Archive for October, 2007

How our spam filter works

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Posted by Todd Jackson, Gmail Product ManagerI got lucky in April 2004, when Gmail had just launched, and I snagged one of the first invitations (I didn't work at Google at the time, but had a few friends who did). One of the first things I noticed was the spam ...

Code changes to prepare Gmail for the future

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Posted by Dan Pupius, Gmail engineerWhen Gmail launched in 2004, the web was a very different place: people's expectations were different, browser capabilities were less advanced, and certain terms that are now commonplace on software engineer résumés hadn't even been coined yetContinue Reading....

Sync your inbox across devices with free IMAP

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Posted by David Murray, Associate Product ManagerThere are two online petitions I've signed in my life. One was for a "Xena: Warrior Princess" movie. The other, which I signed a few months before starting at Google, was for Gmail IMAPContinue Reading....

Updated Gmail for mobile application

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Posted by Joanne McKinley, Gmail mobile teamAccessing Gmail on my phone has become indispensable to me. So often, I need to do things like search through my archive to find the name of that coffee shop where I'm going to meet a friend, or to send a quick email when ...

More Gmail storage coming for all

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Posted by Rob Siemborski, Gmail EngineerWhen people ask me about my job, one of the common questions I get is, "Where does Gmail put all that mail?" I generally answer by pointing them to a web site like this one. While that's not exactly how it works, we do ...

Google Reader: Out of Labs

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Posted by Nick Baum, Associate Product ManagerYou may have noticed that Google Reader recently parted ways with Google Labs. If you're not familiar with Reader, it's Google's feed aggregator. Think of it as your inbox for the web: just subscribe to the news sites, blogs, or videos you want to ...