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Gmail
tive application, although BlackBerry users can continue
to access Gmail through the mobile web app in their
BlackBerry web browser.[16]
Features
Storage
A screenshot of a Gmail inbox
Developer(s) Google
Gmail’s log-in page (September 2011)
Initial release April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)
Platform Google Closure Tools (JavaScript) The Gmail service currently provides more than 7 GB of
free storage per account.[17] Users can rent additional
Available in Multi-lingual (54) storage (shared between Picasa Web Albums, Google Docs
Type POP3, IMAP, E-mail, Webmail and Gmail) from 20 GB (US$5/year) to 16 TB (US$4096/
year).[18][19][20][21]
License Proprietary
On April 1, 2005, the first anniversary of Gmail,
Website mail.google.com Google announced the increase from 1 GB. Georges Harik,
the product management director for Gmail, stated that
Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service pro- Google would "keep giving people more space forev-
vided by Google.[1] Users may access Gmail as secure er."[22]
webmail,[2] as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols.[3][4]
Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on Gmail Labs
April 1, 2004[5] and it became available to the general The Gmail Labs feature, introduced on June 5, 2008, al-
public on February 7, 2007, though still in beta status at lows users to test new or experimental features of Gmail,
that time.[6] The service was upgraded from beta status such as bookmarking of important email messages, cus-
on July 7, 2009, along with the rest of the Google Apps tom keyboard shortcuts and games. Users can enable or
suite.[7][8] disable Labs features selectively and provide feedback
With an initial storage capacity offer of 1 GB per user, about each of them. This allows Gmail engineers to ob-
Gmail significantly increased the webmail standard for tain user input about new features to improve them and
free storage from the 2 to 4 MB its competitors such also to assess their popularity and whether they merit
as Hotmail offered at that time.[9] Individual Gmail mes- developing into regular Gmail features. All Labs features
sages, including attachments, may be up to 25 MB,[10] are experimental and are subject to termination at any
which is larger than many other mail services support. time.[23]
Gmail has a search-oriented interface and a "conversa-
tion view" similar to an Internet forum. Gmail is noted by Spam filter
web developers for its pioneering use of AJAX.[11] Gmail
Gmail’s spam filtering features a community-driven sys-
runs on Google GFE/2.0 on Linux.[12][13][14] As of October
tem: when any user marks an email as spam, this pro-
2011, it had 260 million users worldwide.[15]
vides information to help the system identify similar fu-
Google has announced that starting November 22,
ture messages for all Gmail users.[24] Users may tune the
2011 they will not support the Gmail for BlackBerry na-
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system to allow mail marked as spam to be handled in matically to Gmail website users who are signed in using
particular ways.[25] the device’s Safari browser; they may choose to revert to
the traditional layout or use the native IMAP client. [30]
Gmail Mobile A new Gmail gadget for iGoogle uses interface ele-
Gmail Mobile is a version of Google’s Gmail email service. ments from Gmail mobile, which includes the two pane
It is a free service, developed to provide access to Gmail layout.[31]
from mobile devices such as cell phones, or smartphones.
Gmail Mobile offers many of the features as Gmail de- Google Buzz
livered effectively to smaller, mobile screens. Users have Main article: Google Buzz
the ability to compose, read, archive, reply, forward, On February 9, 2010, Google commenced their new ser-
mark unread, add a star, add custom labels or trash email vice, Google Buzz, which integrates with Gmail allowing
messages.[26] On September 22, 2009 Google brought users to share links and media, as well as status up-
Push Mail support to its Gmail service using Google Sync dates.[32] Buzz was launched with an automatic opt-in,
for iPhone and iPod Touch platforms.[27] causing an uproar in the Gmail community which led
Google to quickly undo its initial moves.[33]
Google Voice in Gmail chat
Main article: Google Voice
In August 2010, Google released a plugin that provides
integrated telephone service within Gmail’s Google Chat
interface. This service initially lacked an official name,
with Google referring to it as "Google Voice in Gmail
chat" and also "Call Phones in Gmail",[34][35][36] but is
now called Google Video and Voice Chat. The service al-
lows people to make free calls from their Gmail account
to U.S. and Canada, at least through the end of 2011.[37]
Gmail account users can also call other countries on a fee
basis.[38]
The service logged over 1 million calls in 24 hours on
26 August 2010.[38]
Offline Google Mail
On August 31, 2011, it was announced on the Official
Gmail Blog that Offline Google Mail was launched as a
Chrome web app at the Google Chrome Web Store. This
HTML5-powered app is based on the Gmail web app on
tablets. On April 11, 2011 Google engineer Sundar Pichai
revealed that Google employees had been testing the app
Screenshot of Gmail Mobile
together with offline versions of Google Docs and Google
Calendar for months and that the apps would be
In order to use the service a user will need a Gmail
launched in the summer of 2011.[39]
account and a mobile device that meets the following re-
quirements:
• It must have Internet access and a WAP enabled web Interface
browser Main article: Gmail interface
• It must be XHTML compliant The Gmail interface differs from other Webmail systems
• It must have cookies enabled and the mobile with its focus on search and its "conversation view" of
network must also allow cookies to be set email, grouping several replies onto a single page.
