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    How does e-mail work on mobile devices?

    My main experience is on desktop machines, so I would like to know: 1. What is the main protocol used on mobile devices? 2. Is the same protocol generally used on iPhones as well as Android devices? 3. What are the most common mail apps used on these phones? 4. Where do the messages and address...
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    How to read text field containing calendar entry

    When I view an email with a text editor, I see a text field that looks like the following, which appears to be a calendar entry attachment. How can I decode this? Is there some kind of simple utility? I prefer not to use Outlook or Google Mail or any kind of large and complicated application...
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    Same account, multiple users

    Hello, I have a domain that I want to set up so multiple people in my company can read and reply to email. For example, I might set up an address such as info@mydomain.com. Do most hosting companies have this capability? I plan to ask my web host company but thought I would ask here as well...
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    How about a secure e-mail forum?

    Discuss which email clients and which providers support secure e-mail. What is the current state of the art and what is the easiest way for normal people? For more technical people, maybe describe the diffference between authentication, encryption, SSL, etc.
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    Expired certificate - am I being hacked?

    I am getting an expired certificate notice (please see attached)? Should I contact mail.com directly? Thank you.
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    Analyze bounce message?

    It's great to have a forum like this to interpret those bounce messages. I assume that mac.com is refusing the accept a message from Comcast. Is the bounce message saying that the sender has a virus? Thanks.
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    Days mail.com has been blacklisted

    2 May - 74.208.4.200 4 May - 74.208.4.200 8 May - 74.208.4.201 9 May - 74.208.4.200 14 May - 74.208.4.200 15 May - 74.208.4.201 16 May - 74.208.4.200 How to get them to respond to this issue?
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    Comment on Mail.com help system

    First, thank you for having a forum for Mail.com - I really appreciate it. Their help system is so useless I don't even use it. Over the years that I have I used and paid for their service, they have never implemented one of my suggestions. I would rather post my comments and suggestions here...
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    Mail.com spam feature continues to drive me crazy

    I have known-good addresses on my mail.com whitelist, but messages from these people continue to go into the spam box. The addresses in the whitelist have the standard form: username@domain.com. If anybody knows why this format doesn't work, please let me know. PS: See related thread at...
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    What protocol does an iphone use?

    I don't have an iphone but am considering buying one. Here are some questions... 1. What mail application do people generally use on an iphone and what protocol is used (POP, IMAP, etc)? 2. I would want to use my existing mail.com address. Is it easy to set that up? Would I just enable...
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    How does mail.com spam filter work?

    When I go to my spam box (on webmail), I only see about 10 messages per month. Why so few? I have had my mail.com address for many years and am sure it receives a lot more than this.
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    Suggestion when using the whitelist

    This is not a question, but more of a hint regarding the mail.com whitelist. (The whitelist is used to make known legitimate mail go into the inbox and not the spam box.) If you want to put an entire domain on the whitelist, be sure to put an @ sign before the name, such as @domain.com...
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    Outspark is spamming me.

    I am a mail.com customer. Does anybody know if Outspark and Mail.com have a business relationship? If so, it is annoying that my email provider is spamming me. It especially annoying because they say "Go to your profile at Outspark - MMO, RPG, RTS, Play best free online games at Outspark to...
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    Suggestion for home page

    Originally I was going to ask if the home page was part of the forums, or was it a standalone list of questions. Now I see that it is a collection of all questions submitted to all forums in chronological order. OK, I get it - I guess I don't have a question any more. -- jim
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    How was this spam generated?

    Somebody is sending spam using my friend's return address. For discussion, let's say her address is "mary@yahoo.com". Please see snippets below taken from three of these messages. 1) Was the computer that generated the spam connected to the listed IPs? 2) I believe these are in Poland...
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