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How to integrate Gmail, Google contacts and Google calendar into Unity without Thunderbird or Evolution?
I want to integrate my Google contacts, calender and Gmail to Unity. And I don´t want to use Thunderbird or even worse Evolution.
Is there a possibility like in GNOME 3.xx? A lightweight contact / calendar / mail app (maybe one app for contact, one…
mpm
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6 answers
Changing email application in Preferred Applications to GMail?
I'm trying to change the Preferred Application for email. I have installed the package desktop-webmail, but there is no new option under System - Preferences - Preferred Application as you would expect, infact, there is only one option there, only…
grm
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How can I configure alpine to read my gmail in Ubuntu?
I would like to use a terminal based mail client for my e-mail activities. I've been suggested to use alpine for it. But how do I configure it in Ubuntu to read my gmail mails?
harisibrahimkv
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Remove (hide) some gmail folders in ThunderBird
I have started using gmail thru Thunderbird and every incoming email
is duplicated 3 times (it will appear once in the 'Inbox' folder, once in the
'Gmail/All Mail' folder and once in the 'Gmail/Important' folder).
This is annoying because I have…
user2413
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9 answers
Is there a Gmail Drive?
is there the gdrive in ubuntu? like windows have.
Or similar
La Ode Adam Saputra
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Which email client works best with GMail IMAP?
I use GMail (and I use labels intensively) and because of having to use a very slow Internet connection now I've came to the idea that I should try using a desktop email client.
What application (Thunderbird, Evolution, Claws, or some another) works…
Ivan
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Where is Gmail Archive option in Evolution?
How can I easily archive my gmail account emails in Evolution? I would like a solution easily as gmail archive. After lot of googling the only solution that I found is manually sending to the All Email Folder :/.
Marcos Roriz Junior
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Thunderbird showing "Unable to locate mail spool file" on installing gmail account in ubuntu 13.04?
I just configure a gmail account in thunder mail but its continuously showing me error "Unable to locate mail spool file." when i click get mail then also it shows same error.
its not retrieving mail from gmail.
I tried moving /var/spool to…
Sarthak killer
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Drag and drop NOT working with Gmail in Firefox, on Ubuntu 18.04
Dragging and dropping files in Gmail is not working in Ubuntu 18.04 and Mozilla Firefox.
I trap the file, drag it to the mail box (drop your file here) and nothing happens (The image of the file returns to its original place. Sometimes the "drop…
Lobon
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Can I make mailto: links open up in gmail instead of evolution?
mailto: links fire up annoying "Evolution Setup Assistant". I want it to open a compose window in gmail in my web browser. There are existing questions about this here, but the answers are outdated and no longer work on 11.04.
on my system: I'm…
wim
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