For example, the extension will convert ‘teh’ to ‘the’, ‘friend’ to ‘friend’, ‘ur’ to ‘you are’, etc and lets you add further entries to its list.

It can also automatically capitalize the first letter after a full stop. This option is disabled by default. Enable it from the extension option page.

From the extension options page, you can also create your own word substitution. For example, create different signatures where you type sig1 and the first line of the signature is automatically inserted.

Download ezAutoCorrect for Gmail from Chrome Web Store.

1. Sign in your Gmail account and click ‘Option’ button, then ‘Mail Settings’ option.

2. Scroll down to the star section. There you can see ‘In Use’ list and ‘Not in Use’ list.

3. Drag the icons you want to use from the ‘Not in use’ list to in ‘In Use’ list. It includes different color stars, question marks, exclamation marks, etc.

4. When you want to highlight a message, keep clicking a star in your Inbox to cycle through the other option.

Hope you will enjoy the tips.

Single-use code is a new security feature, which I think a brilliant idea from Microsoft to help users sign in their Hotmail account securely from public computer or unsecured public Wi-Fi hotspot.

Single-use code is a temporary password that can use only one time (but you can request one whenever you need it) for signing in your account instead of your original password.

To use this new feature, you need to register your mobile number with your Windows Live ID. Whenever you need a single-use code, just click the option ‘Get a single use code to sign in with’ (see screenshot above), and follow the procedure. Microsoft will send you the password as SMS to your mobile.

Graymail control is another great feature that helps users sort out urgent emails from other unimportant messages. Graymails, according to Microsoft are not as important messages, but are not spam mails such as newsletters, social updates and notifications. To deal with graymail, Microsoft has created a new, separate Newsletter category for Hotmail.

There is also a new one click unsubscribe button that you can use to unsubscribe from unnecessary newsletters. Just click on ‘unsubscribe’ option, Microsoft will do the rest. In case, if the sender ignored the request, subsequent emails from that sender will be put in the junk folder.

This feature is quite useful, if you feel inundated by newsletters and offers you once signed up, but now could less use or unimportant.

“Next to every email message you can now see contextual information about the people in that conversation including recent emails you received from them, relevant Buzz posts, shared documents and calendar events”.

“You also have quick access to a variety of ways to communicate with individuals, start a group chat, or schedule a meeting with groups of people”.

This new feature is certainly a big move from Google to make Gmail even more better tool. (Via)

Moreover, the Jumplist feature in Windows 7 (see screenshot above) lets you get straight to your inbox, calendar, and contacts, or you can start writing a new email, all in just a click. (Via)

To prevent huge financial loss you should identify the original source of the mail. Gmail has an anti-fishing feature to identify the legitimate email.If this feature enabled, it will authenticate the mail and display a key icon (see screen shot below) next to the message. If authentication failed, it will reject the mail.

Though currently it works only for PayPal and eBay, it is very useful for people who use such services.

How to enable anti-fishing feature in Gmail?

- Login to your Gmail account and on the top click on Settings and click Labs.

- Scroll down and enable “Authentication icon for verified senders”.

- Click saves to change.

Now you can see a key icon next to your Paypal or ebay email, if it is legitimate.

OK that is best for your security. But unfortunately Outlook’s built-in system is not as intelligent as we think. It often blocks genuine attachments too. Once blocked, you can not unblock it again.

If the blocked attachment is important for you, there is a simple way to unblock it. The freeware Outlook Attachment Enabler lets you do that quite easily.

This Outlook extension can be installed on Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003 & Office XP and offers the following features.

1. Control what attachments Outlook has deemed to be unsafe,
2. Add to the default list of blocked attachment types.
3. Includes the full and complete list of what Outlook will block by default.

If you find Outlook Attachment Enabler is useful, you can download it free at source.