Gmail
Welcome to your new Email experience
Gmail
Log in
Open Google Chrome and go to mail.google.com
Enter <firstname.lastname>@yourdomain.com and your temporary password (which you have been sent via email).
Verify migration
Make sure you have mail in your inbox and verify that you see the following:
Email (last 30 days, remaining email comes within a week)
Your folders from the previous email program (initially containing emails for less than 30 days)
All contacts
All Calendar Events
What is not migrated:
E-mail and mail folders that are older than 30 days (will migrate within a week)
Signature in the email.
Common mailboxes
Messages with attachments that contain program files (eg * exe files)
Attachments in calendar invitations
To configure Gmail settings, click the gear icon in your gmail. Select Settings. Then click on the links at the top of the page.
Gmail offline
Do you use Gmail even when you're offline, you need to install Offline Gmail extension. Note that the offline feature is only available for Google Chrome browser.
Click here to install Gmail offline.
Generally
Adjust these settings as you prefer
Language
What language you prefer in menus and other text on the page
Keyboard Shortcuts
Conversation
If you want to have threaded conversations or not
Desktop alerts
Do you want to receive a notification that you have received a new message, even if you are not in the mail window
Signature
add signature to emails
Filter
Want to create rules for incoming mail - click on the "Create a new filter".
Labs
Labs are features that Google is testing before they become standard features. Devoteam recommends the following:
Standard response
Preview window
Chat right
Undo send
Display Density
Set your Gmail to fit your screen and your taste (see instructions here)
See here for info and comparison now when you switch from Lotus Notes to Gmail.