I understand this post is a bit old but I'm still having the same problem. In Settings>Chat, there is simply no options for "Save chat history". It's never been available that I never thought having a history log was an option. The system would randomly send me an email after a chat once in a while. Please see below for the settings panel on my account.
Chat: Chat onChat off Auto-add suggested contacts:Automatically allow people I communicate with often to chat with me and see when I'm online. Learn more<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=29795>Only allow people that I've explicitly approved to chat with me and see when I'm online.Call Phones:Enable outbound voice calling. - Make phone calls directly from Gmail. Learn more<http://google.com/support/chat/bin/answer.py?answer=187614&hl=en>Disable outbound voice calling. - To also disable incoming calls, go to your Google Voice settings <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0#phones>.Voice and video chat: Make voice and video calls to friends and family right from Gmail. It's free and installs in seconds. Sounds:Sounds on - Play a sound notification when new chat messages arrive. Requires Flash.Sounds offEmoticons:Emoticons on - When an emoticon is sent :-) it will automatically animate.Emoticons off Save Changes Cancel On Saturday, December 15, 2012 9:22:14 AM UTC+8, justkenneth wrote: > > Your chat history should be visible in a label called "Chats". > > You may first need to make sure that your chat settings are enabling you > to save your history. So click on the gear-shaped icon at upper right, > select Settings, then select the Chat tab and make sure that "Save chat > history" is enabled. > > You might also need to select the Labels tab in settings and make sure > that you have the Chats label set to "show". > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Johan Løwig Rambech Dahl < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have looked everywhere, but I cannot find how to choose the "Recent >> conversations". The dropdown beside the chat contact only gives the >> opportunity to decide how the contact will show up in the list. >> >> I cannot see if one can find the recent conversation from the persons >> profile from the contact list either. The settings for chat does only give >> the opportunity to save conversations as emails or not. >> >> So the only way to get the old conversation when using gmail chat in a >> browser (Firefox and Chrome at least) is to find the chat from the chat >> label, it seams. >> >> Or am I missing something? Please help me out on this ;-)= >> >> Best regards, Johan >> >> >> On Saturday, 23 June 2012 19:58:05 UTC+2, vukko wrote: >> >>> Hi Kiran >>> >>> On the 'More' dropdown of your chat contact there is a 'Recent >>> conversations' link. >>> If you are using the standalone Gtalk application, right-click the >>> contact and select 'View past chats'. >>> You can also use the search bar in Gmail, Eg. 'in:chats from:bob'. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Kiran Nayak <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Me n friend, both of us use gtalk. I have enabled the service to save >>>> my chats in gmail. >>>> But how to view it? >>>> >>>> I googled for it, it told me to click on "Chat", I also saw the images. >>>> N that option isn't even available now. >>>> So I changed to the standard view (I use basic html, I am more >>>> comfortable with that). N it isn't available even there! >>>> >>>> How do i view it? >>>> its really important for me. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>>> msg/gmail-users/-/bOMvREUvSsUJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gmail-users/-/bOMvREUvSsUJ> >>>> **. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gmail-users...@** >>>> googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/gmail-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Marko >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gmail-users/-/f6adPL0dgxAJ. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
