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Mail Delegation in Gmail
Released on 8/04/2009, Google Apps Official Update from the Google Apps team.
You can now allow others (i.e. administrative assistants) in your domain access to your email.
Now included in the Premier Edition, Languages included: US English
How to access what’s new:
Administrators must first enable mail delegation by checking the Mail Delegation checkbox under ‘Email [...]

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