Install the Gmail Drive
Your Gmail account comes with 7,500 MB of data space and it's going up. It's not going to be easy to send and receive a total of 7,500 MB of messages, so you can take advantage of the space and turn it into a drive.
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Steps
- Go to the Gmail Drive website. See the first external link below for this address. Scroll to the bottom and pick a download site, and download the file.
- Gmail drive is not an official tool maintained by Google. It is built by a third party developer that you need to trust in order to install. Install at your own risk.
- Extract the setup file from the ZIP and install it. The Gmail Drive will now appear in "My Computer2".
- Create a filter and a label called "Gmail Drive" or something similar. The filter should put everything with "GMAILFS:" in the subject into the label. You should also have it skip the "inbox". This will prevent your inbox from filling up with Gmail Drive stuff.
Warnings
- The Gmail Drive is fairly slow, so keep that in mind.
- File names and extensions can only be up to 40 characters.
- For best results, use a Google account separate from your main one.
- You can only upload files that are 10 MB or smaller.
- This isn't supported by Google, so do this only at your own risk.
- Gmail drive could be unsupported by the developer or blocked by Google at any time.
