Opening Email Gmail from Google was initially perceived by many Internet users as an April Fool's joke. After all, the launch date of the service fell precisely on April 1, 2004. Rumors about the emergence of Google's second serious project after the creation of the search engine alarmed the Internet community literally the day before. But despite the “mixed” opinions, this event heralded the era of a new generation of online mail. Today, more than 1 billion people from all over the world, when establishing communications with friends, comrades, and business partners, say: “Send a letter to my Gmail, here is the address...”.
The development of the electronic service took three years. Paul Buckheit, the author of the project, began work in August 2001 at the direction of Google management. However, according to Buchheit, the first developments of online mail without system application he did back in 1996.
During the creation process, Google's email service was given the name Cariobu. It was named after the utility Buckheit created for searching for letters in his own mail. Actually, at that time this function was a proprietary feature of Gmail (now there are much more of them).
For the first two months, Paul worked on the email code on his own. And then with assistants. By 2004, the team of creators postal service Google has grown to 10 people.
Throughout its history, Gmail has undergone various metamorphoses - both in code and in external design. Now he holds the honorary title of one of the best emails on the network.
From this article, dear reader, you will learn how to log into Google mail on your computer and mobile devices based on operating rooms Android systems and iOS, how to use additional applications for monitoring emails.
Gmail on computer
1. To log into your account, open the page in your browser - https://mail.google.com/mail/.
Note. If you use Google Chrome, open new tab and click the “block of squares” button. And then select Gmail from the tiled menu that opens.
3. To log into your account, type login ( email address) - "name"@gmail.com. Click Next.
Enter your password and click “Login.”
Monitoring incoming messages
If you use email throughout the workday, turn on desktop notifications. As soon as a new email arrives in your account, a Gmail.com notification will pop up on your display.
This setup is done like this:
Note. First of all, you need to log into your account (log in).
1. In the top panel, on the right, click the “Gear” button.
2. Select Settings.
3. On the “General” tab, in the “Desktop Notifications” section, click on the radio button next to the “Enable notifications about new emails” setting.
Work in your account offline
(Google Chrome Guide)
This option is indispensable when you need to read received letters in your gmail.com mailbox when there is no Internet connection. It is configured as follows:
1. You need to open in your account: the “Gear” icon (the “Menu” button on the right top corner) → Settings.
2. Click the "Offline" tab and follow the "Launch Gmail Offline" link.
3. On the tab that opens, click the “Install” button to connect the add-on for viewing emails offline to the browser.
4. B modal window confirm the command: select “Install application”.
5. To view received emails without an Internet connection:
- in the panel, click “Services”;
- in the tab that opens, select “Gmail Offline”;
- Click the “Enable offline mail” option;
- to log into your profile ( [email protected]) through the addon, click “Continue”.
7. To manage correspondence, click on the “arrow” icon next to the “gear” at the top right. And then click the mouse to select the required function (for example, enter “Unread”).
Browser addon Checker Plus for Gmail
(for Google Chrome)
Allows you to read new emails from gmail.com without opening profile tabs. Supports multiple account management. Uses only the necessary data. Doesn't send confidential information to third parties. Provides the user with the ability to enable voice or audio notification of the receipt of a new letter.
Displays photos of contacts (plus, you can attach your photo to the selected contact). Excellent control of messages by tags. Able to work in background: Even when the browser window is closed, the notification system will still work. Has an option to change the page scale. Additionally, it can be used as a widget for the “Awesome New Tab Page” extension.
To set up a checker add-on for your gmail.com profile, do the following:
1. Click the “Menu” button (three bars) in the browser panel.
2. Go to: “Settings” → “Extensions”.
3. At the bottom of the list of connected addons, click the “More extensions” link.
4. In the online store, in the “Search…” line, type Checker Plus for Gmail.
5. Go to the application page and click “Install”.
6. After connecting, a checker icon will appear in the right corner of the browser. Click it.
9. Click the addon icon again and start working with email.
Gmail on Android devices
To work in a Google mail service account on mobile devices Android devices are used special applications. Let's get to know them better.
