Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Do you want to use single Gmail account as different Gmail accounts...

Consider a test case where you have to create 100 users with different emails in web app and app gives validation error when trying to save different user with email that is already assigned to another user.

Then what is the solution?
Will you create 100 Gmail accounts?

The answer is 'No' and it hassles. Here is a SMART solution.

Say you have one Gmail account 'you@gmail.com'

Solution is 'you+{Random text}@gmail.com'.
You can use this format for as many times as you can.

Let's see one example for this test case:
1. Create one user with your email 'you@gmail.com'
2. Create 2nd user with email 'you+001@gmail.com'. Yes, 2nd user to is created

So you can create 100 user in this way using emails 'you+001@gmail.com', 'you+002@gmail.com', 'you+003@gmail.com'........'you+100@gmail.com'.....continues.

Now try this:
Send an email to your gmail account 'you+001@gmail.com' using this format and the email will be sent to your Gmail accout 'you@gmail.com'.

If you reply to this mail reply mail will be sent from 'you@gmail.com' not from 'you+001@gmail.com'.

Hope this post is helpful to you....

-Satish

Monday, April 29, 2013

Use single Gmail account for multiple accounts....

I want show you how to use single Gmail account to send emails from multiple accounts..
This is pretty easy..
Now a days every one has multiple accounts in different email service providers Eg: Gmail, Yahoo, hotmail...etc.

Suppose you have below two email accounts
a. you@gmail.com
b. you@yahoo.com

You can integrate you yahoo(or any account) accounts to single Gmail account which is  not possible in other email service providers

To do this:

1. Log into your Gmail account you@gmail.com
2. Go to Settings
3. Select Accounts and Imports tab
4. Click link Add another email address you own of  Send mail as: section
5. Add another account you@yahoo.com and confirm
6. Send a verification code
7. Log into your you@yahoo.com and you'll receive a confirmation code
8. Enter your confirmation code or open the confirmation link
9. Yes, your you@yahoo.com account is integrated to your you@gmail.com
10. Now compose a mail from your gmail account
11. You'll see a drop-down for From field where you can select your integrated email accounts (you@gmail.com and you@gmail.com)

Hope this post is helpful for you....

-Satish