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Question from Kenny: I love your site man. Too cool!
I hope you can help me with a Gmail question.
I have over 7000 messages in my Gmail Inbox and about as many in my “Sent Mail” folder.
I’d like to wipe out all those old messages and start fresh, but it would take forever to go through there and delete them a page at a time.
My question is do you know of a way to delete all of my Gmail messages at once? [Read more…]
The security breaches that are in the news virtually every week are constant reminders of the dangers of opening links and attachments in emails and text messages.
Always remember that you need to be extremely careful about clicking links in emails and text messages, even if the messages appear to have been sent by someone you know and trust.
It’s so easy to spoof email addresses and phone numbers these days that it’s difficult to tell at first glance whether a message was truly sent by the person listed in the “From:” field.
If you haven’t read it already, I recommend that you take a few moments to read this post that explains how to quickly spot a fraudulent email. Simply knowing what to look for can potentially save you a lot of time and grief.
Next, here are a few recommendations for handling emails and text messages that contain links and/or attachments: [Read more…]
Question from Paul: I recently switched my email from another service to Gmail and I have a question that I hope you can answer.
My Gmail inbox shows short previews of the email text beside each email’s subject line.
I’ve found that the previews make the screen look crowded and they are distracting to me.
Can you please tell me how to disable the previews so I’ll see nothing but the subject lines? [Read more…]
If you’ve been using the Internet for more than a week you probably recognizes the following scenario…
You sign up for an online contest or to receive some sort of freebie, then before you know it your email inbox is getting stuffed chock full of spam, phishing emails and various other kinds of junk.
Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. It happens to all of us. [Read more…]
Email has long been a favorite tools of scammers, and they get better at using it for their illicit deeds every day.
One frequent scam that’s making the rounds again targets Sam’s Club members by sending them emails telling them they’ve won a “Sam’s Club Reward”.
I’ve received a deluge of questions about the legitimacy of these emails so I thought it would be best to simply write a blog post about it.