Category Archives: Email Tips

There is a plus to having a Gmail or Outlook account. Period.

There is a plus to having a Gmail or Outlook account. Period. Most of us know we can use periods to create multiple Gmail addressing scenarios. For instance you.are.not.eb@gmail.com is the same as youarenoteb@gmail.com . And my.grammar.is.not.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com is the same asmygrammarisnot.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com and mygrammarisnotasbadasyouthink@gmail.com . Or, if you dare,I.dodge.the.n.s.a@gmail.com is the same i.dodge.the.nsa@gmail.com. This is for Gmail users. Period.… Read More »

Judy’s Fruit Bowls

Judy’sFruitBowls @ sinister.net Judy may want an email address like this, but we have news for Judy – and for everyone else who would like to have Frank’s Mail @ whatever.com – you can’t use apostrophes and things like that in email addresses. You can use periods, dashes, and underscrores ( you know these things _______ ). You… Read More »

How to Use Gmail’s Recent Activity feature

How to Use Gmail’s Recent Activity feature How many of you who have Gmail accounts have noticed the link at the bottom of Gmail account main page that says “Last account activity… Details” (which Details being underlined as a clickable link)? If you haven’t seen it before, open your Gmail account right now, sign in and click the… Read More »

Gmail Now Has a New Block Sender Feature

Gmail Now Has a New Block Sender Feature Gmail has long had a feature that allows you to mark a message as spam, but this week Google has a announced a new Block Sender feature that you can use to block a sender by email address. Once you block a sender any future emails from that nutjob…OUCH EB!… Read More »

Exporting Gmail Contacts for use in desktop Email program

Exporting Gmail Contacts for use in desktop Email program Three things we learned quickly after working on a few hundred computers: 1. People love their pictures 2. People love their music 3. People love their contacts list (address book) Another thing we’ve learned is a lot of you have Gmail accounts and it only seems reasonable to assume… Read More »

Leave The Candle Burning

Leave The Candle Burning He left the candle burning, just as she had asked him to do. Though it had been seven years since she went away, every evening at nightfall he would light a candle. Every night while he tried to sleep through his pain and his loneliness, the candle flickered silently casting dancing shadows upon the… Read More »

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