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[ categorized as: E-mail, Microsoft ]

Me and Google's mobile Gmail (Google Mail) application for mobile phones aren't best friends right now. Far from it.
When I first installed the app on my Sony Ericsson W800i it worked fine, but now it's rubbish. The problems started some time ago, when it all of a sudden wouldn't open any e-mails. Instead it [...]

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[ categorized as: E-mail, Google ]

A friend of my has decided (or been persuaded :)) to switch from Hotmail to Gmail.
One problem. Hotmail doesn't support e-mail forwarding. So what to do?
What I've decided to do (which works according to my test) is to use the Thunderbird extension named WebMail.
Besides the WebMail extension you need a Hotmail extension for Thunderbird, which [...]

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[ categorized as: E-mail, Google, Microsoft ]

Got a question for the Hotmail and/or Windows Live Mail team? According to MSTechToday, Microsoft is creating a support blog for Hotmail and Windows Live Mail issues.
Visit the blog.
That's a good move by Microsoft, let's see how that works out.
I think, however, that they should have come up with a better name than "Email support [...]

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[ categorized as: E-mail, Microsoft ]

Since I like to use the latest versions of the most exciting software I decided to install the latest nightly version of Mozilla's e-mail client Thunderbird and use it with two of the four Gmail accounts, I have in use.
At first I was a bit reluctant to use an e-mail client for Gmail, since I [...]

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[ categorized as: E-mail, Google ]

According to LiveSide Microsoft has plans to offer 4 gigabytes of storage for $19.99.
The Windows Live Mail Plus is currently only available in Holland.
While I'm not ready to pay 20 bucks a year for 4 gigabytes storage for my mail the list of features appears to be more attractive:

4GB inboxes from Spring 2007
Attachments upto 20MB
No [...]

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[ categorized as: E-mail, Microsoft ]