• It must allow SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) traffic.[28] Gmail’s user-experience designer, Kevin Fox, intended
Gmail Mobile was released on December 16, 2005, and is users to feel as if they were always on one page and just
available in more than 40 languages.[29] changing things on that page, rather than having to nav-
igate to other places.[40]
Gmail on iPad
On April 3, 2010, Google announced a new two-pane lay-
out designed specifically for the iPad. It is delivered auto-
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One of the reasons we’re offering this new
way to sign up for Gmail is to help protect
our users and combat abuse. Spam and abuse
protection are two things we take very seri-
ously, and our users have been very happy
with the small amount of spam they’ve re-
ceived in Gmail. We take many measures to
ensure that spammers have a difficult time
sending their spam messages, getting these
messages delivered, or even obtaining a Gmail
address (spammers will often use many differ-
The "Google+" Project’s Preview UI ent addresses to send spam). Sending invita-
(available in the "themes" menu) tion codes to mobile phones is one way to ad-
dress this, as the number of addresses created
History per phone number can be limited.[45]
Main article: History of Gmail In some cases, Google may allow a certain number of ac-
The idea for Gmail was pitched by Rajen Sheth during counts to be created per IP address without requiring a
an interview with Google,[41] and went on to be devel- phone number. In certain countries, one can also request
oped by Paul Buchheit several years before it was an- a voice call with a verification code as an alternative to
nounced to the public. Initially the email client was avail- the text message. Voice calls are only available during
able for use only by Google employees internally. Google certain hours and will not be listed as an option outside
announced Gmail to the public on April 1, 2004.[42] IMAP those hours.[citation needed]
support was added on October 24, 2007.[3]
Gmail hoaxes
Domain name history See also: Google’s hoaxes
Before its acquisition by Google, the gmail.com domain
name was used by a free email service offered by Gmail Paper hoax
Garfield.com, online home of the comic strip Garfield. On April Fools’ Day 2007, Google made fun of Gmail by in-
After moving to a different domain, that service has since troducing "Gmail Paper", where a user could click a but-
been discontinued.[43] ton and Gmail would purportedly mail an ad-supported
As of June 22, 2005 (2005 -06-22), Gmail’s canonical paper copy email archive for free.[46]
URI changed from http://gmail.google.com/gmail/ to
http://mail.google.com/mail/.[44] As of November 2010, Gmail Custom Time hoax
those who typed in the former URI were redirected to the
On April Fools’ Day 2008 Google introduced a fake service,
latter.
"Gmail Custom Time", which would allegedly allow a user
to send up to ten emails per year with forged timestamps.
Requirement for mobile phone The hoax stated that by bending spacetime on the Google
servers, the emails actually get routed through the
number fourth dimension of time itself before reaching their in-
When attempting to create a Gmail account from some tended recipient.[47][48]
countries, Google requires a mobile phone number that
supports text messaging. In other countries this is not Gmail Autopilot hoax
required for sign-up, according to Google due to service On April Fools’ Day 2009 Google introduced a service
limitations.[45] called Gmail Autopilot by CADIE.[49] According to Google,
Google explains this: the service purported to automatically read and respond
to emails for the user. It appeared to work by analyzing
If you’d like to sign up for a Gmail address, you messages for the emotions expressed in the message and
need to have a mobile phone that has text- either providing advice to the user or automatically re-
messaging capabilities. sponding to the message.
