Email experts advise against using your email inbox as storage and instead suggest frequently cleaning it out and storing old messages in archive folders instead. For Gmail users, here’s a filter that will move all messages older than a certain …[Continue]
How did Tagged Get My Email Address?
Although technically neither spam nor phishing, those aggressive emails from Tagged claiming a friend has sent you photos are certainly pushing the limits of netiquette. Ask Leo explains how Tagged.com got your email address and know your friend’s name, and …[Continue]
How to Reduce Email Errors
Kevin Purdy offers this email writing tip on LifeHacker.com. To make your emails more direct, and less prone to what he calls the “Oops-Forgot-To-Add” syndrome, reverse the order in which you compose them. Start with the attachment, then write the …[Continue]
Protect Yourself from PayPal Phishing Attempts
A recent round of PayPal phishing schemes brings up the importance of staying diligent and alert when responding to email. To sharpen your phishing sensors, PayPal offers a Fight Phishing Challenge . Common Crafts explains Phishing Scams in Plain English. …[Continue]
How to Use Blind Carbon Copy
Do you know when and how to use the Blind Carbon Copy feature of your email client? When addressing an email to send to a single recipient, it’s obvious that their address goes in the TO field and yours in …[Continue]
Efficient Use of Gmail
Efficient use of Gmail (Google’s free email service at http://www.gmail.com ) requires a paradigm shift in how you think about your email inbox. Other email services and clients treat email as you might a piece of paper in your office. …[Continue]
How to Own Your Email Address Forever
If you are tired of changing your email address whenever your ISP changes, buying your own domain name is a simple way to assure that you can keep the same email address year after year. A domain costs about $8 …[Continue]
How to Use Email Aliases with Gmail
With a single Gmail email address, you can create an unlimited number of alias accounts to help sort and track incoming mail. Your email aliases can be created either by adding dots to your address or by tacking on a …[Continue]
