MailFrontier Matador 3.5.0 - Fraud Fighter
Sunday November 30, 2003
MailFrontier's Matador sees a round of updates, which bring an emphasis on email fraud alerts and language-based filtering.
MailFrontier Matador combines multiple anti-spam techniques to get the best possible spam protection. ... Read More
POPThing 1.6 - That Thing Called Mail
Sunday November 30, 2003
POPThing is no longer in development, but neither is Mac OS 9 ("Classic"). Ignorant of this fact, they're both still charming and still of use, too:
POPThing is a great thing ... Read More
Jack Frost Stationery
Sunday November 30, 2003
I must confess I don't know who this Jack Frost is. Sure, there's Jack Frost the movie, which I have not seen, there's Jack Frost the doom metal band, which ... Read More
Whitelist a Sender or Domain in Spam Blocker
Sunday November 30, 2003
Block spam, not good mail. Block spammers, not known senders.
Here's how to make sure Spam Blocker doesn't eliminate mail from known senders and newsletters.
K9 1.17 - Black Hole Detector
Saturday November 29, 2003
K9, the super-cool Bayesian spam filter for POP email accounts, gets the additional feature of checking a DNS blacklist. This doesn't make K9 1.17 any better than K9 1.16, but ... Read More
Eudora is Named After Writer Eudora Welty
Saturday November 29, 2003
Naming and describing something always separates us from the impression the thing or person has created, and it separates the named from themselves (they are something else -- a curious ... Read More
Tell Cloudmark SpamNet Which Folders to Filter Automatically
Saturday November 29, 2003
"Clean every room but Christie's. She wants to find out what the correlation between the number of bad-smelling particles in the air and her own cleansing behavior is exactly (if ... Read More
ICQ Lite Build 1300 - I Seek ICQ
Friday November 28, 2003
If coffee light (coffee without the caffeine) and long drink light (sweet without sugar) are, to paraphrase Alenka Zupančič, vehicles of the same hedonism that made the proverbially decadent Romans ... Read More
freeSmiley 1.4.0 - Quantized Pleasure
Friday November 28, 2003
If it's pleasure level 10, freeSmiley is not necessarily the cause, but still it is a neat small tool:
Select the right smiley or acronym for your email in an instant ... Read More
GnuPG ElGamal Signing Keys Compromised
Friday November 28, 2003
If you have created and used ElGamal sign+encrypt (type 20) keys in GnuPG, you should immediately revoke them as your private key can be fully compromised within seconds. The advisory ... Read More
Allow Senders to Authorize Themselves in Qurb
Friday November 28, 2003
Everything new is highly suspicious,
And everybody unknown is doubly so.
Unless, of course, you tell me: "it's okay"
And answer the challenge with a response.
Qurb quarantines all mail the sender of which ... Read More
Take a Look at the Account Log in The Bat!
Thursday November 27, 2003
As a child, I read "The Log of Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America in the Year 1492". I don't remember much but I think it safe to say it ... Read More
IncrediMail Xe Build 1313 - Inhanced
Thursday November 27, 2003
IncrediMail, the spectaclophile email client, gets an update that delivers some interesting enhancements.
There is now rudimentary IMAP support in IncrediMail, you get better filters and remote image blocking, message flags, ... Read More
Create a Signature in Outlook Express
Thursday November 27, 2003
Unsigned letters are like gulyás/pörkölt without gravy, like macaroni without cheese (as an aside, at McDonald's in Austria you can have your burger "with and without cheese"; I've always wanted ... Read More
Pumpkin and Apples Stationery
Wednesday November 26, 2003
I'll be talking about warm and friendly Thanksgiving in a moment. First, let's head to the kitchen for a warm and delicious apple dessert.
›› Send warm and friendly Thanksgiving emails ... Read More
MSN Messenger for Windows 6.1 - Mercurius
Wednesday November 26, 2003
Talk, discuss and play,
share files and apps, hooray!
I don't like it that Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail and what not try to launch MSN/Windows Messenger whenever they see a chance to ... Read More
Poppy 4.3.0 - Can You Poppy This?
