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Thunderbird Error Messages

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

thunderbird-logoI frequently see two errors while using the Thunderbird email client. The first is:

There was an error truncating the Inbox after filtering a message folder to (folder name). You may need to shutdown Thunderbird and delete INBOX.msf “

Needless to say,…

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GMail Canned Responses

October 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoI’ve been a Thunderbird email user for years and before that was dedicated to David Harris’ Pegasus Mail. Both systems have excellent filtering and allow you to set up rules. One useful tool is creating canned responses, so that filtering…

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SQT: Mailto URL Fix

October 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoI use Thunderbird as my main archival email program, but I also run several GMail (Google Mail accounts). After reinstalling my browser and activating Google Toolbar, I discovered that it had somehow hijacked the mailto links in web pages. This…

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Sending a Fax on Broadband

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Fax machine (Image adapted from FBI)Faxes, remember those? When was the last time you sent one? Personally, I cannot even remember. 99.9% of the people I work with and for have the tech savvy to receive a PDF, a jpg scan of a document or…

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New Wave Spam

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I heart spamI love spam, don’t you? It’s always entertaining, great fodder for a blog post, and provides insights into the workings of the human mind. Take the new wave spam that’s entering mailboxes by the million around the world right now.…

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