You can send a message via the Hangouts. Hangouts is the Instant Messaging service of Gmail. It allows sending instant messages which can be received over phones too.
No, you can't see facebook Chat text in Gmail. Gmail is a mailing service only. Thus it cannot link Facebook chat with it.
Friend requests are not a thing of Gmail. They can be followed on Social Networks only.. Gmail is a pure mailing service only.
Gmail does not use friend request. This type of feature is mostly placed in social networks. Gmail uses simple mail transfer procedures.
i use gmail, which you can send text to cell phnes
You can easily view all your contacts in Gmail. Over the compose button there is a text called Gmail. Click it and you'll get the contacts menu.
It just means that they have typed a text but they are not sending it.
Ask him!
You can easily remove a friend from Gmail account. It is a very easy process for removing. You have to hower over the contact to delete it.
Gmail specifies the text what it wants. While opening an account you need information like Name, gender etc. The text it needs is specified at the left.
To get your E-mails you will need to go into Gmail to receive your E-mails of if you don't use Gmail just text.
I think you will have to ask your friend to do that.
You print out your text and use a fax machine.