Wednesday November 26, 2003
"I don't need no mail checker. Schmecker." -- "Poppy di pop! Can your email client announce new mail like this?"
Poppy is a tiny and efficient mail checker, and it offers ... Read More
Create a Mailing List in PocoMail
Wednesday November 26, 2003
Recipes, jokes and crochet patterns are just some of the things created with mailing lists in mind:
Mailing lists are perfect for mailing a group of people easily. Here's how to ... Read More
Send Thanksgiving Greeting Cards
Tuesday November 25, 2003
Make them say -- or think, at least -- this:
Thank you for sending an email greeting card this Thanksgiving. Thank you for thinking of me.
SMTP Inside Out
Tuesday November 25, 2003
Have you ever wondered what happens when you click "Send"? Want a backstage pass for email delivery?
Find out how SMTP, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, makes emails reach their destinations.
Add an Animation to Your Signature in Eudora
Tuesday November 25, 2003
It's not true that animation makes photographs or images come to live. They have plenty of that. But the moving picture still brings about new possibilities, and you can use ... Read More
Miranda IM 0.3.2 - Instantaneous Messaging
Monday November 24, 2003
Do you want to IM like it's ICQ '99? Does the ugly term "bloatware" start to occupy your mind whenever you think of today's instant messengers? Just download it:
Miranda IM ... Read More
Cycle Through Auto-Complete Recipients in The Bat!
Monday November 24, 2003
Are you prepared for the key to Nietzschean repetition of always the same? (Yes.)
Find Mr. Right easily in The Bat! by going through the list of auto-complete recipients quickly.
Add a Domain to Your Trusted Senders in Spam Interceptor
Monday November 24, 2003
The roof of this house has failed to intercept some of last night's rain (really). The cats, with their litter-trained paws, intercepted some of my phone calls (no, not really... ... Read More
Eliminate Spam! 2.5 - Eliminate it
Sunday November 23, 2003
If a politician says "We have to stand together now," do you expect her to do just that? If an Outlook plug-in says "Eliminate spam," can you expect it to ... Read More
Specify a Default Account for Mailto: URLs in The Bat!
Sunday November 23, 2003
"Default" sounds a lot like the minimum, and I can't help thinking that the common -- the "default" -- additional attribute attached to it makes it "the bare minimum." This ... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving Stationery
Sunday November 23, 2003
Here's a way to say "Thanks!" that I particularly like (almost as much as strawberry chocolate trifle):
›› Wish a Happy Thanksgiving with warm and lovely simple stationery. (Outlook, Outlook Express)
Organize and Read RSS Feeds in Folders in NetNewsWire
Sunday November 23, 2003
It's frighteningly amazing just how many feeds there are. It's easy to get lost:
Overwhelmed by a long list of subscriptions in NetNewsWire? Here's how to organize them nicely (and how ... Read More
SurfSecret SpamDrop 1.1.10 - Secret SpamDrop
Saturday November 22, 2003
A promising way to avoid doing anything wrong is not doing much to begin with -- at least if we presuppose that doing nothing really is doing nothing, which doesn't ... Read More
How to Steal a Password
Saturday November 22, 2003
It's as simple as 1-2-3. Almost:
›› Be careful where and when you enter your webmail password or somebody else might read your emails and send some from your account, too.
What Will the Congressional Spam Bill Compromise Bring?
Saturday November 22, 2003
The U.S. Congress has reached a compromise on junk email legislation, approved by both the House (392-5) and the Senate. The proposed bill -- essentially the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 ... Read More
Teach Spamihilator about Spam and Good Mail
Saturday November 22, 2003
Cats can be taught many things (like not to open the fridge, though this was difficult), but they consistently refuse to understand one essential distinction: my food | their food.
Fortunately, ... Read More
Liferea 0.4.4 - Menu, Panel, and Other Icons
Friday November 21, 2003
Another update, another Liferea. Tracing Aspasia, Liferea gets a menu bar, a next-unread-item command and a Gnome Panel icon to announce new news.
Liferea is simple and lacks more advanced features, ... Read More
Add Your Own Tips to The Bat!
Friday November 21, 2003
Who says that they have to be about using The Bat!?
Get control of The Bat!'s tips of the day by writing your own.
