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Gmail is Different
Gmail is web-based Your messages are stored on-line, on Google
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servers; but you read, write, and organize messages by using the Gmail
application on your phone, or by using a web browser on a computer.
Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your
entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google
search.
Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere. For
example, if you read a message in Gmail on your phone, it will be
marked as read in a web browser. And a message that you send using a
browser, or even a draft of a message, is visible in Gmail on the phone.
Gmail is conversation-based Each message and all replies to it
are grouped in your Inbox as a single conversation. In other email
applications, replies to messages are spread across your Inbox, typically
by date received, so a message and the replies to it are separated
by other messages. Gmail makes it easy to follow the thread of a
conversation.
Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders By tagging messages
with labels, you can organize your conversations in many different ways.
Whereas in other email applications, each message can live in only one
folder. For example, with Gmail you can label a conversation with your
mother about your brother’s birthday present with both “Mom” and
“Dave.” Later, you can look for the all messages containing either label.
Using folders, you’d have to store the message in the “Mom” folder or
the “Dave” folder, not both.
Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile Some features are only
accessible on your computer browser The best place to organize and
learn about Gmail is the web. For example, you can’t use the Gmail
application on the phone to create the labels and filters that you use to
organize your messages, but you can label a message. Gmail on the
web offers complete information about the service, so it’s the best place
to learn about all of the features of Gmail.