How to Expand Your Email Experience

Access your data anywhere., Don't send gargantuan files., Ping your future self., Make keyboard shortcuts.

4 Steps 1 min read Easy

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Access your data anywhere.

    Turn your webmail account into a hard drive with the free GMail Drive extension for Windows or GDisk for Macs.
  2. Step 2: Don't send gargantuan files.

    Free services like YouSendIt Lite let you store files of up to a gigabyte on their server.

    Your contacts are emailed a link they can use to retrieve them. , FutureMe and FutureMail send messages at a later time or date.

    For a recurring alert
    - "Hey, self, get the oil changed!"
    - try calendar apps from Yahoo or Google. , Want to type "tfn" and have it expand to "Thanks so much for your note?" Try the free AutoHotkey for Windows or the $30 Text-Expander for Mac.
  3. Step 3: Ping your future self.

  4. Step 4: Make keyboard shortcuts.

Detailed Guide

Turn your webmail account into a hard drive with the free GMail Drive extension for Windows or GDisk for Macs.

Free services like YouSendIt Lite let you store files of up to a gigabyte on their server.

Your contacts are emailed a link they can use to retrieve them. , FutureMe and FutureMail send messages at a later time or date.

For a recurring alert
- "Hey, self, get the oil changed!"
- try calendar apps from Yahoo or Google. , Want to type "tfn" and have it expand to "Thanks so much for your note?" Try the free AutoHotkey for Windows or the $30 Text-Expander for Mac.

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