If you don’t have a phone, you may want to ask a
friend if you can use his or her number to receive a Gmail Motion hoax
code.
On April Fools’ Day 2011 Google introduced a service
called Gmail Motion which allowed users to navigate
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emails, send and even dictate messages through the server-side content scanning in order to check for
user’s physical actions using webcams. For example, to spam.[62][63][64]
send an email, the user would perform the action of lick- In 2004 privacy advocates also regard the lack of dis-
ing a stamp, and posting it. After the user signed up, they closed data retention and correlation policies as prob-
would be directed to an "April Fools’" message.[50][51] lematic. Google has the ability to combine information
contained in a person’s email messages with information
Code changes from Internet searches. Google has not confirmed how
long such information is kept or how it can be used. One
Gmail’s JavaScript was rewritten in the middle of 2007 of the concerns is that it could be of interest to law en-
and was released to users starting on October 29, 2007. forcement agencies. More than 30 privacy and civil lib-
The new version had a redesigned contacts section, quick erties organizations have urged Google to suspend Gmail
contacts box and chat popups, which were added to service until these issues are resolved.[65]
names in the message list as well as the contact list. The Gmail’s privacy policy used to contain the clause:
contacts application is integrated into other Google ser- "residual copies of deleted messages and accounts may
vices, such as Google Docs. Users granted access to the take up to 60 days to be deleted from our active servers
new version were given a link at the top-right corner and may remain in our offline backup systems". How-
which read "Newer Version". As of December 2007, most ever, this statement does not appear in Gmail’s current
new registrations in English (US) along with most pre- privacy policy. Less specifically, Google have stated that
existing accounts are given the new interface by default they will "make reasonable efforts to remove deleted in-
when supported. There remains the option to downgrade formation from our systems as quickly as is practi-
via a link labelled "Older Version".[52][53][54][55] cal."[66][67] Google points out that Gmail adheres to most
These coding changes mean that only users of In- industry-wide practices.[citation needed]
ternet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Google Chrome and Safari Google defends its position by citing their use of
3.0 (or more recent versions) are officially supported by email-scanning to the user’s benefit. Google states that
Gmail and can fully use the new code. Opera 9.5 and more Gmail refrains from displaying ads next to potentially
recent versions are not officially tested but are expect- sensitive messages such as those that mention tragedy,
ed to "work with all of Gmail’s features". Internet Explor- catastrophe, or death.[68]
er 5.5+, Netscape 7.1+, Mozilla 1.4+, Firefox 0.8, Safari 1.3 Gmail accounts of human rights activists in China
and some other browsers will give limited functionality. were hacked in sophisticated attacks — thought to use
Other browsers may be redirected to the basic-HTML-on- phishing and exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explor-
ly version of Gmail.[54][56][57][58][59] er[69][70][71] — in late 2009. Any (web mail or other) mail
During the week of January 18, 2008, Google released system which stores and retains user’s email contents is
an update that changed the way Gmail loads JavaScript. an attractive target for such attacks, but Gmail is popular
This caused the failure of some third-party exten- with security-conscious users because of its early HTTPS
sions.[60] secure (encrypted) connection support, and its more-re-
On December 12, 2008, Gmail added support for faster cent HTTPS-only default setting.[2][72]
PDF viewing within the browser.[61] The launch of Google Buzz as an opt-out social net-
work immediately drew criticism for violating user pri-
Criticism vacy because it automatically allowed Gmail users’ con-
tacts to view their other contacts.[73][74]
Privacy Technical limitations
Google automatically scans emails to add context-sen-
Gmail does not allow users to send or receive executable
sitive advertisements to them. Privacy advocates raised
files or archives containing executable files if it recog-
concerns that the plan involved scanning their personal,
nizes the file extension as one used for executable files or
assumed private, emails, and that this was a security
archives.[75][76]
problem. Allowing email content to be read, even by a
By design, Gmail does not deliver all of a user’s
computer, raises the risk that the expectation of privacy
emails. When downloading mail through POP or IMAP ac-
in email will be reduced. Furthermore, email that non-
cess, Gmail fails to deliver messages that users have sent
subscribers choose to send to Gmail accounts is scanned
to themselves if the client has a copy of it already.[77] It
by Gmail as well, even though those senders never agreed
also does not deliver to a user’s inbox (via any access in-
to Gmail’s terms of service or privacy policy. Google can
terface) those messages that users have sent to mailing
change its privacy policy unilaterally and Google is tech-
lists and which they might expect to receive back via the
nically able to cross-reference cookies across its
