Items tagged with email

Re-educating a spammer

October 13, 2006 - 372 words , 5 comments
In which I attempt to lead someone from a life of spam.
Also tagged as: craigslist spam

Eudora goes open source. Sort of.

October 11, 2006 - 126 words , 2 comments
The classic mail client will be based on Thuderbird in the future.
Also tagged as: eudora mozilla opensource qualcomm thunderbird

Email hoax breaker

May 5, 2006 - 38 words
Most people I know have stopped sending me email chain letters because they’ve gotten sick...
Also tagged as: chain hoax simplelinks urbanlegends

Stuff for later

April 5, 2006 - 94 words , 2 comments
PDF merging, procrastination, baseball, and managing your bits in this edition of Simplelinks.
Also tagged as: baseball inboxzero merlinmann netneutrallity osx pdf simplelinks software

Email legal notices gone wild

October 20, 2005 - 386 words , 6 comments
A very long legal notice attached to the end of an email message.
Also tagged as: legalnotice

Stupid cell phone tricks

January 6, 2005 - 280 words , 139 comments
An easy way to get text messages to mobile phones.
Also tagged as: cellphone hacks

Symantec Spoofing

September 3, 2003 - 123 words , 5 comments
Some email viruses trick mail systems into thinking the virus was sent by someone else. Antivirus tools are falling for it.
Also tagged as: symantec virus

Turning away customers

July 9, 2003 - 274 words , 7 comments
If a customer is going to go to the trouble of contacting you, it’s important, at least to them. Make sure you’ll see it.
Also tagged as: baseball bounce customerservice mlb

Web bug education

November 26, 2002 - 251 words , 2 comments
The anti-Web bug initiative will be ignored by unscrupulous marketers, but it will also serve to educate everyone else.
Also tagged as: microsoft privacy tracking webbugs

Barnes & Noble's response

November 6, 2002 - 261 words , 5 comments
Barnes & Noble’s response to my concerns regarding their email newsletter.
Also tagged as: barnesandnoble customers openletter