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  1. Big Dan

    Anyone using Inbox by Google?

    I was wondering if anyone has been using Inbox from Google (Sign in - Google Accounts) it ties into your Gmail and follows the "Getting Things Done" method of task management. I started using Inbox a couple of weeks ago. It took a little getting used it really makes managing large amounts of...
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    Newsletter service?

    Hi Guys, I may have posted about this before if so my bad. I'm looking for a newsletter service to send quarterly newsletters to my forum members. I would send roughly 3200 emails in one shot. I'll be using this addon to generate the newsletter: HTML Newsletter Generator with Showcase...
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    IP Reputation Clean up -- ?

    Hi Guys, A few weeks ago I moved a client's WordPress install over to my server. It was badly infected. I thought I got rid of all the hacked scripts but I didn't. It sent out ~10k emails before I caught the bad scripts and trashed them. Now mail sent from my server ends up in...
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    Emailing myself from external address goes to spam?

    I frequently email myself reminders from my phone. Usually I pop open the Outlook app or Y Mail app on my phone and write to myself at my Gmail address. I've noticed that from time to time email from both my Outlook.com and Yahoo.com address will wind up in Gmail's spam folder. It's quite odd...
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    Is there anyway to copy Outlook Config Between computers?

    Hey Guys, I'm not sure if I've asked this before but I have an Office 365 subscription which includes Outlook. I'd like to set up all my accounts and signatures in Outlook on my desktop then just copy the config to my laptop so I don't have to re-enter everything. Is there an easy way...
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    The Email Monster

    The Oatmeal put up a funny about how much of a beast email can be. I got a few chuckles out of it. My email is a monster - The Oatmeal
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    Very Small Mailing List Suggestions

    I'm trying to come up with a solution for notifying my clients (~30 people) of important events like security patches or upcoming vacations, etc. Copy/pasting the same message to multiple parties is getting old fast. Ideally it would be a PHP script that I could host myself and send mail via...
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    Reason #175,057 Why I love Gmail

    It's security features. This morning I received an alert in Gmail that unusual activity was detected and it gave me a list of all my other sessions along with the associated IP addresses. The alert was no cause for alarm. It so happens that the Florida IP is my cell phone. For some reason...
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    Thoughts on Google Apps for Business

    A couple weeks back I subscribed to a Google Apps account for business using one of my domain names. For $5/mo per seat it's well worth it. However it's a headache. First and foremost the whole reason I started a business account is to get access to Outlook Sync. Outlook Sync installed and...
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    Why Does Anyone Use Desktop Email?

    Howdy Folks, We don't have much actual discussion just lots of help requests. Maybe this will kick start some healthy debate. :) Last week I switched from Dropbox to Sky Drive. I was paying Dropbox $10/mo for 100 GB of Space. Office 365 / Sky Drive comes with desktop access to Word...
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    Emailing Documents to your Kindle

    Today, we're going to talk about getting data onto your Kindle easily. You don't always have a USB cable around to plug your Kindle into your computer. Did you know that you can also configure an email address that will receive documents and add them to your Kindle? Email to Kindle makes...
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    cPanel/WHM: Fix for 550 Access denied - Invalid HELO name

    I have a CentOS VPS server running WHM/cPanel. Lately, I haven't been receiving email notifications from my forum hosted on this server. Long story short, I looked at exim log and seen every notification going to me had the following error: The problem is my host name wasn't set as a fully...
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    Is There A Way to Edit or Add Notes to a Received Email

    Hi Folks, I was wondering if there is anyway to edit an email I've already received or add notes to it like maybe a Chrome extension or something. There are quite a few emails I need to add notes or additional information to. For instance, today I needed to setup Facebook...
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    Boomerang For Gmail

    Boomerang is a pretty awesome extension for Chrome and Firefox that works with Gmail. A client of mine just turned me on to this extension a week or so ago and at first I thought "what use would I have for that". It turns out Boomerang has turned into my favorite new thing. One of the nice...
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    Time To Ditch Gmail?

    I came across a series over articles over on ZDNet the other day and thought they would be good for discussion here: Time to abandon Gmail? | ZDNet Time to bail from Gmail? Don't be silly | ZDNet Gmail is boiling the frog The basic premise is it's time to ditch Gmail because we're just...
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    Gmail POP Accounts Fetch Rate

    Here's a nagging little problem that irks me to no end. I had one of my email addresses setup as an account on my server and had Gmail fetch it via POP as opposed to just forwarding into Gmail. My reasoning for an account vs. forward is so I could send mail as via SMTP instead of through...
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    False Positives in Gmail's Spam Filter

    I posted about this on FB and the Queen suggested I post here. :siterocks: Has anyone seen an uptick in spam false positives on Gmail? The past week I've gone from maybe 10 per month to 10 in one day. Don't laugh, but I often email myself reminders and links from the Outlook app on my phone...
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    [Opinion] How does everyone like the new Gmail?

    How is everyone liking the new Gmail interface? Both the tabbed inbox and new compose window. I love the new compose overlay. It fits into my workflow great. Many times I have to reference information in other emails or copy/paste from another email. I can search while still having the compose...
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    Task Tracking Solutions for Small Teams

    Hey Guys, I've been working in three small teams lately for a client of mine. Each team only has 3-5 people it. We tried going the email route but even with Gmail's conversation feature and only 3 it's hard track and follow the conversation, what needs be done, and who's doing it, etc. Just...
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    Yahoo Email Domains

    When signing up for a new Yahoo Mail account you have the choice between three different domains for your new email address. You new Yahoo Mail address can be: @yahoo.com @ymail.com @rocketmail.com With Yahoo Mail being a very popular service this is useful; Your nickname under @yahoo.com...
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