Gmail
The “native” messenger of the service was created by Google Inc. Simple, reliable. Instantly notifies you of sent emails. In it you can not only read messages, but also send them. Supports offline work. Equipped with internal search (by address, word). Automatically sorts mail by recipient ( advertising letters, social media). Reliably protects against spam emails: filtered messages are automatically transferred to the Spam folder. Can work with multiple accounts. Including profiles of third-party services that support the POP/IMAP protocol - Mail.ru, Outlook.com, etc.
1. From the home screen of your device, go to the market mobile applications Google Play.
2. In the search line, enter the query - Gmail.
3. Go to the messenger page. Tap “Install”.
4. Allow the application to access device data (identification data, contacts, files and photos): in the window that opens, click “Accept”.
5. Once the download and installation is complete, tap “Open”.
6. In the messenger window, run the “Go to Gmail” command.
7. Use vertical menu and a top bar of buttons for managing messages.
Inbox
A worthy alternative to Gmail. Also developed by Google specialists. Designed to eliminate user stress from a huge flow of emails. Keeps important messages visible and eliminates information clutter. Analyzes correspondence using “smart” algorithms. Informs about all important events: without opening the profile, the user can find out about the status of parcel delivery, transaction confirmation, flight delays.
Automatically groups letters by tags and thereby maintains perfect order in correspondence. It has a reminder function and postpones reading letters until a specified time. Supports instant search emails upon request: very useful when you need to retrieve ticket details or find a friend’s email. 100% integrated with Gmail: has the same user-friendly interface and powerful spam filter.
1. B Google store Play find the Inbox app from Gmail.
2. Tap “Install” and then “Open”.
3. Click the “three stripes” (the button on the left side of the top panel) to open the application control panel (email categories, Spam folder, options).
4. Tap “Settings” to change messenger options (notifications, deletion, shortcuts, etc.).
Setting up Gmail in iOS (iPad, iPhone)
IN operating system iOS connection and authorization in the Gmail mail service account is carried out using standard means:
1. Click the “Settings” icon on the gadget’s desktop.
2. In the panel, select the “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” section.
3. Tap your finger to launch the “Add Account…” command.
4. Select Gmail from the list of services.
7. In the panel that opens, if necessary, you can enable the “Calendars” and “Notes” options.
9. Go to home screen. Click the "Mail" icon.
10. In the window that opens, tap Gmail to go to your mail service account.
Enjoy using Gmail!
Gmail.com (jimail or gmail) is the world's largest email site. He belongs Google search engine. Here you can create an email for free, and also get a Google account with it. And that means Drive, YouTube, Google Play, and access to other services.
1 . Open the website gmail.com. Click on “Create an account” below.
2. Fill out the form on the right side.
First and last name. Here you need to provide your details, preferably real ones. After all, if you suddenly have difficulties logging into the mailbox in the future, then thanks to this information you will be able to regain access. If desired, this data can later be hidden.
Username. A very important field - this will be the name of your mailbox (login). It should consist only of English letters; you can also use numbers and dots. You just need to come up with it and print it.
This is the email address (e-mail) where letters will be sent. This is exactly what you will need to tell the person so that he can send you something.
There may be problems choosing a username. The fact is that each such login is unique - it belongs to only one person. And many names have already been registered, which means they cannot be selected.
Let's say I want to get the umnik login. I type it into the field and press the Enter button on the keyboard. The system does not allow such a name - it says it is too short.
Okay, so I add a couple more letters and press Enter. But Google doesn’t like it again: it turns out that this name has already been taken by someone.
Just below the system shows logins that are free for registration. Google automatically combined them from my first and last name, and also added something similar to what I came up with.
You can choose any of them. But I advise you to work a little more and choose something better - shorter and easier to remember. The fact is that this name will no longer be changed.
