Some Outlook users have the option to recover deleted items even after they have disappeared. If your copy of Outlook is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server then the Deleted Items folder is a little different in two respects. When items are deleted from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder they are not
Gmail can display a Powerpoint presentation much as it’s intended to look. Google has added a separate ppt file viewer to Gmail. A ppt email attachment now has three action options: View as HTML View as slideshow Download ‘View as HTML’ is much the same as the same named Google
Symantec has an online ‘health check’ for your email. Symantec’s free email health check is available at http://edm.symantec.com/emailhealthcheck/ It looks at your email system from the security, backup and archiving perspectives. At the start you’re asked for your name, company, email address and phone number — all are required including
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
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
The British Library is collecting emails this month. The British Library, in conjunction with Microsoft’s Windows Live is collecting a snapshot of email from UK residents all through May 2007. Email Britain is collecting messages from people to be preserved for future generations to get a glimpse of daily, virtual,
An all-too-common story from New Zealand where someone’s name causes their email to be refused. A somewhat funny email story from New Zealand this weekend shows how email filters have to be configured very carefully. Gay Hamilton sent an innocent customer enquiry to NZ Telecom (the major telco) and was
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has a neat explanation of how to ‘accidently’ delete email in Outlook. For a bit of fun, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart recently explained how you can ‘accidently’ delete emails in Outlook. We’re not getting into the political elements of this — we
Do you know all the email addresses you have available? Remember when you got your first email address? What an exciting time, giving it out to friends and hoping for incoming emails. Even your first spam might have been interesting. These days the problem for many people isn’t one email
The ‘Privacy’ option at Google Checkout does more than you might expect or want. At Google Checkout (Google’s online payment option) you’ll see an option like this: ‘Keep my email address confidential. Google will forward all email from to ‘. This option creates an email alias (eg ‘some_long_string_of_letters_and_numbers@checkout.google.com’ ) which
What happens if you need to access webmail for someone who has died? And what should you do to prepare? An interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald about access to email accounts after the account holder dies. This caught Peter’s eye because in a previous decade (pre-email) he worked
Some thoughts about a ’12 step’ program for email junkies. Another article that caught my eye was on CNN Twelve-steps to curing e-mail addiction. Being overwhelmed by email is certainly a problem, but we’re not sure that some of the suggestions are the right course. In particular the idea of
You hit Reply to answer a messages you received – simple right? Reply and Forward have hidden depths and tricks you should know. As often happens with Outlook and Office usual there is more that is worth knowing about, even in this simple email feature. There are options to “Reply”
Alternatives to printing out email messages. I know this will seem like heresy to some readers (we’re fully prepared for the emails from angry readers) but do you need to print out that email at all? Certainly there’s a place for printing out a long message so you can read it
How to add Quick Launch icons for specific folders in Outlook. Getting quickly to the Outlook folder you want can be a little easier if you use the Windows XP Quick Launch toolbar. Any Outlook folder can be dragged onto the Quick Launch toolbar for fast access. If you don’t
When Outlook says you’ve replied to an email – have you really replied? Ron C from ‘the mother country’ has a good point: If I start to compose a reply in OL2003 and then save it in the drafts folder, Outlook decides that I’ve actually replied and marks the email
About those messages from MySpace users. One of the more recent phishing campaigns impersonates the Myspace web site. If you see messages with a subject like: “New message from [name] on MySpace … “ it is trying to trick you into clicking on the link. The messages have nothing to
Survey shows those stock tip emails actually work. One of the more common uses of spam is to promote a particular stock in an effort to boost the price via these false disclosures. This trick was especially popular during the Internet stock boom when people were eager to get in
Spam has several meanings. The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to stop companies using the word ‘Spam’ as a nickname for unwanted email. The name ‘Spam’ originally meant ‘Spiced Ham’ back in 1937 when Hormel Foods Corp. started the product. In the 70’s Spam
Google Apps for domains. Google has expanded their Gmail service into a new area – Google Apps for domains. This might sound very complex and for business but it is neither. Google has expanded their Gmail service into a new area – Google Apps for domains. This might sound very
Google has expanded their Gmail service into a new area – Google Apps for domains. This might sound very complex and for business but it is neither. Google’s service lets you manage the email accounts for an entire domain – not just a single address. This gives you many options
A new security threat known as the VML vulnerability has just been patched by Microsoft. As we’ve mentioned in Office Watch, a new security threat known as the VML vulnerability has just been patched by Microsoft. This is important because there’s a possibility of email messages taking advantage of this
There are many ways to reduce the file size of an image. Many of you will have compression options already installed on your computer as part of Microsoft Outlook or Office. There are many ways to reduce the file size of an image. Many of you will have compression options
There’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). It had to happen I suppose, Websense are reporting that there’s a new phishing scam running around targeting Gmail users (Google’s email service). The email poses as a $500 prize as part of the fictitious ‘Gmail Games’.
