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Web Based Email. Be Careful If you use it

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

It seems everyone is moving towards the email paradigm of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Windows Live Mail (formerly Hotmail) and the like.  Here’s something most people don’t realize and I think it’s important for you to understand exactly what it means. NOTHING IS FREE.  Why do these companies give out free email services?  The real answer…

Considering a Mail Client with the features you need? Consider Thunderbird.

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve used them all.  From the command line clients to the web mail services and even others such as Outlook, Pegasys, Apple Mail, and all the usual offerings. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You want a mail client that has the ability to accept Add-Ons.  This is one important piece of advice…

Too Much Email? Archive it!

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Percy Kwong

OK. If you’re anything like me, you get a lot of email and you also keep everything! Call it CYA (Cover Your Ass), but in this day and age, you need to right? Well.. Here’s the solution. The key to this whole thing is to get it in a format that will very unlikely suffer…

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