Of course, you can then register another mailbox and set up mail forwarding to it from the old address. But why such difficulties if you can immediately choose a normal name.
To simplify the task, after entering the desired login, press the Enter button and see what the system offers. It will show a different free title after each click. Maybe something will do.
If the name is free for registration, then after pressing Enter, the field for entering it will not be highlighted in red.
Many people don't realize at first how important it is to have a good address. Of course, if mail is needed not for correspondence, but for something else (registration in Google Play, for example), then any name will do. But if you plan to receive letters to it, then the address is very, very important.
Ideally, it should be simple and not too long, so that it can be dictated over the phone. Preferably without numbers and dots. And no “babies”, “beauties” and “pussies”!
It’s very funny when a serious guy’s business card says puzatik45.
Password and password confirmation. Here you need to print an alphanumeric code with which you will open your box. It can only contain letters of the English alphabet and numbers, and must be at least eight characters long. It is highly desirable that the letters be of different case (both large and small) - this will make it more difficult for hackers to hack the mailbox.
Be sure to write this password down in a safe place!
It’s been verified: it’s forgotten instantly, but you simply won’t be able to log into your email without it.
Date of birth, gender. These fields are also required. Information from them will not be used anywhere. As with the first/last name, it is better to indicate your real data. This will make it easier to regain access to the mailbox if problems arise with logging in.
Other information. Mobile phone, spare email address. mail and country - this data may not be specified.
3. After filling in all required fields, click “Next”. If the system does not let you in, it means that some field is not filled in as it should. It will be highlighted in red, and just below it will be written what is wrong with it.
4 . A window will appear in which the conditions for registering with gmail.com will be written. They must be accepted, otherwise you will not receive the box.
The “I Accept” button will become available only after you have read them.
That's all! The mailbox is registered and Google is happy to provide its address. We write it down in a safe place and click on “Go to Gmail service».
Immediately after this, your new mail will open.
E-mail address
If you carefully read what I said before, you should remember the username. I said that this is exactly your email address. But this is not entirely true: every mail on the Internet has one more part in addition to the login. In the case of Google, this is @gmail.com
It turns out that the correct name of the email account consists of the username (login) and the prefix @gmail.com. And this address must be one continuous word without spaces. There is no period at the end.
An example of a correctly written address:
This is the full name that needs to be dictated to people, written on business cards, websites and other places. If you give a person only a shortened version, he will not be able to send the letter - it simply will not arrive. But only the address must be your own, and not the one written in this picture :)
How to find out your mailbox address
Once you are in your new box, Google welcomes you and briefly talks about the capabilities of mail. We close this window - it will not appear again.
To find out your email address on Gmail, you need to click on the icon with the letter of your name at the top right. A small window will appear where it will be written.
How to log in to your email after registration
Okay, we have a box. But how to get into it after a while: a day, two, a month, a year...
It's very simple: usually an Internet program (browser) remembers the data from the mail and downloads it automatically. You only need to open Google website, and in the upper right corner click on the picture with small squares, where you select the mail icon.
Immediately after this, your mailbox should open with new and old letters. And if suddenly the Internet program forgets the data from the mail, then you will need to enter it.
Why do you need a Gmail email account?
Of course, first of all, mail is needed to send and receive emails. In addition to text, you can send documents, photos and other files.
Mail.ru- the most popular postal service Internet in the CIS. The resource also includes thematic news sections, social networks, a messenger and a search engine. Nice mailbox interface and easy setup allows him to bypass similar Google services and Yandex.
Mail.ru service portal - Home page
Registration
When registering, we indicate personal data, a phone number to restore access, if the password is lost or forgotten, we select which of the service domains your mailbox will be located on -
- mail.ru;
- list.ru;
- bk.ru;
- inbox.ru.
When specifying the mailbox name, you can view which name options the service has generated for you as a hint. You can choose one of the proposed options or enter your own.
Registration form: Be sure to indicate your phone number by first selecting your country of residence.
