Print Multiple Emails from Gmail : The Easy Way

Knowing how to print multiple emails from Gmail can often save you a great deal of time. If you have a number of emails you need to print out then it takes a long time to do if you have to access and print each individually. While Gmail groups email together in folders using different labels, you cannot open each together. There is no way to how to print multiple emails from Gmail. However, it can be done outside of Gmail. That’s what we will show you below.

When emails are opened individually, they can only be printed individually – or so you may think. Gmail offers no method by which you can print a selection of emails – even a selection of two! However, it does allow you to attach labels to your emails. This enables you to distinguish one set of emails from another. The techniques below utilize that capability to achieve what Google should be doing itself – namely to print out the content of all emails with the same label.

In fact, that is not the case. There are several ways to tag and print multiple emails at the one time. Here are the most popular ways of printing multiple emails in Gmail.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• • 1. How to Print Multiple Emails from Gmail
    • 1.1. Using Microsoft Outlook
  • 2. How to Print Multiple Emails in Gmail Without Outlook
    • 2.1. Using Google Drive
    • 2.2. Using Google Sheets
    • 2.3. Print Multiple Emails in Gmail Using the Print All Chrome Add-on

How to Print Multiple Emails from Gmail

It could be very difficult for you to how to print multiple emails from Gmail. That is because there is no direct way of selecting all the messages and then printing them all of them at once with just a single click. You would have to open up all the messages and print them all out individually. This might not be so easy if you are working with many Gmail messages at once. However, it is possible to print multiple Gmail messages in one go. That’s what we shall show you here.

Here are four different ways of printing multiple emails in Gmail. They may involve you downloading certain apps, although they are all free and safe to use. We have tested each of them and the procedures described below do work to enable you to print multiple emails in Gmail.

Using Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is easily downloaded and activated. It can work with Apple devices but not as well as with Windows. Here is how to print multiple emails in Gmail using Microsoft Outlook.

• First sign into in your Gmail account, then click the gear icon (normally at top right). Click on ‘Settings’ then click on ‘Forwarding and POP/IMAP’. You will get the following page:
• Click the button labeled “Enable POP for all mail” as shown then “Save changes.”

  

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• Now open Outlook. Click on ‘File’ and then on ‘Add Account’. Create an account using the instructions provided and then click on ‘Next’. Outlook should then be connected to your Gmail account – click ‘Finish.’
• Now click on a folder or label. Click on any message and then press Ctrl-A which will select all messages in your label or folder. Now Right-Click and choose Print. This will launch the printer window from which you can select your preferred options. Select your options and then click ’Print’ again. Job Done!

How to Print Multiple Emails in Gmail Without Outlook

There are other ways how to print multiple emails in Gmail without using Outlook. Outlook does not come in the Microsoft Windows 10 package and has to be purchased. The next three methods are the most popular and easy ways how to print multiple emails in Gmail without using Outlook.

Using Google Drive

Google Drive comes free with loads of storage. You can convert selected emails in Gmail into PDF files. First, download an add-on that saves the selected emails as PDF files. Select the emails you want to print, and give them all the same label.

Use the add-on that converts your emails into properly formatted PDF files and saves them on your Google Drive. Once that has been done, an easy way to print them is to use Google Cloud print. Another way is to download your PDF files to your desktop, and then print them on your regular printer.

Using Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a free spreadsheet app that comes with Google drive. From your Google Drive dashboard, click on the red NEW button and select ‘Google Sheets.’

Now go to a spreadsheet and open the menu within that spreadsheet and choose File -> New Spreadsheet. You now have a new spreadsheet to use. Then go to Gmail. Select any of the emails or email threads you want to print, and then apply a label to each, such as ‘to print’:

Do this with all the email threads you want to print. Now go to Google Drive. Create a folder, such as GmailPrint where you will store all the Gmail messages you want to print. These messages will be stored as PDF files.

Now download the Save Emails add-on (click on the link) and go to the Google Sheet and access Add-Ons -> Save Emails and attachments -> Create New Rule.

