stuff on e-mail

gmail @ 5 gig

Tuesday, 20 November 2007 2:37 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, internet

is it just me or has anyone noticed that gmail‘s space counter jumped to 5 gig? compared to yahoo’s “unlimited” space, 5 gig is “small”. but heck, 5 gig is still plenty.

new y! mail

Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:59 am by noel
posted in e-mail, internet

yup. it looks like its out but i haven’t seen any official announcements yet. but (there’s always a “but”, isn’t there?) i do have a small gripe. i have a couple of mail accounts in yahoo. here’s how it looks like on the beta interface: the problem i have with the new interface is i [...]

e-mail white list

Friday, 21 September 2007 10:13 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, internet, software

after reading an article about running only white listed programs on a computer instead of blocking blacklisted ones to improve internet security, i started thinking of doing the same to my e-mail. there are more spam mail coming in each day than legitimate ones so it should be easier (and maybe more efficient?) to filter [...]

send and receive

Thursday, 30 August 2007 7:09 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, stuff

for the past few months i have been trying to troubleshoot a certain computer at a client. according to the user, he cannot send out or receive any of his mails. i know it setup the thing correctly and i checked it twice. so i go there and check it. the mail program is able [...]

warning: spam is up

Monday, 19 February 2007 7:05 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, internet, support

i’ve been getting a lot more spam for the past two days. something’s up. so: don’t open any e-mail from anyone you do not know. don’t click on that link from an e-mail unless you’re expecting that e-mail be wary of e-mails even if it appears to be from someone you know be wary of [...]