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By default, Microsoft Outlook prevents you from opening file attachments that are potentially "malicious".  These include .EXE files which are programs or applications that launch when you click on the attachments.  The danger is that somebody could write a program and when you click on it, your entire hard drive would be erased, or something like that.  For the general public it's a good idea not to allow .EXE files for incoming emails.  However, this is a big inconvenience if you really need to receive a legitimate executable from a friend or colleague.

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tags: Email, Outlook, Windows Registry

In Microsoft Outlook, I find the AutoComplete function to be quicker and more useful than the address book.

  When sending emails, I usually start typing the first few characters of the email address and Outlook magically figures out who I want to send it to, based on emails I've composed in the past.  The problem is, every time I install Outlook on a new computer, I lose the AutoComplete and have to start from scratch.  Continue reading »

tags: Email, Outlook

There is one hugely annoying problem with Gmail and many people are frustrated with it.  It's the spam folder falsely identifying legitimate email as spam.  This happens to me quite regularly and I've lost several important emails this way.  Many people including myself use Gmail with an email client like Outlook, or Thunderbird over POP3.  Everything works fine until someone calls you up and asks why you haven't responded to their email.  It turns out that their email was delivered directly into the spam folder.  When this happens there is no way for you to know unless you use the browser interface to check.  On top of this, the "spam" gets automatically deleted after 30 days, so you have to check at least once a month and wade through potentially hundreds of emails if you don't want to miss anything. 

I've done some research and discovered a few things.  I looked into creating a filter to move spam to the Inbox.  Unfortunately Google allows you to move it into any folder (more accurately, tag it with any label) except the Inbox.  That seems strange. Continue reading »

tags: Email, false positive, gmail, google, junk, spam