Category: Email
Email Folders Terminology
In the old world I grew up in, email could be sorted into folders to keep organized. I just found out through a painful process that different email apps use different terminology. In most old email programs, those organizing spaces are called folders. In the Gmail app, those spaces are called labels. In the IOS app on Apple devices, they are called mailboxes.
With that out of the way, life should be a bit more tolerable.
How to set Default Email in Chrome to Gmail
If you do not use an email program (Outlook, Thunderbird) on your computer but use web-based Gmail instead, here is how to set up Chrome to start up Gmail when you click on an email link (mailto:) on a webpage.
How to set up Firefox or Chrome to properly startup your Webmail when clicking an email (Mailto:) link on a webpage
If you do not use an email program (Outlook, Thunderbird) on your computer but use Webmail* instead, here is how to set up your browser (Firefox or Chrome)to be your default email program to start up Yahoo Mail or Gmail when you click on an email link (mailto:) on a webpage.
- – Webmail is accessing your email using a web browser instead of an email program.