From the drop-down menu, select the Print Gmail label and you will then be able to select your Google Drive folder. Click on the blue Create Rule button:

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When you click on ‘Create Rule’ the emails should have been saved to the appropriate Google drives folder. Now go to Google Drive and right click on the ‘Gmail Files’ folder. Click ‘Download’ and that will save all your email files to be printed to your desktop. These emails can now be sent to your printer using Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P if you have a Mac).

Print Multiple Emails in Gmail Using the Print All Chrome Add-on

The Gmail Print All Chrome add-on enables you to select multiple emails. You can then create a Google doc, or print to PDF. You can print multiple emails with one click and even save them as a pdf document. You can also store them in the cloud, your USB drive or share with others. Here’s how:

1. Access the Google Chrome web store and find the Gmail All for Chrome add-on. Install that. It is fundamentally a script that enables you to create a Gmail label on Chrome and assign that label to multiple selected emails.
2. Once you have launched the app, you will get a new tab asking you to authorize the app to access your Google account data. Once you have done that, you must select the label attached to the emails you want to print – or save as a PDF file. Here’s how you do that:

Go to your Gmail Inbox and select the messages you want to print. Now create a new label (e.g. ‘ Print All as in the image above’) and assign it to the selected messages. Now click the Print to Drive button as displayed above.

3. That click will create a document in Google Drive. This document will contain the content of your messages. Every separate thread will be given its own page, organized according to the date, the number of messages in the thread and with the subject of the email at the top.
4. Find ‘File Option’ on the page and click that to find options: Print the File or Save as PDF. Your choice! If you click to save as a PDF file, it will be stored on your desktop. You will then be able to print the PDF files later if you wish.

Printing multiple emails is nothing new, although you do need to use the correct apps or techniques to achieve it. You would think that the Gmail service would offer a service whereby you simply click the emails you want to be printed together and that would be it! But whenever did Google make things as simple as that?

The above four methods of how to print multiple emails in Gmail are all you should need. Once you have tried them you will find they are not as difficult to use as you may think they are.

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Grokking Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know

In recent years, we’ve seen a lot of change in the tech ecosystem, which shook the space up for good. A bunch of products were announced, setting benchmarks in their segments for years to come, platforms getting smarter and smarter, making discovery and content consumption, a whole new experience. Phones getting even closer to the computing power of desktops, and devices becoming ever more connected and contextually aware. The list of things which have become trend setters is so long that it’s virtually impossible to mention all of them. But in short, it’s safe to say that it is the best time to be alive, specially if you are a tech enthusiast.

Among the many things that have been receiving a lot of critical attention lately, one of the more popular ones happen to be Cryptocurrencies. If you’re not living under a rock, chances are you might have heard a lot of things about Cryptocurrencies, people becoming millionaires and billionaires overnight and how it’s going to change everything in the coming years. While a lot of those things are true and solve a lot of different problems about the current financial systems, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the likes are big enough topics to dedicate a separate article altogether to them. Don’t worry, the post detailing all about cryptocurrencies is in the draft and will be up shortly. But before you get into that segment, you need to get your feet wet with Blockchain.

Chances are that some of you might have heard about it but don’t completely understand what it is and then there would be people who are absolutely new to the term. If you fall in either of those camps, this post is just the thing you need. Sit back and grab a cup of coffee. This is “THE” post about Blockchain. We’re gonna tell you everything you need to know. Here is what you learn:

• Blockchain is not Bitcoin
• Brief history of BlockChain
• How is the Blockchain network kept in sync?
• What are the security measures in place?
• Benefits of Blockchain technology

But before we begin explaining what blockchain is and how it works, there are a couple of widespread misconceptions that need to be clarified. It’s worth spreading this because Blockchain is going to be a fundamental foundation of some of the most sophisticated software systems that will be built in future.

1. Blockchain is NOT Bitcoin

Let us first debunk a popular myth about Bitcoins shall we?

This is a widespread misconception and this needs to be set straight right away. No, Blockchain is not Bitcoin, or Ethereum or Litecoin or any other Cryptocurrency.

