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Web and Data Services
Gmail
This email client is Google’s web-based email service.
(See “Synchronizing Your Google Account” on page 83.)
Depending on your synchronization settings, Google Mail
(along with calendar events, phone numbers and other contact
information) on your device are automatically synchronized
between your device and your Gmail account on the Web.
NOTE: You must have a valid and active Google account prior to using this email
client.
Gmail is web-baseds : Your messages are stored online,
on Google
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servers, but you can read, write, and organize
messages by using the Gmail application on your device or 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. Any
actions taken in the Gmail phone application are reflected
on the web browser. For example, if you read a message
in Gmail on your device, 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 device.
Gmail is conversation-baseds : Every related message is
grouped in your Inbox as a single conversation tread. In other
email applications, replies to messages are sent as individual
messages, making it difficult to keep track of related
messages. Gmail makes it easy to follow conversations with
its conversation threads.
Gmail is organized by labels, not by folderss : By tagging
messages with labels, you can organize your conversations
in many different ways. Whereas in other email applications,
each message can only be stored in one folder. For example,