Subscriber JPB had a question about deleting emails, and why they don’t get recycled: When you delete files (normally) they go to the recycle bin. How come E-mail doesn’t work the same way. it get’s compacted? I’m using Thunderbird and Windows 7. The reason that deleted emails don’t show up in the Recycle Bin is [...]
Emailing Directly From OpenOffice
Subscriber Keith wrote with question about backing up his Outlook data and configuration: Hey Terry, I’m a new recipient of your newsletter and I think it’s a great service you’re providing. I do have a question; I moved to Win7 when first available from XP so quite a few things changed when I did. I’m [...]
Email Security When Using Wireless Networking
Email security is critical when you use wireless networking. When you use wireless networking at home, if you haven’t set your wireless router and wireless adapters to use the best encryption they will support (currently WPA2 for most personal wireless devices), you don’t have a secure system. You are broadcasting your data unencrypted or with [...]
Keeping spam Out of Your Mailbox
Now, how can I ignore those spam emails? How can I keep them out of my Inbox? We’ve all tried the old way – using a "block the sender" function. Basically, this is a specific filter (called a "rule" by some programs) that says "if an email comes from him, put it in the spam [...]
Thunderbird Plus Firefox Crash Problems
Subscriber David wrote recently with a strange Thunderbird + Firefox problem: As a long-time reader, I have a long-time intermittent problem which I have posted on the Mozilla forum and not had any response. Every now and again, computer totally crashes. Screens (I have two) go completely blank without any warning and that’s it! Power [...]
Email Attachment Links Don’t Work
A subscriber wrote me recently about email problems he was having: I am having difficulty with the attachments on emails. I can not open any attachments sent me nor can I send any attachments. Do you have any suggestions? Unfortunately, he did not mention which email program he used. This happens often when asking someone [...]
Email Attachment Size
In these days of high-speed Internet access via cable systems, we think little about sending large attachments with our emails. We can send and receive them easily, so we forget that not everyone can. The maximum email size you can mail depends on what YOUR ISP allows and what your recipient’s ISP allows. Your recipient [...]
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