In simple terms, if Bitcoin is a Tesla Roadster, Blockchain is the Lithium Ion Battery, if Bitcoin is Email, Blockchain is the Internet. It’s basically the underlying technology which powers the Cryptocurrencies that have gained popularity in recent months.

Again, we’re not gonna touch a whole lot on Cryptocurrencies but what you need to know is that blockchain is the fuel powering most of the major Cryptocurrencies, it’s the foundation that they’re built on.

Now that we’ve set the basic premise, here’s why you should absolutely be aware of what Blockchain is and how it works. You see, Blockchain is not a product, it’s a theory, a principle, or rather a well-defined foundation which will serve as a base for a lot of things in tech in the coming months and years. Agreed, cryptocurrencies are one of the “applications” of the blockchain. It’s definitely not the only thing the technology is capable of.

Hey, hold on! So much rant about Blockchain, at least tell us what it is first?

Right, sorry. So let’s first get the most dictionary Blockchain Technology definition of blockchain out of the way

A blockchain is a decentralized and distributed digital ledger that is used to record transactions across many computers so that the record cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks and the collusion of the network.

That’s the definition a simple Google search would give you and I honestly just copy pasted that from one of the search results. Don’t worry if it just blew past you. I am gonna explain it to you in a way that makes total sense.

Consider the example of you sending some money to your friend. Let’s say you Steve live in New York and your friend Alice is in Mumbai. When you send the money, where do you send it to? You send it to her bank account.

(agreed there’s PayPal and things like that but for the sake of simplicity let’s stick to the bank example).

When you send the money, there are essentially 3 parties involved in the transaction, you as the sender, your friend as the receiver and the bank as the intermediary.

Why do you need the bank? Well for the simple reason that they will be the one who verifies that ” Steve sent Alice $32 “. Without the involvement of this intermediary, Alice could easily claim that you never received the money even though you did, in fact, send it to her (side note if that’s how Alice is, you need to stay away from that woman).Historically speaking this is how it’s been when it comes to transacting anything of value, be it money, stocks, real estate etc. These intermediaries in the form of banks and stock exchanges add a key ingredient to the transactions, trust. Think about it fundamentally, why do you keep your money in a bank? Because you trust the bank with the money, simple. Now think about this, the only thing that makes a $100 bill worth the 100 dollars is the US government backing that currency. But if you remove that element of trust from this idea, on the most fundamental level what is a $100 bill? It’s just paper and ink. So theoretically it is possible to reproduce it. This is how counterfeiting works and it’s not something new, you often get to hear about counterfeit currencies in circulation and how they have crashed economies in the past.

But what if there were a way of making such transactions without a third party intermediary? What if you could send money “directly” to Alice without relying on the bank to verify it? This is where Blockchain comes in.

2. Blockchain: The Inception

A little detour.

In 2008 a white paper was authored by a person or a group of persons (still not certain) under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. In this white paper, he detailed a system of a peer to peer transaction mechanism called Bitcoin that would enable payments to be made directly, without an intermediary. This was the first time that the concept of a cryptocurrency in the form of Bitcoin was discussed. And while the idea of Bitcoin was truly innovative, the mechanics of how it worked was what truly classified as revolutionary. This was how Blockchain was conceived and agreed, Bitcoin was the first mainstream application of Blockchain, it has a potential of changing everything that revolves around trust and currently has the involvement of an intermediary.

It’s game changing!

Now getting back to our example of transacting money between Steve and Alice. Let’s remove the bank from the scenario and see how Blockchain takes its place.

When I mentioned the definition of blockchain earlier in the post there were two words that were highlighted, decentralized and distributed digital ledger. Here’s how they will fit into the puzzle.

Earlier when Steve sent money to Alice, the bank verified who the sender was, who the receiver was and how much was the transaction worth.

