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New scam email sent in the name of FedEx

November 23, 2009 0 comments

Most of us are aware of the Nigerian scam and the different variations of emails that are floating around. But recently I recently an email that is obviously a scam but the story is not the usual ‘my father was a rich man who died ….’ This email pretends to have been sent by FedEx. [...]

Do your Emails disappear once you have read them?

November 18, 2009 0 comments

If you’re finding emails from your Windows Mail or Outlook Express inbox go missing right after you’ve read them, closed the program, then reopened it, don’t panic. Most likely, the messages are perfectly safe, and you just managed to accidentally change a setting in Windows Mail that hides messages once you’ve read them. It’s easy [...]

Make your GMail secure with Https

July 8, 2009 0 comments

By default Gmail uses just Http protocol to transfer data. While it may not be an issue if you are just a casual email user, for people whom security is the primary concern, http may not be good enough.

What to do when your Outlook mailbox is full

June 10, 2009 0 comments

When your Microsoft Outlook inbox is bursting at the seams, you should find out exactly how much space your messages and attachments are taking up – and which folders are responsible. Click Tools>Mailbox Cleanup…and you’ll see a button marked View Mailbox Size…. Click it to bring up a dialog showing the total size, along with [...]

Automatically convert your email attachments to online iPaper documents

July 27, 2008 0 comments

When you send someone an email attaching document files like Microsoft Word, Excel etc or a Pdf file, unless your recipient has the particular application installed, he/she may not be able to view the file. While there are several alternatives that your recipients can adopt to view the file, here is a simple solution that [...]

Do you email or e-mail?

July 2, 2008 2 comments

Ever wondered whether it’s email or e-mail? This controversy has been going on for a long time. Just google up the search term email vs e-mail and you will find several discussions on the topic. Rob has a nice post on this topic in his blog. While not many people seem to care much about [...]

Filemail – Easily send large files to anyone with an email id

May 12, 2008 1 comment

Almost all email services have a limit on the the maximum size of files that you can send a attachments. For instance, in Gmail this limit is 20MB. Filemail.com is a free service that lets you send large files to anyone with an email address. With the free service you can send files as large [...]

Using Blind Carbon Copies to protect your friends’ privacy

June 7, 2007 0 comments

Suppose you have lots of friends and you have their email ids too. And you want to send a mail to every one of them, how do you do it? What’s the big deal, you say. Just select all their ids from your address book and send it. Simple. But did you realize that when [...]

Gmail doubles maximum attachment size to 20MB

May 23, 2007 0 comments

Gmail has recently doubled the maximum size of attachments to a mail from 10MB to 20MB. This is definitely good news. But you need to remember that if your recipient is using a service that does not allow such large mails then there might be problems. So it would be safe to send to other [...]

How to spot a ‘phishing’ email

May 2, 2007 0 comments

Phishing is a scam where criminals send emails to thousands of people. These emails pretend to come from banks, credit card companies, online shops and auction sites as well as other trusted organisations. They usually contain a compelling but bogus reason to go to the site, for example the mail may ask you to update [...]

Voice-Mail-To-Text Now Available For Skype Users

March 1, 2007 2 comments

Skype users can now have their voice mail messages delivered to their e-mail and SMS addresses through a voice-mail-to-text service offered by SimulScribe. Utilizing its proprietary voice-recognition algorithms that transcribe voice mail to text, the service works with wireless, networked, and voice-over-IP services. SimulSribe has recently extended its service to Skype users too. The system’s [...]

Gmail Tips you may find useful

February 20, 2007 0 comments

Here are a few tips to working faster and better with Gmail: Compose in a New Window Pressing [Shift] brings up a new window for composing provided your pop-up blocker is off or configured to allow Gmail pop-ups. For example, when you press [Shift] and click on ‘Compose Mail‘, a new window pops up for [...]

Gmail open to all – Invitation-only restriction removed

February 15, 2007 0 comments

Google announced on Wednesday that from now on it opens up Gmail, its free e-mail service, to everyone worldwide, dropping the invitation-only restriction. Google began public testing of Gmail on April 1, 2004. Initially, Gmail was an exclusive club — an invitation from another Gmail user was required. In August 2005, Google opened Gmail up [...]

Free Waxmail lets you talk instead of type!

February 14, 2007 0 comments

Waxmail is a free software that lets you talk your message instead of typing it. It is presently available for Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. Once you have installed the application, you will find a Waxmail button on your outlook toolbar. Just click on it to create an email ready for your voice message. Press [...]

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