You can have several mailboxes at once and connect them to one, not even necessarily just mail.ru. This way you can view all your mail from one account. To do this, go to the top panel “More => Settings => Mail from other mailboxes” and add already registered email accounts:
- Yahoo
- Gmail
- Yandex
- Outlook, etc.
Just click the “Add Mailbox” button and enter your email address
Decor
To make yours unique Mailbox You can select a ready-made theme in the tab on the top panel, which is called “Themes”. Choose and install, try and reinstall as much as your heart desires.
You can choose any theme or color as the background.
There is one more aspect of the letter design that it is advisable to customize - this is your signature at the bottom of the letter. This is what the recipient usually sees at the end like “Sincerely, Ivan Ivanov.” This can be written in “More => Settings =>Name and signature” and the signature will be automatically added to every letter.
You can use your original signature if you are not conducting official correspondence.
You can also configure how the response will be sent - with or without the contents of the received letter - “More => Settings => Working with emails”. Just leave or uncheck the “Sending emails” section. There are many more useful parameters that make working with the box easier:
- Adding new contacts to the Address Book.
- Displaying incoming emails in a folder.
- Grouping of letters.
As you can see, in this tab you can create, delete, edit and clean folders.
Working with folders
For better mail organization, sometimes you need additional folders. You can create a new one by clicking on the list of folders right click mice. It can become an archive, a subfolder of an existing folder, store important information and be password protected, or serve for separate correspondence.
Can be used to create a blacklist.
Mail.ru mail settings are not at all complicated. You may also be interested in the Notifications and Autoresponder tabs. You can configure them yourself.
To work with Gmail, you need to create a Google account.
How to create a google account?
Google account – allows you to use all Google services without additional registration.
To log in to any of them, you must enter your account username and password.
gmail.com - mail login to email - login and password.
If you have already created account in google on a tablet, phone, or used gmail, google+ or youtube services, then you already have a google account. Using the username and password you already have, you can sign in to any new Google service.
Otherwise, create a new account.
gmail - anyone can register a free mailbox on the Google server - gmail mail.
To register for mail server gmail go to page -
Or page - login – google accounts. by clicking on the link - Create an account
(if you already have a google account, you can sign in here.)
To create your own unique email address on Gmail - Google's free email service
[email protected]([email protected]),
You need to come up with and enter into the fields of the registration form in google services - first name, last name, username, password, date of birth. For example:
aleks petrov
[email protected] *
aleks44412
(Keep in mind that the username you choose may already be taken, so you may have to come up with a different one.)
The password can use letters (in different cases), numbers and other symbols. The minimum password length is eight characters. Do not use passwords from other sites or words such as "password", "password", or combinations of consecutive characters such as "qwerty", "qazwsx", "abcd1234". when entering simple passwords a message will be displayed -
this password is very common. protect your account from hacking - come up with a more complex password.
To avoid asking questions on the help forum: I can’t log into gmail, I forgot my gmail login and password...
Be sure to save your gmail login and password in a notebook.
Enter data in all fields of the registration form and click on the button - Next
It is not necessary to provide a backup email address.
If you did not enter a phone number in the account registration form, then next page will be required to do this.
Google account verification via SMS
click on the icon - ( google apps) and then mail -
gmail mail login from another computer.
Gmail supports two-factor authentication.
When logging into your account from a new device, you will have to enter not only your name and password, but also a verification code.
This is a six digit combination (after g-), which is sent to the phone via SMS or using voice message- g-297979
If you log into gmail from another computer, then
confirm that it is you
You signed in to your account differently than usual. confirm
what is it you do by completing the task below.
Enter your phone number to receive
confirmation code via SMS or
via voice call
Enter confirmation code
SMS with confirmation code sent to +79374709535
Here, taking care of your account recovery, try to get additional phone numbers and email addresses out.
“If you forget your password or become a victim of hacking, you will not be able to regain access to your account without a phone number and an additional email address.”
You don't have to add an additional phone number or a backup email address.