Assume that this bank kept this record on an Excel sheet. There may be multiple transactions that occur via this bank on a daily basis so there are multiple rows in the Excel sheet, each row representing an individual transaction. Now here’s the deal. This bank is a centralized authority and that brings a very critical problem into this arrangement. What if there were a fire in the bank and all computers were destroyed? Or the bank was attacked by a group of hackers who infected all the computers in the bank? Well, all the transactions that the bank kept a record of in the past are now gone and there’s no way of going back and verifying them.

Blockchain both solves this problem and adds a level of authenticity to this.

Assume that you gather a group of friends around a table to play the game of Monopoly. But unfortunately, you do not have the fake currency to actually play the game. So all of you decide to keep a record of who’s winning how much on individual sheets of paper. Everytime someone gains or loses some amount, all of the players make the entry of that transaction on their own sheet of paper.Since the game is very important and you don’t trust any of your friends, everytime a transaction has to be recorded all of you compare what you write so that none of you can make a fake record about the game and end up winning. Every attempt to create an incorrect record on the ledger is caught and is considered invalid.

At the end of the game, each one of you will end up filling a couple of pages with these transactions. Each page will be like a block and the entire collection of pages maintained by an individual on the table will be a chain of blocks, hence blockchain.

Since the actual blockchain is far more larger in scale than our monopoly example and the transactions happen globally, how is the network kept in sync with all the transactions?

3. Syncing and Security in the Blockchain network?

Consider the entire world as a huge table with millions of people sitting around it. Some of the people on the network are making transactions (like transferring money) while a lot of volunteers are keeping a record or a ledger. So whenever someone sends something to a person on the table, they have to announce it to everyone at the table. By announcing the transaction, everyone keeping a record of the transaction is able to update it on their ledger

But since all of this happens online, due to network delays and other factors, people who are keeping the record of transactions may receive updates about the transaction at different times. So basically every person keeping a record now has a ledger slightly different than the others on the network but still a valid one. Well, how does the network decide which ledger (block) to add to the network (chain of blocks)?

It’s done by solving an extremely difficult math problem. Every person maintaining a block or ledger, that needs to be added to the blockchain has to solve a special math problem created using a cryptographic hash function.

A hash function is basically an algorithm which will take an input of any size and give an output of a fixed size. For example consider that you have 1, 2, 3, 4 as your input, and the hash function is to add the numbers. Your resulting output will be 10.

What’s so great about that you ask? Well, the interesting part about hash functions which makes it really great for cryptography is that it’s really easy to derive the output from a given input but it’s extremely difficult to derive the input when you’re given the output. Even in the example above. There’s going to be a lot of possible set of inputs that add up to 10 like 5+5, 7+2+1 etc and the only way to get to the correct input is basically by continuously guessing which input set is the correct one.

The hash functions used in blockchain are far more complex than our example but they work on the same principle. One of the most popular hash functions would be the SHA256 algorithm (Secure Hash Algorithm 256 bits). Computers which are designed to solve the SHA256 hash problems take about 10 minutes to solve each problem, meaning that they are going through billions of guesses before getting to the correct one. So whoever solves the problem first, gets to add their block of transactions to the network.Now your most obvious follow up question would be :-

Why would anyone volunteer to keep track of such transactions? After all aren’t these problems hard to solve and require a lot of computing power and in turn a lot of energy?

Here’s the thing. Every person who solves the cryptographic problem first, gets to add their block to the network. And in return they’re rewarded with cryptocurrencies. This entire process is called mining.

There are millions of nodes (computers on the network) which are just on the network to mine a new block to earn the reward. Considering the skyrocketing prices of each coin these days, it’s a pretty great way to earn money.

Sometimes a whole bunch of computers join forces to solve the problem and if they get to add the block to the blockchain, the reward is shared among the participants of the group. Such a group is often referred to as a mining pool. More on that and the working of cryptocurrencies in the later posts.

Well since this entire “chain” is public, how is it secure? What if people hack and try to change the records?

Remember in our monopoly example, there were multiple people keeping record of each transaction? This process is called decentralization meaning that the data is not located in one central location. So basically our records are now distributed/shared in a network of several record keepers. If in case any one person’s record gets stolen or destroyed, the transactions will still remain with others.

