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Gmail uses the https ( secure ) connection only for while authenticating the username and password. This way, the email messages are not secure and can be read by a hacker by using a freely available packet sniffing program.

Google is now rolling out this new option to make Gmail always use secure connection. The only drawback is it might slow down the mail, but with the new faster Internet connections, it shouldn’t be an issue. This new option should come up in Setting menu.

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Have you ever felt that somebody had access to your Gmail account though some gmail hack tool? Google has introduced a new feature ‘tracking open sessions’ which will let you know the current number of sessions open for Gmail account.

You can also see the recent session activity, which helps you find the date time of previous session, IP from where request was placed . All this information can help you find more about the person who hacked into your gmail account. If you feel somebody is using your account, Sign out all other sessions and change your password immediately.

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Even though Gmails filtering system is better then other email providers, it has to continuously work on improving along with adding some common sense. If the Spam filters can’t identify emails from its own domain are legitimate, how can they identify other innumerable servers online.  Like the one below I got from apps-support@google.com into my SPAM box.  We’ll still have to look at all emails with SPAM folder ( label ) .

Google wants us to Report that apps-support@google.com is an email from their own server.

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I have been having this problem quite frequently these days. These are three common reasons why Google thinks Gmail users are receiving someone else’s mail.

Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.).  Because Gmail doesn’t recognize dots as characters within usernames, adding or removing dots from a Gmail address won’t change the actual destination address. Messages sent to yourusername@gmail.com and y.o.u.r.u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com are all delivered to your inbox, and only yours. Google Apps does not have this feature and interprets . as dot.

Your address isn’t listed at all. If you don’t see your email address in the To: or Cc: fields of the header, the sender has mailed you a ‘blind carbon copy,’ or Bcc:. The Bcc: field is not displayed in the header of received messages. This means that you won’t see your email address at the top of any message you receive as a blind carbon copy.

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