Update News in Individual Channels in NewsGator
Friday November 21, 2003
Because it's so easy, I'm subscribing to new feeds ŕ la "subscribe now, think later", and I have a long default checking interval.
Now, what I needed was a way to ... Read More
Spam Sleuth 3.0.0 - Difficult Sleuthhound
Thursday November 20, 2003
With the jump to version 3.0.0, Spam Sleuth gets even more features and options -- and that's not good because the complexity has increased exponentially, too. But find out yourself:
Spam ... Read More
Add Recipients via Drag and Drop in Opera
Thursday November 20, 2003
While your typical mouse isn't ideal for painting and drawing (though perfect for lomographic-like art it may be), it's great for dragging things:
Add recipients to your messages in a fast ... Read More
Insert a Link to a Web Page in Emails with IncrediMail
Thursday November 20, 2003
Links make the web work. They work great in emails as well:
Links make it easy to get from one place another on the web. Here's how to use them in ... Read More
Waving Pilgrims Thanksgiving IncrediMail Letter
Wednesday November 19, 2003
Is thankfulness good a priori or does it matter what you are thankful for? No, that's no exam question — and I'm thankful that it isn't. Let's say a warm ... Read More
Bloglines - Save! Searches!
Wednesday November 19, 2003
With the latest update, Bloglines, your browser turned RSS feed reader, learns to search feeds and lets you subscribe to the results, too (even for searches outside the feeds you ... Read More
How to Construct Mailto: URLs in a Foolproof Way
Wednesday November 19, 2003
If you have too much time, solve a puzzle. Now, if you still have time, try to replace every white space with %20 in a mailto: URL. And every newline ... Read More
Search Messages in a Folder in Netscape or Mozilla
Wednesday November 19, 2003
Looks like hormones (oxytocin and adiuretin in particular) do have an effect on the neurological underpinning of memory. So actuate your adiuretin production and memorize where to search emails whose ... Read More
Mach5 Mailer 4.0 - More Supersonic
Tuesday November 18, 2003
Mach5 Mailer, the hypersonic bulk email tool, is updated with a global exclusion list, SMTP engine throttling, better header control, flexible handling of incoming mail and more:
Mach5 Mailer is an ... Read More
Attach a File in Outlook
Tuesday November 18, 2003
"Ladies and gentlemen... attachion, please!"
I'm trying to sound like a steward on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, but instead of yourself I want you to send a file on a fascinating journey:
Attach, ... Read More
Make K9 Announce Good Mail
Tuesday November 18, 2003
I've been to a soccer match recently. In spite of the action on the field it was great fun. What really, really annoys me, though, are players that cry "foul" ... Read More
SpamBayes Outlook Addin 0.8.1 - Good. Better. Bayes.
Monday November 17, 2003
SpamBayes for Outlook, which has brought a smile to the spam-plagued Outlook user's face before, is now even (much) better:
The SpamBayes Outlook Addin employs sophisticated analysis using Bayesian statistics to ... Read More
Edit a Message Template in Netscape
Monday November 17, 2003
The message template. A steady and reliable companion, it serves as the basis for many a message. Still, every message deviates a bit from its template. Once the derivative emails ... Read More
Go to an Email in POPFile Directly from Your Email Client
Monday November 17, 2003
If you use POPFile, which I think you should, you know its "History". A long, long, long list of classified emails. It's great to mass-classify mails there when you're just ... Read More
Outclass 1.2.4.1 - Outclassify Them All
Sunday November 16, 2003
Do you use Outlook and get spam? Using POPFile's great Bayesian filtering, you can easily outclassify most other spam filtering tools, and you don't even have to leave Outlook:
Outclass integrates ... Read More
MailWasher Free - Clean Spam Detergent
Sunday November 16, 2003
I recently discovered an interesting feature of my roommate's alarm clock. If power supply is cut (I had to replace a broken switch) and then turned on, it will turn ... Read More
AT&T's Spam Filter Circumventing Patent
Sunday November 16, 2003
AT&T have been awarded a patent for a technique to work around spam filters that detect junk mail by looking for duplicate messages.
