Mail2Web: The anywhere mail client (and more) April 26, 2006
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Now you can check your e-mail from anywhere using the Web!
OK, so that’s old news if you use a service like AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, or any number of e-maial providers. However, a friend told me about a nifty web site called Mail2web that lets you pull e-mail from any e-mail account — even multiple accounts. Just enter your e-mail address and e-mail password and Mail2web intelligently figures out how to retrieve your mail. No sign-up needed to just check a single account, but you can register for free to access several accounts at once and store your settings.
Also available is a service called “Mail2web LIVE” — not only do you get free e-mail, but you can create and manage personal calendars, contacts, and tasks. You can even sync your info with a Windows Mobile device.
By the way, Mail2Web offers free personal homepages, blog sites, and a chat service that lets you combine multiple instant messaging accounts.
Fishnet Radio Episode 2: What’s Inside Your Computer April 19, 2006
Posted by Kathy in Also from LTF Tech, Gadgets & Hardware, Internet Radio (Podcast).add a comment
What’s a computer made of? That would take way too long to explain in a podcast. However, Kathy does highlight three major computer components that are important to understand when thinking about buying a new computer.
Are you a spammer? April 18, 2006
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As if there’s not enough junk mail. Aside from the standard spam about prescription drugs and Nigerian money-making schemes, there is another more insidious genre of junk mail making the inbox rounds. What makes this category so bad is that many people who would thumb their noses at normal spam are willing parties to this more heinous type of mass e-mail, zapping hundreds of messages with impunity to new victims. Are you a spammer?
If you haven’t guessed it, the “spam” I’m talking about is rumors, hoaxes, and urban legends. Despite the adage, “Don’t believe everything you read,” many people readily believe what their friends send them by e-mail. Popular topics vary according to the ebb and flow of current events, but perhaps these sound familiar: AOL/Microsoft giveaways, gas boycotts, various alleged computer viruses. They seem believable, and sometimes contain a grain of truth, but are misleading if not altogether false. Have you received a message like this? Worse, have you “forwarded it to everyone you know?”
If you’ve been an unwitting hoax “spammer,” there’s hope. Next time you receive a suspicious e-mail message, check it out at one of the following reliable hoax-debunking web sites.
Snopes.com
TruthOrFiction.com
TruthMiners.com
Say no to spam in all its forms!