mailing list.[78]
information-rich product line to make dossiers on in-
dividuals. However, most email systems make use of
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Before September 29, 2010, Gmail sorted email only • "Using file-sharing or file-storage software, browser
by conversations (threads), which can be a problem for extensions, or third party software that
large conversations. For example, if a user sends a query automatically logs in to your account."[87]
to a large group of people, all of the responses are stored • "Leaving multiple instances of Gmail open."[87]
in a single conversation that is impossible to break apart. • "Browser-related issues. Please note that if you find
There is no way to search for responses from one user your browser continually reloading while attempting
without getting the entire conversation. While deletion to access your Inbox, it’s probably a browser issue,
of individual emails is possible, most operations, such as and it may be necessary to clear your browser’s
archiving and labeling, can be performed only on whole cache and cookies."[87]
conversations. Conversations cannot be split up or com-
bined.[79] As a result of complaints from some users, On behalf of
Google made conversation view optional starting Prior to July 2009, any email sent through the Gmail in-
September 29, 2010.[80] terface included the Gmail.com address as the "sender",
even if it was sent with a custom email address as "from".
Outages For example, an email sent with an external "from" ad-
Gmail has been unavailable on several occasions. On Fe- dress using Gmail could be displayed to a receiving email
bruary 24, 2009, the Gmail service was offline for 2 hours client user as From user@gmail.com on behalf of
and 30 minutes, preventing millions of users from ac- user@OtherDomainEmailAddress.com (the display used by
cessing their accounts. People who rely entirely on Gmail versions of Microsoft Outlook). By exposing the Gmail ad-
for business purposes complained about these out- dress, Google claimed that this would "help prevent mail
ages.[81][82] Another outage occurred on September 1, from being marked as spam".[88] A number of Gmail users
2009. Later that day, a Google vice president, Ben complained that this implementation was both a privacy
Treynor, explained that the problem, which ultimately concern and a professionalism problem.[89]
resulted in about 100 minutes of outage, was caused by On July 30, 2009, Gmail announced an update to re-
overloaded routers, triggered by a routine configuration solve this issue.[90] The updated custom ’From:’ feature al-
change which added more router load than expected. lows users to send messages from Gmail using a custom
Treynor wrote, "Gmail remains more than 99.9% avail- SMTP server, instead of Gmail’s.[91] However, the issue is
able to all users, and we’re committed to keeping events still present for users whose custom email address is a
like today’s notable for their rarity."[83][84] second Gmail account, rather than an account on a sepa-
In 2009, Google continued to experience outages rate domain.[92]
across its network, leaving users without access to their
email, calendars, and virtual files.[85]
Key outage dates include:[85]
Reception
• February 27/28, 2011: Gmail outage[86]
• September 24, 2009: Gmail outage Awards
• September 1, 2009: Gmail outage Gmail was ranked second in PC World’s "100 Best Products
• May 14, 2009: Google network outage of 2005", behind Mozilla Firefox. Gmail also won ’Honor-
• March 9, 2009: Gmail outage able Mention’ in the Bottom Line Design Awards
• August 7, 2008: Gmail and Google Apps outage 2005.[93][94] In September 2006, Forbes magazine de-
clared Gmail as the best webmail.[95] In November 2006,
Twenty-four hour lockdowns Gmail received PC World’s 4 star rating.[96]
If an algorithm detects what Google calls "abnormal us- Gmail has drawn many favorable reviews from users
age that may indicate that your account has been com- for generous space quotas and unique organization. [97]
promised", the account can be automatically locked
down for between one minute and 24 hours, depending Trademark disputes
on the type of activity detected. Listed reasons for a lock-
down include:[87] Germany
• "Receiving, deleting, or downloading large amounts
of mail via POP or IMAP in a short period of time. If
you’re getting the error message, ’Lockdown in
Sector 4,’ you should be able to access Gmail again
after waiting 24 hours."[87]
• "Sending a large number of undeliverable messages The present Google Mail logo
(messages that bounce back)."[87]
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The gmail.ru domain name dates from January 27,
2003.[104]
United Kingdom
On October 19, 2005, Google voluntarily converted the
United Kingdom version of Gmail to Google Mail because
of a dispute with the UK company Independent Interna-
tional Investment Research.[105][106]
The former Google Mail logo
Users who registered before the switch to Google
Mail were able to keep their Gmail address, although the
On July 4, 2005 Google announced that Gmail Deutschland Gmail logo was replaced with a Google Mail logo. Users
would be rebranded as Google Mail. The domain who signed up after the name change receive a
gmail.com is unavailable in Germany due to trade- googlemail.com address, although a reverse of ei-
mark disputes, in which cases users must use the domain ther in the sent email will still deliver it to the same
googlemail.com.[98] From that point forward, visi- place.
