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5 Extensions to Make Thunderbird Gmail-Friendly

I've spent the last several months trying to figure out, once and for all, my perfect email system. All my email is in Gmail, but there were certain things I didn't love […]

Windows 7 Gmail Notifier

Gmail Notifier Plus is a free program for Windows that checks your Gmail account for new messages regularly to notify you. A first batch of third party applications that have been optimized […]

Microsoft Outlook Macro To Save Images In Emails

Microsoft Outlook handles images embedded in HTML emails different than other email clients. Users who try to save these images realize that they can only be saved as bmp images and not […]

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Essentials

Microsoft Outlook 2007 essentials is an add-on for Microsoft's email client that adds three distinct features to it: two remind you about attachments and subject, the last one provides you with the […]

Gmail Translations: Who Needs It?

A new feature was recently introduced on Gmail that may be enabled by users to translate email messages automatically on Gmail. Update: The feature has since then been integrated into Gmail. It […]

Microsoft Outlook Mail Statistics

Outlook Stat View is a portable software program by Nirsoft that provides you with general statistics about your email communication. The software program scans the Microsoft Outlook mailbox of the local system, […]

Fix Slow Or Hanging Thunderbird Email Client

The following guide provides you with instructions on fixing the Thunderbird email client when it becomes slow or hangs regularly. Thunderbird is a desktop email client that is seen by many as […]

Microsoft Outlook Folder Search Add-On

Hana Outlook Folder Search is a Microsoft Outlook add-on that provides additional folder search functionality and management. Outlook users who work with dozens or even hundreds of folders will appreciate the add-on […]

Gmail Adds Email Import option for third-party email providers

One of the things that many users like about Google's email service Gmail is that Google improves the service constantly by adding new functionality to it. Users get to test tools published […]

Microsoft Outlook Performance Reports Generator

Many companies and organizations use Microsoft Outlook as a central communications platform. Employees can use it to sent and receive emails, read news and create appointments and meetings using the built-in calendar. […]

Gmail Account Manager

Google's email service Gmail is highly popular. One of the restrictions that many users face is that it only allows you to sign in to one account at a time using the […]

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Gmail Login Troubleshooting

There are basically two ways to log into Gmail. Either by using the Gmail web interface that is available for most users at gmail.com or by accessing Gmail remotely using desktop or […]

Import Email Mailboxes Into Gmail

Update: The program has not been updated for a long while and it is unclear if it is still working properly. A far better option is to configure Gmail to use IMAP, […]

Inline Google Search in Gmail

It seems like I'm the resident Google Labs reporter here at gHacks, but truth be told, they have been rolling out some cool features! The development team's latest is the ability to […]

Use Spamassassin for better SPAM detection

The Linux operating system is typically immune to viruses attached to email. But it is not immune to SPAM. Left unfiltered your inbox would quickly fill up with more SPAM than you […]

Sharing is easy with Gmail!

Since the introduction of the Gmail Labs settings to all users sharing in emails has been much easier, and I think somewhat overlooked. There are a few things you can do to […]

Kontact: The Swiss Army Knife of PIMs

If you've ever used a PIM (Personal Information Manager) you know how important they can be for both business and personal organization. Most users know Microsoft Outlook. Most Linux users know Evolution. […]

Gmail UI and functionality for Thunderbird

Gmail UI is a free add-on for the Thunderbird email client that brings several Gmail features to the desktop email program. If you use both the online email service Gmail and the […]

Gmail now suggests recipients

The article looks at Gmail's recipient suggestion functionality which was first available as a Labs project, but has been integrated natively now. It seems that Gmail is set to read your mind; […]

Microsoft Outlook Attachment Extractor

Outlook Attachment Extractor is a free program for Microsoft Windows that allows you to extract email attachments from Outlook. Email attachments can make up the majority of space required by email clients […]

Microsoft Outlook Email Compression

Thread Compressor for Outlook is a free program designed to free up Outlook disk space by using compression techniques. The average email inbox contains both single emails and conversations. Conversations do usually […]

Move Thunderbird Email Profiles To Another Location

The email client Mozilla Thunderbird uses a similar structure for storing data as the Firefox web browser. It uses profiles directories that are saved by default to the Thunderbird folder of the […]

Microsoft Outlook Express Email Extraction

Undbx is a free program for Windows that allows you to extract email messages stored in Outlook dbx database files. Microsoft Outlook Express emails are stored in so called dbx database files. […]

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How do you read your email?