As far as security is concerned. Here’s a very important characteristic about the blockchain technology. It’s “append-only”. Meaning that you can only write to the network and not modify the existing records. Here’s a stripped down version of what an actual block on the network would look like.

Each block contains it’s hash (a code that uniquely identifies it on the network almost like a fingerprint), a piece of data depending on the type of blockchain, and a reference to the previous block as a previous hash value, except for the first block on the network called the Genesis Block, since it does not have any block before it.

If the data in let’s say Block 2 is modified, it’s hash value also gets changed. Once the hash value changes, the proceeding block holding the old hash value of Block 2 becomes invalid, in turn making all subsequent blocks invalid.

The entire blockchain network is comprised of millions of computers, which are simultaneously solving problems to add blocks to the network and gain rewards and to keep the network in sync. In order for a bad actor to take down the network (in the case of blockchain that would be forcing the network to accept a block that is invalid and not agreed upon by all other nodes) he would need computing power greater than 51% of all the nodes in the network, and currently there isn’t any machine capable of such computation. Agreed that quantum computers can do so, but quantum computers are still a very theoretical concept.

Great, so I finally know what blockchain is and how it works but where can it come to use?

4. Benefits and applications of Blockchain

Great question! You see the current financial system is reliant on centralized authorities like banks to approve of transactions and if the transaction is across geographies, it has to undergo a number of regulatory procedures to be approved which can take hours or even days. Blockchain can serve as the single source of truth for maintaining such records and enable instantaneous micro transaction irrespective of where 2 parties are located.

In future, you can even imagine all your sensitive identification data like health records, your education certification etc to be stored on the blockchain. This way you’ll always be able to know who tried to access those records and why and also be sure that it never tampered.

Every offline system today that is prone to rigging, fraud or tampering can and will be secured by a blockchain. In future, there may never be a case where an election can be rigged by vote frauds as each vote will be recorded on a blockchain.

If you have been hearing the news lately you might have observed that almost all major government regulatory bodies and banks are against this technology and you may be wondering why?

Well by adopting the blockchain technology we’ll essentially render such bodies useless. They’ll no longer be able to make money by being the intermediaries that they currently are. It is going to put the power back in the hands of people and truly democratize the economy.

If you were a business and your potential of making money was being threatened by a competitor, it’s a no brainer that you would oppose it’s adoption and suggest your current customers to stay away from it. This is exactly what’s currently happening with blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are currently the poster boy of showcasing the application and use of blockchain but the applications are endless.

Conclusion – Blockchain Technology Explained

We’re still in the very early days of the blockchain technology. Just like the internet disrupted computing in the early 2000s, Blockchain will be the next big thing that happens to tech and it will be everywhere. It only makes sense that we educate ourselves about it and stay ahead of the curve when this technology becomes more mainstream. In the upcoming posts in this series, we’ll discuss the different types of blockchains, how cryptocurrencies are leveraging it and much more. Till then make sure you share this post and let everyone learn about it because this thing is here to stay.

Different Ways to Fix Err_Connection_Reset Error in Google Chrome

Have you ever seen something like this while surfing on the internet and wondered what it is?

A majority of you must have encountered this, as err_connection_reset is one of the most common errors associated with Google Chrome. This error is quite annoying and occurs frequently, hurting the browsing experience.

A lot of times, the net::err_connection_reset is a network related error caused by any unexpected changes in your network settings or a problematic web server. In such cases, there is nothing much you can do to fix this error.

However, when the source of this problem is from the user end such as the antivirus or firewall installed on your computer, third-party VPN clients or using the proxy and third-party extensions or service, you can solve it very easily. Try these easy methods to fix the err_connection_reset Chrome error.

Note: One fairly common error on chrome is the err_spdy_protocol_error message. There is not any specific reason for the error. You don’t need to understand the technology involved – simply follow the instructions and you can solve the error.