Though I doubt much (if anything) will happen, ... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving IncrediMail Letter
Sunday November 16, 2003
Autumn is a colorful season, and it's the season of Thanksgiving. The most vivid colors are usually found in flowers. The ingredients for a perfect bouquet of Thanksgiving greetings are ... Read More
Perfectly Formatted Plain Text Replies in Outlook Express
Sunday November 16, 2003
Is it on purpose or the lacking influence of Mercury, I don't know. But all email clients from Microsoft (with the exception of Outlook Express for the Mac) have consistently ... Read More
Spam Inspector 4.0 - Headers Up!
Saturday November 15, 2003
It's a curious -- but not bad -- conglomerate of effective spam filtering measures, reporting tools, offensive image blocking, toolbars, and what not:
Spam Inspector is a great anti-spam tool that ... Read More
How Base64 Encoding Works
Saturday November 15, 2003
If numbers can't scare you, finding out what happens behind the scenes when you send a Word document or a PDF via email is a fascinating story of big trucks ... Read More
Whitelist a Domain in spamPepper
Saturday November 15, 2003
Do you know what's poised for a comeback? It's the under construction gif. But shh... don't mention it to anyone or this self-fulfilling prophecy will materialize. (If you've missed the ... Read More
MailPriority 1.3 - Panther Priority
Friday November 14, 2003
Prioritizing is also but an euphemism for procrastinating. Still, if you want to set message priorities in emails with Mac OS X Mail, getting MailPriority should be a priority:
MailPriority adds ... Read More
Advanced Maillist Verify - Return to Sender Revisited
Friday November 14, 2003
At least since Elvis we know how desperately melancholic it is when letters are returned to the sender. Don't let that happen to the email newsletters you send:
Advanced Maillist Verify ... Read More
Send Mail Through Knowspam.net to Auto-Whitelist Recipients
Friday November 14, 2003
Imagine getting an email. Now imagine replying to it. If you think this was not hard, wait for what's coming back: an auto-responding message challenging you to prove you're not ... Read More
SpamRoboCop 1.2.1 - Report Spam Faster
Thursday November 13, 2003
SpamRoboCop, the anti-spambot, learns to work with Eudora, Mailsmith and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.
SpamRoboCop lets you finishing spam complaints via SpamCop efficiently and fast in a bunch. (Mac)
Outlook Express Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Thursday November 13, 2003
How do I block a sender? How do I see the source of a message? How do I request a return receipt? Is there a way to back up my ... Read More
Disable Scoring Content Filters in Spamihilator
Thursday November 13, 2003
Thomas Hobbes has characterized freedom as "absence of opposition". By this account (which is only part of the story), Spamihilator with its non-Bayesian content filtering turned on may not be ... Read More
Simple Things - Thanksgiving Stationery
Wednesday November 12, 2003
One of my favorite koans, insidiously simple: "Shuzan held out his short staff and said, 'If you call this a short staff, you oppose its reality. If you do not ... Read More
PopTray 3.0 - PopImapHotmailTray
Wednesday November 12, 2003
The latest update for PopTray, the in-tray for mail and ash-tray for junk, brings support for plug-ins (IMAP, Hotmail,...), attachments and toolbar customization as well as a better organized configuration ... Read More
Change X-Eudora Options on Windows
Wednesday November 12, 2003
Tweaking hidden settings is always fun. (Of course, I'm assuming that the developers have concealed the coolest features for their own use. This must also be the reason why some ... Read More
Display the Publish Date of News Items in NewsGator
Wednesday November 12, 2003
I've just read a breaking news story in NewsGator, the moment it came in. It was two weeks old.
While that's not true (and wouldn't be undesirable per se), it's still ... Read More
Lockspam 1.0 - Picky Lock
Tuesday November 11, 2003
If you're not picky about the locks you're using, you may have to indulge in the fascinating art of lock picking...
Lockspam locks away just about all spam in a special ... Read More
Add Bcc Recipients in Mac OS X Mail
Tuesday November 11, 2003
Though the interpretation is tempting, "blind carbon copy" (bcc) does not -- at least not primarily -- mean you should cc emails to everybody you know blindly.
