Using GMail as a spam filter
Submitted on October 15th, 2005 by admin
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GMail is a great e-mail service, but some of you may not be willing to part with an old e-mail address. Want to get rid of some of that unsightly spam? Use a GMail account as a spam filter! GMail has one of the best spam filtersets of any web-based e-mail service (Hotmail probably being the worst) and you could use this to your advantage to keep your inbox free of nasties.
Sending voice e-mails made easy
Submitted on October 14th, 2005 by admin
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Voice e-mails are a nice way of communicating because not only is it faster to talk than type, but it is much easier to convey a message by voice over writing (unless you’re an excellent writer, or bad speaker). Until now, if you wanted to send a voice e-mail to someone, you had to have multiple applications to do the recording and sending, but not anymore, thanks to a few new services that have popped up recently. Please note that they’ll only record your voice so they’re not solutions to record conference calls.
- Slawsome - free, web-based solution which allows you to record a message up to 2 minutes in length and send to any number of e-mail addresses; does not allow you to download the sound file.
- SpringDoo - completely phone based, must dial 800 number to make a call; 10 free minutes upon sign up, but charges by the minute after that; recipient must click on a link in the e-mail to get the sound file.
- VEMail - free, desktop application which makes recording and sending super easy. It’s only for Windows, though.
Get beta access to the new Hotmail
Submitted on October 12th, 2005 by admin
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Microsoft has been working on updating their Hotmail e-mail service, codenamed Kahuna for now, for quite some time now and it looks like it may be almost ready. How do I know? They’re seeking beta testers! Head on over to the Hotmail invite page and fill in the relevant information for a chance to get picked (though no guarantees). While you’re at it, check out this video and see what it looks like.
Atiki, a personalized RSS search tool
Submitted on October 10th, 2005 by admin
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Over the years, I’ve actually settled on about 50 RSS feeds from which I get all my news - tech, science, world, and others. Yet, many people still like to browse the web looking for news items, or may sort through hundreds of feeds. If you’re looking to spend 24 hours a day scanning the web for new information, chances are you won’t be getting much else done. If you’re looking for real productivity, definitely give Atiki a go.
With Atiki, you don’t need to do any searching, as the service will do it for you. Just tell Atiki what search terms to look for, and it will scan RSS feeds from around the web and send you the results either via e-mail (a method still preferred by many) or to a personalized RSS feeds (so you don’t need to subscribe to multiple ones). If you want the latest news to come to you, Atiki is a great way to do it.
Finding the location of e-mail senders
Submitted on October 10th, 2005 by admin
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There are many reasons why someone would want to find out from where they may have received a particular e-mail. Maybe you’d like to know if a particular message is real or spam (though many spam filters may do this for you), or see if someone’s just pulling your chain on that million dollar sweepstakes. Whatever the reason, Kuro5hin has a pretty good article with step by step instructions on finding out this information. Most of you probably won’t care to use it, but it may still be nice to know.
Free GMail and 30gigs.com invitations
Submitted on October 5th, 2005 by admin
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Are you looking to sign up to either GMail or 30gigs, but don’t live in the United States or simply can’t get one? Here’s a couple sites you may want to visit. If any of you decide to get a 30gigs account, let me know how you like it!
- GMailTime, for GMail invites.
- 30gigs.com Invite Spooler, for 30gigs invites.
Disposable e-mail address services
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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One of the best tricks to stop spam e-mail from reaching your inbox is by creating a disposable e-mail address. I’ve used a Hotmail account for spam for a long time, but recently, many services have popped up which serve exclusively to route spam to. Some of these services provide RSS feeds of e-mail, others let you forward e-mail to your real account. Some require registration, some don’t. See what works best for you, though my favorite is still Mailinator (NOTE: Brian, who writes for TipMonkies sometimes, works on Mailinator and created the great Spam Map for the service) because of its simplicity. All the following are free.
Give GMail the OSX look with gMac
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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gMac isn’t an application; it is simply a stylesheet which skins GMail and gives it a Mac-looking makeover. This will only work with Mozilla and Firefox as you need the URLid extension. You can find full instructions to doing this in a previous article I wrote. The whole process is pretty simple though, and it sure makes GMail quite a bit prettier. Get gMac over at the Aqua-Soft forums.
Access e-mail from anywhere with Mail2Web
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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When I first came upon Mail2Web, I thought it was just another web-based e-mail service (and there’s enough of those), but in fact, it’s more like a desktop e-mail client, letting you access any e-mail account you own. Unlike desktop e-mail clients though, you do not need to provide Mail2Web with all the POP3 or IMAP information for you account. Simply type in your e-mail address and password, and Mail2Web will display the inbox for the account. At first, I thought this was pretty scary - after all, who wants to give a web service their e-mail information - but it all seems legit and Mail2Web does not store passwords or information after you log out. If you sign up for an account, you can save all your e-mail accounts’ information, making it easier to check multiple e-mail accounts from one convenient interface.
Mail2Web also provides Exchange support if you have an account, as well as PDA and mobile phone access.
Attack of the ridiculously large e-mail storage solutions
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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Ever since Google introduced GMail, every other mail service has been increasing the amount of storage capacity they offer their users (NOTE: GMail’s capacity is constantly increasing..there’s a counter on the front page). With all these large e-mail solutions, I figured I’d do a quick post on some of the ridiculously large e-mail solutions available today. Want to learn more? Read on!
