Finally! Gmail can now save drafts. That is one feature I sorely missed when using Gmail. You can also search contacts and forward e-mail messages to another account.

Gmail Notifier is a free app is available for downloading. It notifies you whenever you have new Gmail messages. An icon appears in the system tray, and shows the subjects, senders, and snippets. It requires Win2000, XP, or a newer version. To get the program, go to New Features / Gmail Notifier [Learn More].

Click on GmailInstaller.exe to install the program. At the end of the installation, it asks for your Gmail sign-in information. The envelope icon appears in the system tray. Right-click it for the following options: View Inbox, Check Mail Now, Tell me Again (repeats the most recent notification or indicates no new messages), Options (set it so that when you click on mailto: link to use Gmail. Also for determing which browser to use when displaying inbox), and About.

Next - improve the filter so I can filter multiple FROM e-mail addresses into the same folder instead of having to create a separate filter for every e-mail address to go into the same folder. I have a folder for “Unread Newsletters” and obviously there are many e-mail addresses that can be filtered into that folder. It doesn’t look like I can create one filter when the action is the same.