We’ve been telling you right along that when ISPs block email as spam, what they’re essentially doing is censoring your email. That’s why it’s so very important, if you’re ISP uses spam filters, that you maintain at least one non-ISP email account and use it when you absolutely, positively want to receive email without your ISP defining spam… Read More »
There have been a lot of news reports about botnets and spam lately. We’re not sure why. Maybe it’s because there are so many new computer users – or maybe it’s because we’re living in an age of misinformation, and many assume that their security software will always keep them safe. When someone clicks a link in a… Read More »
As most of you know, because we keep harping about it almost every week, your accounts in the cloud are only as good as your password. No matter how much security a server provides, if your passwords are weak, all the server security in the world isn’t going to save your data – or your accounts from abuse.… Read More »
Connie has Windows 7 and wants to uninstall Windows Live Mail Can one uninstall Windows Live Mail? I thought I would try it but now I don’t feel comfortable using it. My emails go to Windows Live Mail as well as to Comcast.net, and I spend way too much time deleting them from Comcast.net, the one I haven’t… Read More »
Did you know you can receive email from up to 5 of your other email accounts with your Gmail account? And you can also send from your Gmail account using your other account(s) as the Reply to: address. Here’s how to get started. 1.Login to your Gmail account, click on Settings (it looks like a little gear in… Read More »
Yahoo Mail is pretty bad. HotMail is not so hot. We like Gmail but it can take some getting used to. Some of you don’t like Gmail because it’s different. To each his own. Yahoo Mail charges for Pop3/IMAP access. Yes we know there are ways around this but none of them are very good. Hotmail can be… Read More »