Instead, it is all ... Read More
Space Through the News in NetNewsWire
Tuesday November 11, 2003
November 11 is traditionally the day Fasching (an extended period of Carnival or Mardi Gras) starts in parts of Europe. I don't think much of such clownish ado, though. So ... Read More
SpamX 1.1 - Junk Reporter
Monday November 10, 2003
Spam or ham, what have I seen?
Good, bad or something in between? --
I tell you this:
Obscurity is bliss.
SpamX is a great tool for determining the source of spam and lets ... Read More
Concentrate on One Sender's Messages Quickly in The Bat!
Monday November 10, 2003
It happens often that I want to see all recent messages I got from somebody. Searching for them seems a bit cumbersome. Fortunately, The Bat! has a handy shortcut for ... Read More
Make Previewing Mail More Secure in IncrediMail
Monday November 10, 2003
It is convenient to carry all your money all the time everywhere. But is it also secure? Not a bit. Fortunately, we've found an alternative that is both very convenient ... Read More
sMailing 5.0 - globi rasi
Sunday November 9, 2003
sMailing, the orange-globed bulk email tool, jumps to version number 5.0, which, among other well-rounded things, brings Safari rendering for message previews, a new projects-centered user interface and message templates.
sMailing ... Read More
Why Web Forms are a Bad Replacement for Email
Sunday November 9, 2003
I think I have developed some kind of allergic reaction to web forms. Not all forms, mind you, but contact forms that I have to use instead of email tend ... Read More
Have an Old Fashion Thanksgiving Stationery
Sunday November 9, 2003
Ah, the good old times, with good old buses, with good old comics, and with good old Thanksgiving:
›› They call it the good old times for this reason. (Outlook, Outlook ... Read More
Newsletter Content Ideas: Press Summary
Sunday November 9, 2003
Not sure how to fill the gaps in your newsletter?
Consolidating news provides a useful service to your newsletter subscribers, and it shows your expertise in the field, too.
intraVnews 1.0 - Outlook qua RSS Reader
Saturday November 8, 2003
When I heard "intraVnews", I thought about my love-hate relationship with interviews, too. But intraVnews is not of this kind, it's all good and all relaxed:
intraVnews makes Outlook read RSS ... Read More
SharpReader 0.9.3 - NewsBalloon
Saturday November 8, 2003
SharpReader, preferred by nine out of ten gentlepersons, gets an update. Most visibly, it now displays balloon notifications on incoming news, but there's also support for HTTP authentication, improved performance ... Read More
Maximize the Preview Pane Width in Netscape or Mozilla
Saturday November 8, 2003
The history of cinema is a fascinating story. It's also interesting that some of the most experimental things happened quite early. If you ever get a chance to see Un ... Read More
Compose a New Message by Keyboard Shortcut in FastMail
Saturday November 8, 2003
Knights of the keyboard, followers of the shortcut everywhere, rejoice!
No mouse click will ever be as fast as you, your keyboard and FastMail are creating a new email.
PostCast Server 2.6.0 - linguae francae
Friday November 7, 2003
PostCast Server, the easy and free outgoing mail server, gets an update that improves the handling of international language and charset support (even if the email client messes up the ... Read More
Connect and Disconnect Automatically with The Bat!
