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My Life 2010/03/02 3 min read

My Gmail Label / Filter Strategy (cc @willnorris)

At first I tried to answer in less than 140 characters but Twitter has its limitations. Plus, for the record, posterity, or anybody new to Gmail (you mean there is still someone out there not using it?), I thought this might be of some interest. So here it is: my shuper shmart aweshome Gmail label and filter strategy. You've read…

GMail 2008/10/25 1 min read

This Account Is Currently Being Used in 1 Other Location

I've just noticed this (new, I guess) kind of warning on Gmail: "this account is currently being used in 1 other location at this IP" This is a welcome feature. I really wished Gmail would add more paranoid and security related notes and items like this one. I (most of us?) have most of their online and offline life summarized…

sux0rz 2007/12/25 1 min read

Gmail Vulnerability: Has Your Account Been Compromised?

This is a truly scary story : David Airey got his domain stolen because of a GMail vulnerability. Short story: it was (seems it's fixed) possible to create filters on Gmail just by visiting a link or, say, loading a hidden frame on a malicious website. Like, create a filter to forward to evilguy@evilhost.com any email containing the word "password"…

GMail 2007/12/04 1 min read

Gmail Labels: Look, It’s Colorful!

Gmail implemented a very cool feature (or at least it was recently added to my account) in the form of colored labels. You can assign each label a color from a selection, and I find this really handy when you're scanning through all your unread mails at once. I like it. Too bad I'm still receiving various mails that were…

What's wrong with GMail these days? I seem to receive mails hours after they've been sent, and I'm pretty sure I've missed quite a few.

2007/11/29 22h18 #

WordPress 2006/08/12 1 min read

(Almost) Back Online

Yoopla, I'm back online. Or almost back online, since real life issues are eating most of my free time : I'll be moving by the end of the month, gotta find a house, a babysitter and a school for kids, those things. In other news : I have two invites for Vox, SixApart's latest buzz machine, if you're curious and…

sux0rz 2006/02/16 1 min read

GMail and the Talk Popups — Part 2

I searched in the options. I searched the internet for hacks. And as far as I can tell, I'm not the only one. Doh. The damn setting is just hidden at the bottom of the GMail screen. What a silly location for a setting everybody is looking for.

Web 2006/02/15 1 min read

GMail : Disable Chat Popups

For the first time, I find GMail quite annoying with something : those freaking Chat popups. I want to send and read mail damnit, I don't want to talk. Did I miss something ? I cannot find any option to disable those damn popups. For the moment, the only workaround I found is this simple Greasemonkey script. Now I just…

GMailThis ! This is a very handy bookrmarklet (or favelet) to write a mail without even loading mail.google.com, prepopulated with a link to the webpage you are viewing and any text you have highlighted on that page.

2005/09/30 14h27 #

By the way… I'm still getting hits and search engine referrals on one-year-old entries about GMail invites. If you still happen to be looking for yours, feel free to spam ozhozh at gmail dot com and ask for one. Or ten.

2005/09/28 19h32 #