Category «Email Tips»

OutlookTools for Office 2010

In the days before Office 2010 (and above), I used to use AttachmentOptions to unblock file extensions in Microsoft Outlook. However the program doesn’t work in Office 2010. I hadn’t bothered to look for an alternative until recently. I found OutlookTools which seems to work well: OutlookTools is a support and advanced settings tool for …

A couple of useful Outlook tips

One of the blogs I follow is the Workers’ Edge blog by Dennis O’Reiley of CNET News. Dennis offers “tips and tricks for the cubicle-dweller”. I don’t work in a cubicle, but I do appreciate some of the productivity software tips he gives. A couple of the most useful Outlook tips were: Remove the attachments …

Can’t Open Your E-Mailbox? Good Luck

From the New York Times: Logging on to Gmail or other e-mail service has become a routine of daily life, completed without a thought. What would you do, however, if you woke up tomorrow, plugged in your user name and password as you always do, but then received an unfamiliar message: “User name and password …

101 Fantastic Freebies

Late last year I linked a list of PC World where they had 101 Fabulous Freebies. The list has been updated: Once upon a time you actually had to pay for great software and services — hard to believe, but true. We revved up our cable modem and searched for the most intriguing free offerings …

SpamCop.net – Beware of cheap imitations

As I’m sure you’ve experienced, spam (junk email) is a huge problem. If you have an email address than you’ve probably received junk. Most ISPs now try to run services on their mail server to stop this, but some always get through. If you get spam and want to report it yourself, a good place …

Make your GMail Signature For Free

I think I’ve mentioned something similar to this before, yet I couldn’t find it, so here it is. The site has 3 images to choose from. You enter what your username is, and it puts it in the image for you. This displays your email address, but hides it from email harvestors (or spambots). Make …

Yahoo! Mail Beta

I virtually never use my Yahoo! account for anything. However, yesterday I logged in for the first time in months and was prompted to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Wow! It’s very impressive. It’s much better looking then the Windows Live Mail Beta, and seems to have more features. If you have a Yahoo! …

Feedster Top 500

Feedster is a blog/feed search site, along with many other services. They have just started a Top 500 feeds list (neither Chris nor I are listed). Each month, Feedster brings you a list of 500 of the most interesting and important blogs. Enjoy browsing to see what people are reading, to find feeds that will …

Free GMail Addresses

Since the GMail Spooler was taken down, I don’t have anywhere to unload my invitations to. If you are looking for a GMail invitation, then email me at the address below and I’ll send you one.