>>>GoFurther:GmailsHaveExtraOptions
IfyouarereceivingemailinyourGmailInbox,youwillhaveafewextraoptionsthatare
specifictoGmail.YouwillbeabletoarchiveanemailaswellassendittoTrash.Youwillalso
beabletomarkanemailasimportant,mutetheemailconversation,reportanemailasspam,and
reportanemailasaphishingscam.Whenyoumuteaconversation,youwillnolongerseeany
emailsinthatconversation(oremailthread).Formoreinformationonprintingemails,andan
explanationonwhatanimportantemailis,seethenotesandGoFurthersidebarslaterinthe
chapter.
>>>GoFurther:HowDoIPrintEmails?
Whenyouchoosetoprintanemail,theprintdialogenablesyoutochoosetoprinttheemailtoa
PDF,whichturnstheemailintoaPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)file,ortoprinttheemailto
anyprintersyouhavepreviouslyconnectedtoGoogleCloudPrintusingyourdesktopChrome
webbrowser.TolearnmoreabouthowtoconnectyourprinterstoyourGoogleCloudPrint
account,lookattheinstructionsathttps://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1069693?hl=en.
WhatIsImportant?
Gmailtriestoautomaticallyfigureoutwhichoftheemailsyoureceiveareimportant.Asit
learns,itmightsometimesbewrong.Ifanemailismarkedasimportantbutitisnotimportant,
youcanmanuallychangethestatusto“notimportant.”Importantemailshaveayellowarrow
whereasemailsthatarenotimportanthaveacleararrow.Allemailsmarkedas“important”are
alsogiventhePriorityInboxlabel.
WhatHappenstoYourSpamorPhishingEmails?
WhenyoumarkanemailinGmailasspamorasaphishingscam,twothingshappen.First,it
getsalabelcalledSpam.Second,acopyofthatemailissenttoGmail’sspamserverssothatthey
arenowawareofapossiblenewspamemailthatiscirculatingaroundtheInternet.Basedon
whattheserversseeforallGmailusers,theyblocktheemailsthathavebeenmarkedasspam
andphishingemailsfromreachingotherGmailusers.Sothebottomlineisthatyoushould
alwaysmarkspamemailsbecauseithelpsallofus.
CustomizeGmailAppSettings
YoucancustomizethewaytheGmailappworks,andyoucanalsocustomizehoweachindependent
emailaccountfunctions.
1.Swipeinfromtheleftandtapthecurrentemailaccounttorevealitsfolders.