After my articles in my recent email newsletters, in which I wrote about dropping Eudora OSE and switching to Thunderbird, I received several emails from current Thunderbird users. In one case, it was a question about something the reader couldn’t do. In this case, subscriber Richard Fuller wrote to give me his thoughts and complaints [...]
Strange Email Addresses Showing Up in Mail Bounce Messages
New subscriber Jerry Argo wrote with a question about an email problem. Jerry had more than one email problem though. I don’t answer questions from non-subscribers — and Jerry had mis-typed his email address in the question he sent via my web site’s Contact Form. Although I don’t normally do this, I checked his name [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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