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Is it possible to be logged into multiple GMAIL accounts in one browser?

I have three GMAIL accounts and want to keep them all open in Firefox or
Safari, but it seems Google only allows one per browser so I'm forced to use
Safari, Opera and Firefox--one for each. Can you keep three GMAIL sessions
open or not?
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waitingforjune | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Actually, you can (and I do) if you have Firefox. There is a great extension called Gmail Manager (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1320) that lets you manage multiple Gmail accounts, even Gmail for Your Domain accounts. It sits in my toolbar (a custom one that I use with new tab/new window/FireFTP buttons as well), and can indicate unread mail count, when a new account gets mail, and can label each email address as not to get them confused. It also allows you to open multiple accounts at once in multiple tabs.

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michaelpaul | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

What if you don't use Firefox (for whatever reason you may have)? I use it, but that doesn't mean everyone else does. I think the best way to do it is to have one master account that can send and receive mail from all your other accounts. One tab, one repository.

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modctek | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

This may not work if your company's firewall blocks POP or SMTP ports to the internet. I know it didn't work for me back when I tried it in early 2008.

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michaelpaul | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Here's a way to have all three of your gmail accounts accessible from ONE login:

Assuming you have accounts 1, 2 and 3:

1. Enable pop access for accounts 2 and 3 (http://is.gd/fStN)
2. Set up account 1 to check mail at accounts 2 and 3 (http://is.gd/fStW)
3. In account 1, add a custom From: address for accounts 2 and 3 (http://is.gd/fSwX)

You will now be able to send and receive mail as any one of your three gmail identities, as if you were logged into all three separately. i.e., if you're logged into account 1 and mail comes in from account 3 and you press reply, gmail will choose the From: as account 3.

Two things to note about this setup: mail sent while logged into account 1 stays in account 1's Sent Mail folder and does not get copied to account 2's Sent Mail folder. This means that if you log into account 2, you'll still have all the mail you've received, but won't have access to any of the mail you've *sent* while you were logged into account 1.

The second thing to consider is that anyone using Outlook will see something like this:

From: Michael Paul (account1@gmail.com) on behalf of Michael Paul (account3@gmail.com)

Outlook is the only mail client I know that does this, based on personal experience, but there may be more. Most email clients will make it appear that your mail is coming from account3@gmail.com, if we're talking about the above example.

This also works with Google Apps For Your Domain. In my case, I have my personal email address that is checking two of my @olisproducts.com email addresses. When mail from either one of those @olisproducts.com addresses comes in, it gets labeled as such, which helps me manage the different accounts. If I wanted to see all mail from a specific account, for example, I could just click on the mike@olisproducts.com label and there are all my messages for that account.

Hope that helps.

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pelana | 3 years, 4 months ago
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You could also try MailPlane (http://www.mailplaneapp.com), which is Mac only. You can have as many Gmail accounts under one roof on your desktop instead of FireFox, and it also adds tons of other features Gmail doesn't offer.

(I'm in no way affiliated with them or anything, I use it to manage 6 Gmail and Google App accounts.)

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easyeboy | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Yes, there are services like Fuser http://www.fuser.com that will aggregate these three emails.

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jedinite | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Actually, if you are able to open each browser in it's own process you can have multiple session open at one time. An example of this would be opening a new Internet Explorer window for each session. Each IE window opened by relaunching the IE icon will launch a separate process. If you instead use Ctrl-N to open a new window, it will actually be opened under the same initial process. I haven't tried this on Firefox but there's potential for it to work, however you'll lose the tabbed browser functionality if it does work. I also don't condone the use of IE, it's just bad.

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modctek | 3 years, 4 months ago
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I've been using NetVibes.com, which has a handy Gmail widget. You can put multiple Gmail widgets on the same page, allowing you a quick, at-a-glance view of all your Gmail accounts. This works perfectly for me, as I am behind a very restrictive corporate firewall that prohibits SMTP, POP and IMAP internet traffic. The widget will also give you a 2-line preview of your emails, allowing you to decide whether or not you need to log into a particular account to read/reply to emails.
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m1mahal0 | 3 years, 4 months ago
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No browser plug-ins or other workarounds are ever required if you use domain-customized Gmail. I have three such accounts, each associated with a domain name I own, and bounce among thr three accounts in my browser all day long. Ditto on an iPhone; I have a desktop shortcut for each account on that device.

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clarusvisum | 3 years, 4 months ago
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No, cookies are used in such a way that logging into one will 'overwrite' the one before it, and Google will not allow severals logins to coexist at once from the same browser.

I suppose that MAYBE using Lunascape, a browser which can simultaneously utilize the Trident (Internet Explorer), Gecko (Firefox), and Webkit (Chrome) engines might be able to pull it off if you're using a separate engine for each login. That would TECHNICALLY be logged in multiple times using one browser, but I don't know if that would be satisfactory for you. It's worth a shot, though--link to Lunascape is my source.

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slonkak | 3 years, 4 months ago
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I find it easier to have all of my email accounts being brought into one gmail account. You can add multiple accounts in the settings, even for external POP3 accounts. Also, if you're worried about not being able to send mail as those other accounts, you can do that too in the settings.

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