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Where you learn to use Gmail like a professional. A professional Gmail user, no
less. A really skilled professional Gmail user. With a degree in Gmail. A Gmail
ninja. A Gmail ninja with a black belt in Gmail from the secret Gmail training
school on Mount Gmail. You might actually be part Gmail. Perhaps you’ve named
your first born child after Gmail. You live in the Google Headquarters. You are
Larry Page. You get the idea.Part II: Getting Inside Gmail
Part II: Getting Inside Gmail
Where you find out how Gmail works, and how you can use modern scripting
languages to control it.Part III: Conquering Gmail
Where you put these new skills to the test, wrangling Gmail into fiendishly clever
uses, totally unlike those Google intended.Whom Is This Book For?
You. Of course it is. If you picked up a book called Hacking Gmail,you’re very
likely to want it. If you’re a programmer looking to use Gmail in wacky ways, this
book is for you. If you’re a power user looking to hack together scripts to do dan-
gerously efficient things with your mail, this book is for you. If you’re the parent,
best friend, or lover of someone who answers to that description, this book is for
them, and you should buy two copies. Really. It’s great. And the shiny cover looks
cool, no? I tell you, metallic covers are all the thing.Hacking Carefully
It must be said here in plain English, and elsewhere by a battalion of scary lawyer
folk, that I take no responsibility whatsoever for anything anyone does after reading
this book. If you lose data; get folded, spindled, or mutilated; or have your Gmail
account suspended, it is not my fault. The fine folks at Google, it has to be said,
have played no part in the writing of this book, and most likely do not approve of
the contents within. They may have me killed. Either way, I take no responsibility
for anything. You’re on your own, kiddo. As am I.Companion Website
For links and updates, please visit this book’s companion website at http://www.wiley
.com/go/extremetech.xxxx Introduction
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