How to enable offline access to mail in a new Gmail

Google recently announced a number of innovations for Gmail. One of them allows you to view messages without access to the Internet. The new feature is already available in the web version of the service.

Offline Mode only works in Chrome, and only in the new Gmail. To enable the latter, go in the mail, click on the icon with the gears on the top right and select "Try the new version of Gmail».

When a new design is activated again tap the gears icon and choose "Settings." Click the "Offline", which is located in the same row as the "General", "Labels", and so on. Tick ​​the "Enable offline access to mail".

You can choose, for what period of time you want to sync emails. If you actively use Gmail and your inbox is full of messages, we suggest you stop for a week. Remains to choose the data whether to retain offline mail to computer after the release of the Google account and save your changes.

Then you can read the letters without the Internet. If you decide to send a message when you're offline, it will fall into the folder "Outgoing". It will reach the recipient as soon as you reconnect to the network.

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