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How to view the Internet header of an email message in Gmail?

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Pic: Internet Header of email E-mail message headers provide a list of technical details about the message, such as who sent it, the software used to compose it, and the e-mail servers that it passed through on its way to the recipient. About message headers: After you compose a message and send it, the message is processed by the e-mail server at your Internet service provider (ISP). If the message is for someone who does not have a mailbox on your e-mail server, the server forwards the message to another e-mail server. The message is forwarded from server to server. It may go through several e-mail servers until it reaches the e-mail server on which the recipient of the message has a mailbox. From the time when the message is first created, information about it is added to a hidden section of the message known as the Internet header. The information includes technical details, such as who created the message, the software used to compose it, and the e-mail serve...

How to schedule emails in Gmail to send later using Google Sheets?

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Previously I wrote a post on how to send emails later in Gmail using an extension called Boomerang (click here ). Services such as Boomerang are limited on free versions. Free Version of Boomerang allows to you send up to 10 emails per month, which may be quite sufficient for personal use for some. If you do not like a third party service provider access your Gmail than you may try using Google Sheets as described in the steps below.  How to schedule emails in Gmail? What you would need is a Google Script developed by Amit Agarwal . The Script is incorporated in Google Sheet, which you would need to copy to your Google Drive (see steps later). Then all you need is to compose some emails in Gmail and save them as drafts. Open the Google Sheet, get the drafts in Gmail in the Google Sheet, and schedule the messages to send emails later. Read more »

How to Schedule an email to be sent later in Gmail (using Boomerang)?

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Sometimes we may need to compose an email that we need to send at a later time- because we may forget or because we may not be available during that time or because it is simply appropriate to send during that particular time or date only. In this case, we would need to schedule it. Gmail being the most widely used email platform, let's see how to schedule emails in Gmail. Microsoft Outlook has a built-in scheduler to delay the delivery of email messages. Set the "Delay Delivery" details, write the email message and hit the Send button, the message isn’t delivered immediately – it stays in your outbox and is sent at the specified date and time automatically. Read more »

How To Display Item Views Counter For Each Ad Listing On OSCLASS Website?

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I f you are using OSCLASS for a classified ad listing website and if you would like to display the number of times each ad listing has been viewed, there in this post we are going to discuss just that. Is it important to display item view count? Depends. But it may be a small feature but it may also help administrators as well as visitors know how popular the ad is with respect to others. In this post, we shall see how to add  views counter for each listing on OSCLASS website. Read more »

Share internet/data plan with family members on Airtel

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Airtel, one of the biggest Telecom company in India has launched internet or data plan sharing. You can share data plan with friends or family up to five Airtel mobile numbers. This feature is very useful if your family members are all using Airtel so that you can have just one data plan for all.  The key benefit is that data plans are usually more expensive for smaller packs. 1GB plan for example is more expensive that 6GB plan if we look at per GB rate. Also, sometimes we don't utilize all the data we purchase, which can be used by other member in your shared plan in that case. So opting for data plan sharing can be more beneficial. How to share your Airtel data plan ? Read more »