Friday November 7, 2003
Normally, I don't like any program to make any connections on its own. The Bat!'s regular checks to see if I have new mail waiting are an exception, though (because ... Read More
Back Up Your Outlook Express Mail Files Automatically
Friday November 7, 2003
Are you a lazy backuper? Now you can be, and have all your emails backed up, too:
Never forget to back up your emails again! This simple, but effective batch file ... Read More
Mac OS X Mail 1.3 - Evolution's Thread
Thursday November 6, 2003
It's not so clear whether a panther is a leopard (whose name is a combination of leo and pardus, by the way) or a puma. But it's clear that panther ... Read More
Zoom Email Messages in Opera
Thursday November 6, 2003
The higher the resoltion of the display, the smaller the fonts. If you have difficulty deciphering the tiny (and possibly even fine) print, Opera can help:
Zoom in and out of ... Read More
Whitelist a Sender or Domain in MailMate
Thursday November 6, 2003
It's not fair. A black list cannot mean anything good, but getting whitelisted sound great. Anyway, that's how language is used today:
Help MailMate avoid holding back your friends' mail or ... Read More
Thanksgiving Gourds IncrediMail Letter
Wednesday November 5, 2003
Gourds, cucurbitaceae, pumpkins — delicious on the table and in your emails alike:
›› Pumpkins and other gourds deliver warm and nice wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving. (IncrediMail)
SerialMailer 2.4 - Your Personalization is my Command Line
Wednesday November 5, 2003
Serialmailer, the crude metal bulk email utility for Mac OS X, gets an update with flexibility enhancements: you can now include the output of command line processes in the message ... Read More
Change a Message's Priority in Eudora
Wednesday November 5, 2003
If it's a priority to respect other people's priorities it must also be everybody's priority to share their priorities (including this?):
Set the right priorities in Eudora by easily changing the ... Read More
Unsend an Email in AOL
Wednesday November 5, 2003
There's no way to unsay something, and no method (except sublimation maybe) exists to unthink anything. If you use AOL, you can at least unemail, though:
›› Changed your mind? Think ... Read More
POPMonitor - Popular Mail Monitor
Tuesday November 4, 2003
"Monitoring" makes me feel a bit uneasy, at least when it comes to software... just think of keystroke monitoring software that logs everything you type (including passwords), or email monitoring ... Read More
Change the Outlook Express Window Title
Tuesday November 4, 2003
The primary -- if not the only -- task of a monarch is to guarantee for the proper use of the right names for the right things (because using the ... Read More
Teach K9 What is Spam and What is Good Mail
Tuesday November 4, 2003
I haven't heard K9, the all-things-considered best anti-spam tool for Windows, talk about "learning by doing" and "learning from mistakes", but that's what it does, and it does it well.
Whenever ... Read More
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 - Systematically Improved
Monday November 3, 2003
Microsoft Office is now the Office System, but that's about the only visible change if you don't count new toolbar icons — and Outlook.
Outlook gets a big deal of improvements ... Read More
Bring Back Contacts Display in Outlook Express
Monday November 3, 2003
As recently as yesterday,
I had a dozen friends (at least).
Have they all gone away?
Nah, just hidden by OE (the beast).
Get easy access to your address book contacts in Outlook Express.
Customize the Way News Items are Displayed in NewsGator
Monday November 3, 2003
It's not that I don't like the way NewsGator displays news. It's clean, it's simple and it's useful. Yet, on the way to enlightenment, I want to try some other ... Read More
PopScan 4.41 - What's POP Today?
Sunday November 2, 2003
I'm happy that PopScan is not a barometer of the latest popular music hits. Staying up on that seems to be much more difficult than keeping up-to-date with incoming emails ... Read More
Is Your ISP Exercising Email Censorship?
Sunday November 2, 2003
Email used to be a reliable tool. If you sent a message and didn't get an error back (which usually occurred only when you had mistyped the address), it had ... Read More
Thanksgiving Mice Stationery
Sunday November 2, 2003
"Let's celebrate!" said mother mouse as the family gathered around the Thanksgiving table. Come join them and invite your friends, too, with this lovely Thanksgiving stationery. (Outlook, Outlook Express)
Bookmark Mailing Someone in Hotmail
Sunday November 2, 2003
To soothe my conscience, I'm constantly sending myself reminders about what I should have done long ago. Thank god (my conscience says unfortunately) it's so easy to create a message ... Read More
SpamCop for Mail 1.3.0 - Complaining is Easy
Saturday November 1, 2003
If you complain about spam to the person next to you, the spammer won't care (or this person next to you is leading a double life). If you complain to ... Read More
Remove an Attachment Before Sending in Eudora
Saturday November 1, 2003
When I'm shopping for tea, I start by filling my hands with all the wonderful things (iced green tea with elder juice does sound intriguing, no?). When payment day comes, ... Read More
Export Messages from an Evolution Folder
Saturday November 1, 2003
It's easy to collect emails in Ximian Evolution (and there's even an Import assistant that helps you transfer mail from your old email client to Evolution), but how do you ... Read More