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I've been using GMail since 2004 and have always thought it was the best email service. With the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. The filter feature is easily the best feature of GMail. You can use it for its purpose - to filter spam and other unwanted emails. Or use it in some unique ways such as bookmarking, and storing recipes. Here are some nifty hacks/tips that allow you to get the most out of your GMail account.

GMail based blog - Fix for it:
This is an awesome idea to allow you to blog via GMail. Who needs an SQL database when you can save your posts to GMail?

Encrypt all GMail traffic
This is just a simple tip allowing you to encrypt your whole session. When you go to GMail.com only the login is encrypted. When you go to GMail.com. At https://gmail.google.com the whole session is encrypted.

Make a GMail partition :
This is a simple yet brilliant idea to make use of that 2.7 gigs and counting of space GMail allows. This will create a new partition in explorer. You can then save files/folders to your GMail account via the explorer interface. Create one simple filter so none of the files clutter up your inbox and you're set. I believe this is against the GMail terms of service, but I've been using it for a while with no problems.

Linux on GMail:
This awesome hack allows you to have a Linux file system installed on your GMail account. It will give you basic *nix commands such as cp mv rm and ls. This is by far the neatest of all these.

Use GMail as notepad :
It's such a simple yet effective idea. Using GMail