EMAIL OVERLOAD

You know the email system wasn’t designed for what you’re doing, don’t you? It’s a nice system for a few messages each day. But you can’t control yourself! Hundreds of messages every day, huge file attachments, a complete inability to hit the “Delete” key – look, it’s...

Outlook Auto-Complete

You know the drop-down list in Outlook when you start to type a name in the TO: box? It’s not an address book! Use it for convenience but don’t rely on it! You’re setting yourself up for heartbreak. I hate being the bearer of bad tidings when those names disappear...

EXCHANGE ONLINE INCREASES STORAGE

Microsoft Online Services offers hosted Exchange mailboxes, allowing small businesses to access their Outlook folders from anywhere – office or home computers, laptop, Windows Mobile handheld device, or remotely from anywhere with Outlook Web Access. Here’s what I...

SECURITY UPDATE 2009

Several people have asked me about the most recent variations on old, old themes. Email warnings about dangerous messages, like the one on the right. Newspaper articles about the latest virus. Nothing is new. The latest threats are the same as the old threats. Let’s...

WORKING ON OUTLOOK ATTACHMENTS

If you open an email attachment from Outlook and intend to work on it – edit a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, for example – the first thing you should do is click on “Save As” and save a copy of it wherever you normally store files. When...

OUTLOOK EXPRESS & OTHER OLD THINGS

Lately I’ve seen this message turn up out of nowhere on Windows XP computers that do not run Outlook Express. I don’t know why it’s turning up now after years of staying quiet but it reminds me that Outlook Express is one of several obsolete Windows...