Posts tagged email
No Time to Be Amazing
Mar 20th
At work just now:
Joshua: uh Jen
hate to break it to you
but Kurt sent out the exact same email that you sent
me: yeah
Joshua: you know … originality is an important trait
copying others … while important … not as amazing 
me: i dont have time to be amazing
The Dot, Plus, and Googlemail Gmail Hacks
Apr 17th
Here are some neat things I’ve found recently. They might not be new, but I think I need to jot them down here so I won’t forget these tips. They could be helpful for fighting or tracing spam.
The Dot
Apparently, Gmail does not recognize the dot (or capitalization either) in gmail addresses. So yourusername@gmail.com is the same as your.user.name@gmail.com and all the different combinations are sent to your inbox.
The Plus
Did you know you have an unlimited amount of aliases with Gmail? You can receive messages that are sent to your.username+any.thing.you.want@gmail.com. For example, if you forced to register online, you can use Your.user.name+some.spammy.site@gmail.com. If you start getting spam, you ‘ll know who gave your address away and you can probably then set up a filter to automatically direct those messages to, oh, say, THE TRASH.
Googlemail.com=gmail.com
Of course, I don’t want to forget that yourusername@gmail.com is also the same as yourusername@googlemail.com. Mail from either address goes to your inbox. This is probably because they can’t use gmail.com in Europe. Just a reminder though, you’ll need to login with the original address you signed up with and some websites won’t accept symbols as valid email addresses. Still, I think these are pretty neat tricks.
Set Google Alerts
Apr 8th
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results based on your choice of query or topic. For example, you can set up an alert with your name to see who’s writing about you. 
Digsby: Ultimate Social Chat Client?
Mar 22nd
Now in public beta, Digsby offers IM, email updates, and social networking, all wrapped up in one. You can chat on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and Google Talk with one buddy list. Too bad there’s no support for Skype just yet. Digsby will also alert you of new email, and events in Facebook and Twitter. Looks good to me so far! Anyone up for some twittering?
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