Gmail

Alphabet's messaging service

Gmail is Google's free email service, launched in 2004 and now one of the world's most widely used email platforms.

The name combines Google with mail.

I'll send it to your Gmail.

Check your Gmail.

Sometimes used loosely to mean any email: Did you get my Gmail?

email

compose

Create or arrange

draft · forward · reply · subject line · signature · thread · recipient · sender · body · send

interface

labels

Identifying markers attached to items

starred · important · snooze · search · tabs · settings · themes · undo send · keyboard shortcuts

Google

Alphabet

Google's parent corporation

Google Calendar · Google Meet · Android · Google Play · search engine · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · DeepMind · YouTube

security

spam

Unsolicited bulk messages

block · report · suspicious · verification · password · recovery · hacked · spoofing · quarantine · authentication

protocol

IMAP

Email retrieval standard

  • POP3Email retrieval standard
  • SMTPEmail transmission protocol
  • syncCoordinate timing or data

server · encryption · two-factor authentication · OAuth · backup · export · forwarding · client · fetch · push notifications

competitors

Outlook

Microsoft email application

Hotmail

Categories
Opposites
competing email services

GmailProtonMail

Encrypted email platform

Outlook · Yahoo Mail · Hotmail · encrypted email · Signal

communication method

Gmailsnail mail

Physical letter delivery

telephone call · fax · telegram · carrier pigeon

Family

email, emails, emailing, emailed, e-mail, e-mails, e-mailing, emailers, emailer

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G