We have learned a lot about you guys in the past couple of weeks, and I think the following question will become my favorite so far. Productive emailing can be a very […]

Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2

Microsoft has - rather quietly - released an preliminary update for Microsoft Outlook 2007 that will also be included in the soon to be coming Microsoft Office Service Pack 2. The Outlook […]

Microsoft Outlook Mail Autocomplete Manager

NK2View is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows computer systems that you may use to manage Outlook autocomplete data. Whenever you enter an email address in the to, cc or bcc […]

Hotmail and Outlook POP3 and SMTP Configuration

Microsoft has finally enabled POP3 email access for all users of their Hotmail email service. This essentially means that it is now possible to configure desktop email clients and mobile phone apps […]

Truemark Email Identification

Inexperienced users and even some experienced users may find it sometimes difficult to identify legitimate and fake emails. It is sometimes difficult to tell if the email that just arrived in your […]

Microsoft Outlook: Display And Save Email Attachments

Outlook Attach View is a brand new application by one of our favorite software developers NirSoft. The software is portable as usual and compatible with Windows operating systems like Windows 2000, Windows […]

Outlook Express Email Recovery with Mail Cure

Mail Cure is a portable software application for the Windows operating system that has been designed to recover accidentally deleted email messages. Mail Cure does not only look for existing mail databases […]

Encrypt Thunderbird Email with Enigmail

Sometimes email contains sensitive data which must be encrypted. You can handle this two ways, manually encrypt the data or use an exceptional Thunderbird Extension called Enigmail. This extension uses gpg and […]

Gmail Mail Notifier

Update: Note that the program has been last updated in 2009. While it may still work, it is advised to use a program that is updated regularly. One of the programs you […]

Force Outlook To Delete Mails Completely

If you are using the email client Microsoft Outlook you might have noticed that mails that you deleted earlier were still available in the Outlook pst files on the computer's hard drive. […]

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Use Mail Goggles to Avoid Sending Embarassing Mail

Update: Please note that Mail Goggles is no longer provided by Google. It has been removed from the Labs section on Gmail. The closest experiment that you may want to enable instead […]

Thunderbird Delete Confirmations

The email client Mozilla Thunderbird does not come with delete confirmations turned on by default. There is also no option in the Thunderbird settings to activate delete confirmations. The advanced config editor […]

Gmail: 90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro

Gmail (Google Mail) is without doubt one of the most popular online email services. What makes it so interesting is the functionality that it provides out of the box, but also the […]

Replace Outlook with Evolution: A Linux Groupware Suite

For many users, Outlook is the de facto standard email client...if you're on Windows. And why not? It's an all-in-one groupware suite that can manage your email, your calendar, your tasks, your […]

Thunderbird Archiving Shortcuts

The Archive This Thunderbird add-on provides configurable keyboard shortcuts to archive email messages with the tap on a button on the keyword. The add-on is compatible with all versions of Thunderbird 2 […]

Windows Live Mail And Microsoft Outlook Mail Viewer

Mail Viewer is a standalone, portable software program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can display a wide variety of formats used by Microsoft in various programs that the company has released. […]

SMTP Server Selector For Thunderbird

Update: Note that Send Via is not compatible with recent versions of the Thunderbird email client. Even forcing compatibility won't work and since the last update dates back to 2010, it is […]