Click on the button - Finish
Click on the - (google apps) icon and select - gmail mail.
In folder - Inbox, your Gmail, you will see a message -
You are signed in to your account from a Windows device using the Firefox app.
Security Alerts:
Google will notify you if your account information changes.
your account is logged in with windows devices through firefox application
Hello!
to your account [email protected]* logged in via firefox
on a windows device.
aleks petrov
[email protected] *
windows
Friday, January 13, 2017, 8:53 (Yekaterinburg, standard time)
Yekaterinburg, Russia* firefox
You didn't do this?
view a list of recently used devices.
This email was sent because Google takes security seriously and wants you to be aware of your account activity. It was not possible to determine whether you have previously signed in to your account through this browser or device. You may have logged in for the first time on a new computer, phone, or browser. in addition, you could view mail while in incognito mode, or simply delete cookies. if you haven't done anything like this, there's a high chance that your account has been hacked.
Additional information can be found in the google accounts help center.
Checking your mailbox on Gmail.com
Attention! If you have a personal gmail address (ends with gmail.com), the location of the dots in it does not matter.
If you use dots in your username, you may receive messages sent to an address that is similar to yours, but differs in the number or placement of dots.
all messages sent to these addresses will go to one user:
Click on the - (google apps) icon and select - Gmail.
From folder - Inbox by clicking on - Write
Write and send the letter to your Gmail address.
In folder Inbox, click on the line - first test message.
And read the letter you sent to yourself.
Your Gmail email address is working.
Gmail login - problems?
If you forgot your password, can't remember your gmail login username or email address, remember your username and password, but can't login to your google account.
The only way to restore access to your google account is the form on the page - find your google account. try checking for desktop computer, which you use most often and the one you used when registering your account, find your google account
To confirm that the Google account belongs to you, you will need to answer questions.
Google account recovery form - find account
Enter your gmail email address
([email protected]),
which you use to sign in to your google account.
google - create a data archive. how to download your data?
You can export and download data from google products (such as gmail, calendar or google photos) for local storage or use in other services.
Go to the page - My account and click on the link - Content Management.
On the page - google - my account, In chapter - Downloading and transferring data
click on the link - create an archive.
Select data
Select google services and change settings for each of them. The archive with service data will be available only to you.
- Specify the data from which Google services you want to export. to see detailed information And additional settings, click on the arrow icon
Select to save account details
file format - zip
Select a method for receiving the archive
method of obtaining - follow the link
and click on the button - Create archive
Attention. To create an archive, depending on the amount of information in your account, it takes from 5 - 10 minutes to several hours (and sometimes days).
Over time, the volume of information on the 14 services of your Google account will reach tens of gigabytes (15 GB can be stored on Google Drive alone).
When the archive is created, you will be sent an email with a link to download it.
As a rule, a link to download the archive is sent on the day of the request.
There is no need to wait until the archive is created.
In the folder - Inbox, Gmail, open the message -
Data export - data archive is ready.
Your account is your data.
archive google data, requested on January 19, 2017, is ready.
The archive contains data from the following services:
groups, tasks, bookmarks, search history, maps (your reviews and places), fit, google photos, hangouts, hangouts live, keep, gmail, contacts, drive and google play books.
The archive can be downloaded until January 26, 2017.
In the received letter, click - Download archive.
Enter the password for your gmail mailbox. again.
On the page - data export: archives, read the warnings and click - download.
If you decide to upload your photos, documents or other files to any online service, be sure to check if you can then download them back to your computer. Perhaps one day you will stop using the service, but your files will remain there. Do not download your archives on public computers or upload them where other users can see them.
After downloading the data, you can change your account settings or delete it at myaccount.google.com.
Note. Content from Google Play Music is not included in the archive. you can download it using the download manager.
Save the archive in a safe place on your computer,
where there is enough free space.
If strangers have access to your computer, export the data to Google Drive or other storage that only you can use.
Gmail.com is an example of an email service. Therefore, I created my personal, main mailbox on Gmail.com, although by that time I had about five e-mail addresses from other mail services.
