SPAM IS BACK

Dec 6, 2006 | mail, spam

You’ve probably noticed it, and here’s a New York Times article to confirm it: after a respite for a year or two, the volume of spam has risen sharply in the last few months; worldwide spam volumes have doubled since last year and it currently accounts for...

DISPOSABLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES

Nov 28, 2006 | mail

Some web sites require an e-mail address and send a confirming e-mail message to activate an account. The “confirmation” might be an excuse to get an e-mail address that can become a spam target.Ten Minute Mail sets up a temporary e-mail address that...

WINDOWS MOBILE TAKING OVER HANDHELD MARKET

Jul 24, 2006 | mail, mobile, phone

This article highlights a startling statistic – sales of Windows Mobile-equipped handheld devices grew by 90% last year. Not that long ago, the Palm-based Treo 650 was the only reasonable phone/PDA device, but all of a sudden there’s more than 100 Windows...

WEB MAIL GROWS UP

Oct 9, 2005 | mail, Outlook, remote

Microsoft and Yahoo have both begun testing overhauls of their web mail clients. Here’s an article about the new look for HotMail, scheduled for rollout next year.The new Hotmail closely resembles Outlook 2003, and supports drag-and-drop, right-clicking,...

SENDING LARGE E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS

Oct 7, 2005 | file_sharing, mail, web_services

E-mail was not designed to exchange large files. Many people attempt to send big files by e-mail – 10 or 20 or 30Mb of photos or PDFs or the like – and feel disappointed when the recipient never gets the message. Or perhaps you’ve been on the...

OUTLOOK SPAM FILTER UPDATE

Mar 11, 2005 | mail, Outlook

If you’re using Outlook 2003, Microsoft released updated junk mail definitions a couple of days ago. Visit Microsoft Office Update to install the update. (If you haven’t gone to Office Update for a while, you should also install service packs or anything...