Gmail's Undo Send Vs Zoho Mail's Outbox

Mar 19 2009 10:16:26 PM Posted By : Arvind
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Gmail has just announced a new feature in their labs. According to the Official Gmail Blog,


 Turn on Undo Send in Gmail Labs under Settings, and you’ll see a new “Undo” link on every sent mail confirmation. Click “Undo,” and we’ll grab the message before it’s sent and take you right back to compose.

This feature can't pull back an email that's already gone; it just holds your message for five seconds so you have a chance to hit the panic button.

TechCrunch reported this new Gmail feature and many of the commenters there seem to find the new feature limiting. Like Chris who says,


 Why not have it so I can set a delay between when I hit send on a message and when it actually sends? If you are an impulsive emailer, you could add in a 30 second or 1 minute delay or even a 24 hour delay if you are so inclined…

For such impulsive mailers, Zoho Mail has had this feature for quite sometime now. Setting this option is quite simple. Login to your Zoho Mail account, click on Settings, enable the Outbox option, set your Send email after preferred value and click on the Save button to save your new settings.

Outbox settings in Zoho Mail

Once the above configuration is done, all mails that you send sit in the Outbox folder for the time you have set.

Mail waiting to be sent in Zoho Mail

You can click on the mail to edit it and resend again. Delete the mail if it is not needed or choose the Send Immediately option if you want to override the settings in your Outbox. Try the Outbox feature in Zoho Mail and let us know your feedback.

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Now it is easy for you to move your contacts between Zoho Invoice and your mail clients (address books) like Microsoft Outlook, Mac Address Book, GMail, Yahoo mail etc.  Yes, we are happy to announce the support for vCard import and export, the most commonly used standard to manage and transfer contact information.

How do I import the contacts from my mail client to Zoho Invoice?

  1. The first step will be to export the contacts from your mail client in vCard format.  The procedure to export contact information as vCard differs for each mail client.  Here I have explained the procedure for one of the most popular mailing service – GMail.  Shortly we will be publishing the procedure for other popular mail clients in our help docs.
    • Sign-in to your GMail account.
    • Click on the “Contacts” link and select the contacts you want to export.
    • Click on the "Export" link and select "vCard format" for exporting the data.
    • Click on the "Export" button and save the file.
  2. Now Sing-in to your Zoho Invoice account.
  3. Click on the “Customers” tab and click on the “Contacts” link on the left.
  4. Click on the “Import Contacts” link at the top right.
  5. Click on the “Import” link next to “vCard”.  Browse and give the file that you have saved from your mail client.
  6. All your contacts will be imported into Zoho Invoice.

Note: We will re-use the "last name" of the contact for Company/organization name if it is not specified for the contact.

How do I export the contacts from Zoho Invoice?

  1. Sign-in to your Zoho Invoice account.
  2. Click on the “Customers” tab and click on the “Contacts” link on the left.
  3. Now click on the “Export Contacts” link at the top right.
  4. In the export page that comes up, click on the “Download” link next to “vCard”.
  5. All your contacts will be exported as a single vCard file.

You also have to option to import or export your contacts individually from the contact's details page.

Hope you find this feature useful; don’t forget to share your comments with us, as it goes a long way in improving our service.

Regards
Siva