How to Grant Access to Your Gmail Account (Email Delegation)

How to Grant Access to Your Gmail Account (Email Delegation)

Recently, Google made available the Email Delegation feature
to Gmail users, making it possible to grant access to your
Gmail account to others (maybe your personal assistant or
whatever) but without letting them alter your settings or
have a peek at your password. If enabled, the person with
the access can read your mails and respond on your behalf.
This might come in handy if you have a delegate to look
after things for you. Here is how you do it.

!! Steps !!

* Open a Gmail account if you don't already have one. This feature
is available only in Gmail.
Navigate to the Gmail settings option found at the top right
corner of the page.

Under the Accounts and Imports tab, you should notice a new
section which says "Grant access to your account".

Input the user's email you want to add and wait till they
confirm the verification request.

Refresh your browser and let your delegate handle the rest. The
small down arrow which you find at the top right corner besides
your email identification can be used to toggle between the two
accounts.

* When an email is sent on your behalf by the delegate, the email
message will make this clear in the sender lines.

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!! Tips !!

* Your delegate will only be able to read and compose replies to
your emails. The delegate cannot chat on your behalf, change your
password (or see it), or modify most of your account settings.

!! Things You'll Need !!

* Gmail account

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