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New Offline E-mail for Google Apps - How to Enable and Use

Michael
posted this on August 31, 2011 11:44 am

Offline Google Apps GMail

    • Gmail Offline for Google Chrome
    • Gmail Offline for Internet Explorer and Firefox

Installing Gmail offline for Google Chrome

To use Gmail offline with Google Chrome, you’ll need to install a new app. To install the app:

  1. Go to the app's page in the Chrome Web Store and click the Install button.
  2. Click Continue and Install at the prompts to approve installation to your browser.
The app will now appear on Chrome’s New Tab page. You can start using it immediately.

When you first use Gmail Offline, you will be prompted to allow offline mail storage. If you choose not to allow offline mail storage, you can continue to use Gmail Offline (while online), but no mail will be stored on your browser1 and therefore no mail will be available offline. If you change your mind, you will be prompted again the next time you start Gmail Offline.

If, after you choose to allow offline mail, you’d prefer to no longer synchronize your mail to the computer you're using, you can always choose to remove offline data and uninstall the app by following the steps outlined in this article.

Depending on how many messages you have, it will take some time initially to sync your mail.

Installing Gmail Offline (Internet Explorer & FireFox)

after installing Gears. If you already have Gears installed (for example, to use Google Docs offline), you won't need to install it again, but you'll be prompted to allow permission for Gmail to access Gears. Click the allow link. 

  • Your messages will be downloaded to your computer. Depending on the size of your account, this may take a while the first time, but you can check on your progress in the status box near the Settings link under the Gear icon.

 

You can use Gmail normally while syncing. You don't have to wait for synchronization to finish before disconnecting from the internet. If you'd like, you can click the pause sync button to temporarily stop the sync process (it'll resume automatically if it's been paused for an hour). When you disconnect from the internet, the messages you've synchronized will be available immediately. Gmail will automatically continue syncing in the background whenever you reconnect to the internet.

Note: Offline Gmail works only on Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7.0, 8.0 and Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0 to 3.6.