Recently, new subscriber Colleen wrote me about problems getting her new software to work with AVG 8.5. Happy New Year Terry! I run a home based business sponsored through [company name]. I recently purchased a new computer,which runs Windows 7. [company name] prefers Outlook Express as their e-mail server,so I installed windows live mail. I [...]
Do You Use Outlook Express?
Do you still use Outlook Express? If you do, stop right now (come back later and finish reading my articles) and compact your Outlook Express email folders. Don’t get in trouble like so many OE users are doing. OE does fine for a long time, but eventually, if you don’t compact the folders, Outlook Express [...]
Red-X Image Problem in Email
What can you do about a Red-X instead of any image in an email you receive? New subscriber Ron wrote to ask me about a fairly frequent problem with email programs. Ron didn’t mention which program he uses, but I’m guessing it’s Outlook Express because their “error message” seems to be nothing more than the [...]
An Early Look at Mailwasher Pro 2010
This week, I downloaded and installed Mailwasher Pro 2010 on my main desktop computer. I’m impressed… So much so that I’ve already purchased 3 licenses for my family’s computers. Mailwasher Pro 2010, like the older Mailwasher Pro, is an anti-spam system that checks your email while it is still on the mail server (before you ever download it) — but Mailwasher Pro 2010 has been completely rewritten. It [...]
Recovering Outlook Express Email Messages
Recovering Outlook Express email messages can suddenly become a priority. If you can’t resolve the file problem, the next best bet is to restore the OE files from your Acronis True Image Home 2011 backup files. Subcriber Glen Parbery wrote this week to ask about a bad problem he had experienced with Outlook Express – [...]