Gnome Gmail is software which adds support for Gmail to the Linux Gnome Desktop. It allows Gmail to be selected as the default mail application for the desktop. Unlike other solutions on the net, Gnome Gmail supports "To:", "Subject:", "body", "CC:", and "BCC: fields, and is available in deb and rpm format.
Gnome Gmail supports "Send to..." from Nautilus. You can send file attachments automatically.
Download the appropriate package for your system, and double-click to install.
Go to System -> Preferences ->Preferred Applications, and select Gmail as the preferred Mail Reader.
From Firefox, select "Send Link..." to demonstrate. The page link will open in a Gmail browser window.
From the Nautilus File Browser, right-click on a file and select "Send To...". Select "Send as: Email", enter a destination email address and click Send. Gnome Gmail will prompt for your Gmail user name and password, then will upload the message to your Gmail "Drafts" folder. Select the messsage, and click "Send".
To use Gnome Gmail with a Google Apps account, select the "Configure" option from the Send File login dialog, or edit the /apps/gnome-gmail entries in the command-line 'gconf-editor' application.
Resources
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Developer resources are available at the Gnome Gmail developer page. In particular, translation assistance is needed for the Gnome application XML file.
Upstream Credits
This is derived from the gnome-gmail shell script, written by Matthew C Ruschmann, who in turn adapted from ymail, by David L Norris.
