A reader is having a problem with some sluggish machines running Outlook – we suggest some possible cures. Al C. writes with a question about Outlook, he gave some details and had covered some obvious bases (virus infection, checked the Microsoft Knowledge Base), in summary: “I have 4 machines that are experiencing a major slowdown […]
Gmail has a good spam filter, you can use it for your own email accounts. In Email Essentials we often talk about spam filters that go too far, stopping you from seeing messages that you want to see. Many spam filters are either hidden from view or not configurable leaving customers unable to get messages […]
Even after all these years, people still give money to email scammers. The so-called ‘Nigerian’ scams have been going on for years and pre-date email. Some of you might remember getting letters and then faxes offering a commission on some large sum in exchange for helping get the money offshore. We’ve talked about these scams […]
Spam filters can only give a guess about whether a message is spam or not … Last week we talked about messages disappearing before you receive them and the problem of over-zealous spam filters. In this issue we’ll look inside spam filters to see why they are not perfect. You and I can glance at […]
How can I get spam emails when my address isn’t listed as a receiver? Often spam arrives with email addresses in TO: or CC: that are similar but not the same as your address. You can’t find your address in the message – so how did it get to you? That’s simple – your address […]