tors originating from an IP address determined to be in In September 2009 Google began to change the brand-
Germany would be forwarded to googlemail.com ing of UK accounts back to Gmail following the resolution
where they could obtain an email address containing the of the trademark dispute.[107]
new domain.[99] Any German user who wants a On May 3, 2010, Google announced that they would
gmail.com address must sign up for an account start to phase out the googlemail.com domain in the
through a proxy. German users who were already reg- UK. Existing users will get the option to switch to
istered were allowed to keep their old addresses.[citation gmail.com, while new users will be given a
needed]
gmail.com address by default.[108] This also required
The domains are interchangeable so users obliged to Android phone users to perform a factory reset (requir-
use the googlemail.com domain are unable to select ing a back-up to prevent data loss) to restore phone func-
addresses already chosen by gmail.com users.[99] In- tionality.[109]
bound emails sent to either googlemail.com or
gmail.com addresses will reach the user. When reg-
istering for an online service, Google Mail users must Competition
use the googlemail.com form of their email address See also: Comparison of webmail providers
to ensure that any administrative emails they send to After Gmail’s initial development and launch, many ex-
the service, such as confirmation messages, are recog- isting web mail services quickly increased their storage
nized.[99] capacity.[110]
The German naming issue is due to a trademark dis- For example, Hotmail increased space for some users
pute between Google and Daniel Giersch, who owns a from 2 MB to 25 MB, with 250 MB after 30 days, and 2 GB
German company called "G-mail" which provides the ser- for Hotmail Plus accounts. Yahoo! Mail went from 4 MB
vice of printing out email from senders and sending the to 100 MB and 2 GB for Yahoo! Mail Plus accounts. Ya-
print-out via postal mail to the intended recipients. On hoo! Mail storage then increased to 250 MB and in late
January 30, 2007, the EU’s Office for Harmonization in the April 2005 to 1 GB. Yahoo! Mail announced that it would
Internal Market ruled in favor of Giersch.[100] be providing "unlimited" storage to all its users in March
Google spoofed "offering" the same service in the 2007 and began providing it in May 2007.[111] Gawab.com
Gmail Paper April Fool’s Day joke in 2007.[101] was the first email provider who offered free 2 GB space
for email account.[citation needed]
Poland These were all seen as moves to stop existing users
In February 2007 Google filed legal action against the from switching to Gmail and to capitalize on the newly
owners of gmail.pl, a poet group known in full as Gru- rekindled public interest in web mail services. The desire
pa Młodych Artystów i Literatów abbreviated GMAiL (liter- to catch up was especially noted in the case of MSN’s Hot-
ally, "Group of Young Artists and Writers").[102] This law- mail, which upgraded its email storage from 250 MB to
suit was lost and the website today remains the writers’ the new Windows Live Hotmail which includes 5 GB of
website.[citation needed] storage that grows with you (expands if necessary). In
November 2006, MSN Hotmail upgraded all free accounts
Russian Federation to 1 GB of storage.[112]
In June 2005, AOL started providing all AIM screen
A Russian paid mail redirect service called gmail.ru
names with their own email accounts with 2 GB of stor-
owns the "Gmail" trademark in the Russian Federa-
age.[113]
tion.[103]
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