Using Google Gmail as Your Help Desk Solution

Why Gmail is widely used email system?

GMail

GMail

  1. It is free.
  2. It boasts incredible spam detection and filtering
  3. It provides great ways of organizing and labeling incoming messages.
  4. Conversation threads are automatically grouped, making each request easy to follow until resolution.
  5. much more…

How you ever wondered — Can Gmail be used as a helpdesk software? Interesting isn’t it?  I came across a article which shows how you can easily turn gmail into helpdesk software. Trust me its not a magic or some kind of trick — it’s thinking out of the box :-)

David Risley shows us how to turn Google Gmail as Your Help Desk Solution

While there can be other traditional help desk solutions like — Kayako Support Suite, Vision Helpdesk, Cerberus and more.. some can be Open Source Helpdesk Softwares