Fixing the ERR_CONNECTION_RESET Error

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• • 1. Check your Proxy Settings
  • 2. Renew your IP address
  • 3. Disable your Anti-virus Program or Firewall
  • 4. Setup the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
  • 5. Repair/Clean Old Junk Registry
  • 6. Reset Google Chrome

Method 1: Check your Proxy Settings

By default, Google Chrome uses the proxy settings of your computer as its own settings. It does not have any built-in proxy settings. So, if you had used any proxy previously and forgot to turn it off in the LAN configuration of your computer, it may be the reason for you getting a net::err_connection_reset error.

• To fix this issue, go to Control Panel > Network and Internet, and click on the Internet Options.
• Next, click on the Connections tab and select the LAN settings option.
• In the new window, uncheck ‘Use a Proxy Server for Your LAN’ if it is checked and check ‘Automatically detect settings’.

Click on ‘OK’, and again visit the page to see if the error is fixed.

Method 2: Renew your IP address

If you are having difficulty in connecting to the network, you may not be getting a valid IP Address from your router. Renewing the IP Address will allow your computer to request a new IP Address from a DHCP server such as a router.  You have to release your current IP Address so you will be able to get a new one. However, before renewing your IP Address, make sure that your computer is connected to the router either wired or wirelessly.

• Click on Start > type cmd.exe > and then press Enter to open the Command Prompt. If the current user is not an Administrator user, you must open the Command Prompt program as an Administrator user.
• Now, in the command prompt window type in “ipconfig/release” and press [Enter] to release your computer’s current IP Address.
• Now type “ipconfig/renew” and press [Enter] to renew your computer’s IP Address.
• Restart your computer and check if you are still getting the err_connection_reset error.

• Method 3: Disable your Anti-virus Program or Firewall

  Sometimes, your built-in Windows firewall or antivirus program blocks your internet connection and causes the err_connection_reset error. You can temporarily disable your Windows firewall or antivirus program to test whether it is the cause. Also, check your firewall settings to make sure you are not blocking the website or the browser that you are using.
  
  Now, this is a method you should try at your own risk because when you disable your Antivirus or Firewall software your computer becomes vulnerable.

  Method 4: Setup the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

  This is the one thing we usually do not check, but if the MTU setup is incorrect, this could also perhaps lead to the net::err_connection_reset error. To set this value, you first need to get the name of your network adapter.
  • Hold the Windows key and Press R and type ncpa.cp.
  • You will see all the network connections listed. Copy the name of the active adapter, exactly as it is.
  In the image above, the active network adapter is highlighted.
  • Hold the windows key and press R. Type cmd to open the command
  • In the command prompt, type the following command:
  For an Ethernet Connection Use:
  1. netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface “Local Area Connection” mtu=1472 store=persistent
  For a Wireless Connection Use:
  1. netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface “Wireless Network Connection” mtu=1472 store=persistent
  • Replace Local Area Connection/Wireless Network Connection with the name of your network adapter and hit Enter.
  In this case, the name of the active network adapter is Wi-Fi.
  Now, open Google Chrome and visit websites. You should no longer encounter err_connection_reset.

  Method 5: Repair/Clean Old Junk Registry

  Sometimes broken registry entries cause the net::err_connection_reset error while browsing on Google Chrome. We suggest using trusted third-party tools to repair broken registry entries.
  Scan your registry for errors and repair if any found using any of the Windows registry files cleaning utilities. After that restart your computer and visit the website to check if the err_connection_reset error is resolved.

  Method 6: Reset Google Chrome

  In case, the err_connection_reset error is not solved by the methods above and you are only getting this error in Chrome browser, try resetting Chrome. This should fix configuration issues, if any, in Chrome and you may not encounter the error` anymore.
  To reset:
• Type chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings in address bar and press enter.
• Now, Click on Reset.

• Conclusion

  We hope the methods mentioned above will help you resolve the err_connection_reset error in Google Chrome browser. We recommend you check your internet connection before following this guide. Sometimes, your internet provider (ISP) stops your internet connection due to other errors or an overdue payment.
  Let us know which of these methods works for you or if you have a better method to solve the err_connection_reset error. Also, if you are stuck at any point feel free to mention in the comments below and we will try to help you.
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