Gmail labs come up this feature for those who travel frequently. Now you can add your current location to all your outgoing emails so that recipients know where you are.
Marco Bonechi, the Google engineer who coded the Location module from Gmail uses IP-address of the computer to determine the geographic location from where you are writing the email. City detection based on IP addresses may not be 100% accurate but you can always modify the detected value before sending the email. He recommends using the location module with Google Gears for more accurate location detection since it uses wi-fi access point signals to determine your current location.
How to Add Location in Gmail email Signatures
1. Enable the Location in Signature module from the Lab Settings of your Gmail.
2. Open the Setting tab of Gmail. In the Signature section add your automatic signature (if not added) and select the check box that says “Append your location to the signature”.
Thats it. Now you can start composing email. You may get Gear security warning, select the check box and click Allow.
This is how the signature looks at the recipients computer.
Gmail location signature is not available on mobile phone based browsers (like Opera Mini for BlackBerry) so you can’t have custom signatures for emails sent through mobile phones even if you use the regular Gmail interface.
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