# Gmail connector overview
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The following table gives an overview of the Gmail connector and its supported features.


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- ****Security****
  - **Feature:** Authentication type / **Latest Connector:** Google Service Account / **Legacy Connector:** Google Service Account
  - **Feature:** Authentication credentials / **Latest Connector:**  [See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/gmail-overview.html)  / **Legacy Connector:**  [See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/gmail-overview.html) 
  - **Feature:** [Access Control List (ACL)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-authorization) crawling / **Latest Connector:** Yes (Automatic) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Manual configuration)
  - **Feature:** [Identity crawling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-identity-crawler) / **Latest Connector:** Yes (Automatic) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Manual configuration)
  - **Feature:** [VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-vpc) / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** Yes

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  - **Feature:** Customer Managed Key (CMK) support
  - **Latest Connector:** No
  - **Legacy Connector:** Yes

- ****Crawl features****
  - **Feature:** Custom metadata / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** No
  - **Feature:** Entities / **Latest Connector:** Messages (automatic), Draft emails (configurable) / **Legacy Connector:** Messages, Attachments (configurable)
  - **Feature:** [Field mappings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-field-mappings) / **Latest Connector:** No (Uses optimized defaults) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Configurable)
  - **Feature:** Filters / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** Date range, Attachments (regex), Domains, Keywords, Labels

- ****[Sync mode](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-sync-mode)****
  - **Feature:** Sync mode
  - **Latest Connector:** No (Optimized automatic sync)
  - **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Full and incremental sync)