After spending at least 20 minutes pulling my hair out today, I stumbled across some cryptic post that made a whole lot of sense. When setting up wordpress to accept posts via a google apps email address (or any gmail address I would assume), you enter the host as ssl://pop.gmail.com instead of just pop.gmail.com. Funny… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Google
Sunbird Tip: Syncing to gCal with offline support
Using GCalDaemon, SunBird and google, can work together nicely! install SunBird install GCALDaemon and configure account (including @domain.com) run GCALDaemon standalone bat file to configure/test copy each URL from GCALDaemon account list setup calendars in SunBird individually (new calendar -> network -> paste ical url) install FG Printers extension for enhanced print support once working… Read more »
Gmail Tip: search for unread emails
If you’re anything like me, you often end up with a lot of extra “spam” type mail from mailing lists, etc, that you don’t end up reading. To quickly find unread messages, simply search for “is:unread” in the search box. You can also double this up to find only unread messages in the inbox by… Read more »
Firefox 3 Tip: Set Gmail as default email
Using this information from the Gmail Blog, you can set all mailto: links to open in gmail! http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/power-tip-set-gmail-as-your-default.html
gCal Tip: Set Default View
If you’re constantly selecting a different view of your calendar instead of using the default, then you should change the default view to one that better suits your needs. That way, you’ll always see what you want each time you view your calendar. Go to Google Calendar. Click the Settings link in the upper right… Read more »
Gcal Tip: Reset Private URLs
Have you shared your Google Calendar’s private address with someone who you no longer want seeing your events? Here’s how to reset the private address so they can’t keep tabs on you. Go to your Google Calendar. On the left side of the page, go to My Calendars. Click the dropdown arrow next to the… Read more »
Google Reader Tip: Shared Items
Google Reader’s Shared Items Page allows you to share the various gems you find as you browse the RSS feeds with everyone else. You can give your page a style to have it better fit your interests. Go to Google Reader and login to your account. From the menu, expand Your stuff and select Shared… Read more »
Gmail Tip: Shorthand Searching
Gmail has it’s own shorthand to use when searching the built-in labels. This makes it much quicker to type in your search query. By using the following shorthand in the Search box, you can easily specify the label you wish to search. You use l to represent the term label followed by a colon then… Read more »