Email accounts including the very popular Gmail are very vulnerable to hacking attacks that lead to account compromise. In fact, many Gmail users are simply using their Gmail accounts but are unaware that their accounts were already tampered or accessed by someone somewhere. There are several indications or manifestations when your Gmail account was actually hacked or compromised. For more information as to “How to Tell When Your Gmail Account Was Hacked or Compromised”, please refer to the suggested article. If you have confirmed that indeed your Gmail account was… Read More
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How to Backup Windows Live Mail Emails? Where Are these Emails Stored?
Windows Live Mail 2012 is the current version of Microsoft’s free email program that serves as the successor of the widely used Outlook Express in Windows XP. It was called Windows Mail in Windows Vista and then turned as Windows Live Mail as part of the free software suite called Windows Essentials 2012. If you are using Windows Live Mail, have you ever wondered where are your emails stored so that you can backup them manually? Yes, if you know the actual location of your Windows Live Mail emails, you… Read More
How to Add and Configure Yahoo! Mail in Outlook 2010/2007
There is a big change in Yahoo Mail that came with the changes that Yahoo made with their interface in the past few months ago. These days, FREE Yahoo Mail users can now use POP and SMTP email clients to access their emails. This feature was previously available for paid version of Yahoo Mail only. Prepare Your Yahoo Mail Account for POP/SMTP Access Allow your Yahoo Mail account first to be accessed using a POP email software like MS Outlook 2007/2010/2013, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, etc. This is done by… Read More
How to Avoid Email Scam and Spam
The email population is getting bigger as many people are getting or subscribing to an email account or accounts everyday. Also, there are several email providers today that allows people to create an email account with them for free. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and AOL are among them. This is also the main reason why hackers and spammers are targeting emails since hundreds of millions of people are using emails. Therefore, with this great number of emails out there, the more email addresses that the hacker can scrape the web… Read More
How to Check Your Mailbox Size in Microsoft Outlook 2010
If you are using the well know and widely used email program – MS Outlook 2010 or the latest version, you might be enjoying its whole bunch of features. Indeed the product has evolved so much over the years. However, you need to monitor the size of your mailboxes so that they don’t get bloated over time. This is especially true if you have email accounts set up as POP or POP3. In MS Outlook, you have the option to add several email accounts. These email accounts also have the… Read More
Outlook Tip: Moving sent emails to Inbox
When you are using MS Outlook of any version (2003, 2007, 2010, etc.), it is a common experience that when you send an email, a copy of the sent email is saved in the Sent Items folder. This is the default behavior. What if you want Outlook to move it to your Inbox folder so that you can keep an eye on the progress of your communication? If you are using MS Outlook in a business setup, you might want to place the sent email to your Inbox. For what… Read More
My Hotmail emails are shown as a group of emails. How can I show them individually?
If you have been using Hotmail for a long time and you are now faced with the new Outlook.com interface, with its great feature set, you might be overwhelmed. One important feature in particular, you might be complaining about your emails stacked in groups. This is called “conversation” mode of display. Compared to the old classic Hotmail, when people sends you emails and you reply to each of them, each email received is listed individually. With this new Outlook.com feature, it is now listed in “conversation” view. See the screen… Read More
How to configure Gmail for POP3 and IMAP
When you are using a FREE version of Gmail, you can still add it to an email program like MS Outlook 2003/2007/2010, Mozilla Thunderbird and other email clients and be able to send and receive emails from their using POP3, SMTP and IMAP. Unlike Yahoo Mail, only paid versions called Yahoo Mail Plus can be added to a POP email client. If you want to add your Gmail account to your email client, whether it is MS Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, Mozilla Thunderbird or others, you need to first configure… Read More
How to share your Outlook.com or Hotmail.com Calendar
The calendar apps is now a built-in apps in computers and in other handy techy gadgets like tablets and smartphones. This means that you can easily have a calendar app in your device. This article describes how you can share your Hotmail or Outlook.com calendar. Reasons to Use a Calendar App Many people are using smart gadgets with free built-in calendar application but they did not even know about it. As a result, they just left the app unused. Here are some reasons why Calendars are useful in today’s inteconnected… Read More
How to Uninstall Windows Live Mail 2012
If you are using the latest version of Windows Live Mail – WLM 2012, then that is a good choice. Besides being free, it has a lot of features nearly comparable to commercial email clients like Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010. However, as you use it and your email accumulates, and when you install Windows Updates or MS Office updates, Windows Live Mail can behave erratically as an effect. Since Windows Live Mail 2012 is a Windows application, it is affected mostly by the changes you make in your Windows Operating System…. Read More