Mail Have you tried using Web mail instead of Outlook Express or the like. Using web mail has some great advantages over the normal pop client but it’s not for everyone. I have been trialing both GMAIL from Google, Yahoo Mail from Yahoo & Hotmail from Microsoft. These are the three main servers in the world at the moment & GMAIL & YAHOO Mail both provide excellent spam filtering while Hotmail is not so good, easy user interfaces & fast access to your mail from any computer connected to the internet.
With GMAIL you can setup it up to POP (go & get) your email from your internet service providers mail boxes like netsmart, EOL, Xtra & Clear and bring it to your GMAIL mailbox & in the process, it rips out all the SPAM. YAHOO mail or Hotmail can’t do this BUT you can forward mail from your internet service provider’s mail boxes to either Hotmail or Yahoo mail.
I have also had a few people ask me “can they get emails back when they are deleted from Outlook Express” The long answer is yes but it requires some surgery but with GMAIL, You can configure it to Archive your deleted emails which is fantastic because when you delete them, they are just hidden & will show up when you do a search of your mail in GMAIL. Both Yahoo & Hotmail seem to work on the same principal as Outlook Express, Once they are gone, they are gone. If you are like me & delete stuff then a few weeks later, want it back, GMAIL is the one for you.
To setup either a GMAIL, YAHOO or HOTMAIL account, just go to their websites (gamil.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com) & set yourself up with a username & password & you are ready to go. Another fantastic reason for this is so many people use more than one computer these days & it’s so nice to be able to get access to your emails from anywhere.
Most of the ISP’s in NZ already provide Web mail services so you could start there to try it as you probably are already setup on their server but I haven’t seen a local Webmail service as good as Google’s Gmail for features, ease of use & the logical way it works is just great. The next question you probably have is how do I get all my “Contact, Address book” from Outlook Express into GMAIL, YAHOO mail or Hotmail. You need to first EXPORT your addresses from Outlook Express to a file on your desktop then while in GMAIL, YAHOO MAIL or HOTMAIL, Go to the Contacts section & look for a link to IMPORT & choose the file on your desktop & suck them in.
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