Google Mail provides a storage space of 7.5GB or 7,641 MB for the emails for free. A large amount of space is available for emails. It is possible that you may never use it. Have you ever thought how this space can be used? The storage space of Google Mail is accessible through a Windows tool,GMail Drive.
Install GMail drive. It will be displayed on your system as an external drive. Here we discuss the setup and functions of GMail drive.
How Can I Figure Out The Amount Of Space Left On My Google Mail?
Sign into your GMail account. Go to your inbox. Check out the left corner in the bottom. The image below shows the amount of space that has been used by GMail. It shows that 38% of the space has been used.
In case you are exchanging many mails but there is not enough space to use, you must create another account which can be used with GMail Drive.
How To Use GMail Drive?
Download GMail Drive from MajorGeeks. Unzip the archive. Begin with your setup file. Go to‘Computer’ to view the connected drives. You can find GMail Drive under ‘Other’. Double-click it. Sign into the GMail Drive by using the details of your Google Account.
Once you sign into GMail Drive, the files can be taken to the new network drive. This can be used to create a back up of the documents. These documents can be accessed from any system, provided it is supported by the internet. GMail Drive can be installed on your system to access these documents or you can sign into your GMail account through a web interface.
Functions of GMail Drive
A filesystem is created by GMail Drive for your GMail account. Your account is directly accessible from Windows Explorer. When the files are taken to the GMail Drive, an email is created and the file is supported in the form of an attachment.
If your GMail is downloaded through POP, GMail Drive will not be very useful. Your mail can be stored online if you set your GMail to do so. But a file copy will be saved in your system.
A filter should be set up. GMail Drive creates some emails. The filter removes these emails from the inbox. These are sorted or archived in a particular folder. A filter can be created by following the below mentioned steps:
1. Open an email.
2. Go to ‘Filter messages like these’ in ‘More‘
3. Type ‘GMAILFS’ in subject field.
4. Define the action to be taken for these emails.
2. Go to ‘Filter messages like these’ in ‘More‘
3. Type ‘GMAILFS’ in subject field.
4. Define the action to be taken for these emails.
Few Things You Should Know:
There are certain limitations of GMail Drive that you must keep in mind:
1. The maximum limit of characters for a file name is 65.
2. File size is limited to 25MB. It depends upon the attachment for your mails.
3. The files cannot be shared with anyone directly as these are saved in your email account as attachments
2. File size is limited to 25MB. It depends upon the attachment for your mails.
3. The files cannot be shared with anyone directly as these are saved in your email account as attachments
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