I love the ease of use, reliability, and capacity of my Gmail.com inbox. By registering a mailbox on Gmail, you get the opportunity, with the same login and password, to access other Google services: the most popular video hosting YouTube, calendar, Google Docs and many other useful services.
Registering with Gmail.com
To register for Gmail in Russian, go to the official website https://mail.google.com.
The Google Account login window will appear.
In order to log in, you need to enter a number mobile phone or email address specified during registration. But since you are not registered yet, click the More options link 
From the options provided, select Create an account.
A page will open with a form that you must fill out. 
We fill out the form.
- What is your name. Here I advise you to indicate your real First and Last Name. Because other Google services, including those on your smartphone, will be associated with this account. I think this will be your main inbox for a long time! If you need a temporary mailbox, then you can follow my tutorial in a few minutes.
- Create a username. This will be the name of your mailbox and login to your account. You will have to work hard to find a clear and memorable name. After all, names like olga, nina, ivan have been taken for a long time. Substitute names, and the system will tell you whether this name is occupied or free. To create a name, you can use letters of the Latin alphabet, numbers and dots.
- Create a password. The password must have at least eight characters. For security reasons, it is not recommended to use passwords from other sites.
- Confirm the password. To make sure you entered the password correctly, enter the password again. If the system displays that the passwords do not match, check whether the keyboard layout is set correctly. There must be Latin letters, not Russian.
- Date of Birth. Select from the drop-down list.
- Floor. Selected from the list.
- Mobile phone number - necessary for more reliable account protection. If important documents are stored in your mailbox, you can allow login to your account only after receiving an SMS with a password on your mobile phone. Also, if you forget your password, you can request an SMS with a code to change your password.
- A spare email address is necessary for more reliable account protection. For example, if suspicious activities are noticed in your account, the gmail administration will be able to send an alert to this address.
- Make Google mine home page. If you check the box, then when you open the browser, it will always appear search system Google. But many users make their favorite site their home page. Then, you don’t need to check the box here, otherwise your page will be replaced with a Google page.
- A country. Select the country in which you currently live from the list.
After filling out the form, click Next. 
The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use page opens. Read (scroll down the page) and click the “I Accept” button. 
The "Verify your account" window will open. Enter your mobile phone number and click the "Continue" button. 
A window will appear to enter the Confirmation Code, which will be sent to you via SMS. If the code does not arrive within 15 minutes, try again. I managed to complete the registration the third time. After entering the code, click the Continue button. 
You will be congratulated on your successful registration and asked to log into your Gmail account. Click the "Go to Gmail service" button and start getting acquainted with your new mailbox. 
You will see buttons that you can click to select a theme ( appearance) your his mail account, change (add) the main photo of your profile, import addresses and mail from another mail account. By the way, in your new mailbox there will already be a letter from Google describing the possibilities Google account. And by clicking the “How to use Gmail” button, you will learn all the features of working with this email service.
Video: how to register with Gmail - create a profile on Google
The video clearly shows:
- How to register with Gmail and gain access to all Google services;
- how to create folders,
- how to sort emails into folders,
- how to prepare a signature for letters,
- how to add files to letters,
- how to switch to other Google services?
Login to gmail.com
If you have already registered, then to log into Gmail, click the link mail.google.com
In the window that opens (Fig. 1), enter the Email or mobile phone number associated with your account and click Next. By the way, you can enter not the entire email address, but only the login - without @gmail.com
A password entry field will appear. Enter your password, click "Next" and your mailbox will open in front of you.
Sign in to other Google services
By registering with your email, you can use this username and password to log into any Google service. 
While in your Gmail account, in the upper right corner, click the square (shown by the red arrow). A window with many buttons will open (see Figure 5). By clicking the desired button, you will be taken to the most popular Google services: Calendar, YouTube, Search, Maps.
And by clicking the link More, you will see buttons to other Google services, for example, Docs.