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Have you ever lost an Internet connection, but needed to desperately check for e-mail?  I’m sure many of us have experienced this and wished there was some way to check e-mail offline.  Enter Offline Gmail, a handy lab feature that allows you to check for mail, send, search, and label mail - all offline.

Basically, Google uses their Gears program to save and download a cached version of your mail.  Even without Internet access, you just have to go to your browser, type in Gmail.com, and the cached files load because it is saved on your hard drive.  Nifty huh? 

The cool feature within offline Gmail is that you can send mail, just compose a message, press send, and it will go to your outbox.  Whenever Gmail detects a connection, it will immediately send that e-mail and any other pending messages.  To enable this service, you will have to wait until it is rolled out to your account, then download Gears and finish the set up process.

This looks like a great tool and I cant wait to test it out myself.  Watch the video below to see just exactly how it works. 

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