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Archive for the ‘Hotmail’ Category

May 16th, 2008

Now Chat with Live Contacts in Yahoo! Mail

I just noticed when I logged into my AT&T U-verse e-mail account that I can now chat with Windows Live contacts from within Yahoo! Mail.
I thought this was a nice feature, and even interesting that it has been worked on and released within such close time frame to the hostile takeover bid by […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 3rd, 2008

Two Years Ago Today - January 3rd, 2006

I’m sure that date doesn’t mean much to anyone else but for me it marks the two year anniversary of my first post on the Microsoft Weblog site.
Meeting of the E-mail Guru’s talked about the heads of Microsoft’s Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail getting together and talking about the development of each of […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 30th, 2007

How To Set Your Default Address Book in Outlook 2007

Scott Thompson nailed the answer to the question I posted awhile back regarding how to set the default Address Book that’s displayed and searched in Outlook 2007. The only problem now is that it was so simple to fix my problem I feel like an idiot for not having found that setting without any help.
Scott, […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

October 23rd, 2007

Significantly Less Spam with Hotmail Through Outlook

Not too long ago I wrote about downloading and installing the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to begin managing my Hotmail account with Outlook on my laptop. Something significant has happened since I started doing that, I’ve barely gotten ANY spam into my account.
It appears that it’s not even hitting Outlook at all because my Junk […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 14th, 2007

Manage Your Hotmail Windows Live E-mail with Outlook

Would you like to manage your Hotmail or Windows Live Mail account with your installation of Outlook on your computer?
Honestly, my Hotmail account is one I don’t use much anymore because of all the spam I get in the process. It’s now become the address I use on websites when I have to provide an […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 9th, 2007

Yahoo Mail and Live Messenger Start Playing Nicely

I just logged into my Yahoo e-mail account and saw this message. Looks like Yahoo! and Microsoft are playing nicely together now.
That’s a pretty interesting development. Does that mean I can now see my Yahoo contacts in Hotmail and Live Mail? Not that I’ve seen so far.
Is the walled garden of instant messaging clients […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

September 11th, 2007

Outlook Address Book

Why in the world, after all these years on the Internet doesn’t Microsoft Outlook have a field for a personal website address and a business website address?
I know I can add my own custom field, but that seems like a pain in the neck for what I would think is a very common piece of […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

June 5th, 2007

Yahoo! Problems

Not directly related to Microsoft other than being a competitor to their Hotmail service; has anyone else been having problems getting logged into check e-mail?
Technorati Tags: Yahoo!, email, Hotmail, server errors, errors, loading
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By Jason Bean -- 36 comments

November 11th, 2006

Microsoft Launches “MySpace” for IT Pros

MySpace isn’t quite the best comparison for a new service launched by Microsoft called Aggreg8. It’s a social/professional networking site that’s dedicated more to the IT pros and their working relationships and partners.
Aggreg8 is a social networking and collaboration space for the IT community. Inside you can keep track of your trusted network, find […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

November 2nd, 2006

Microsoft Offers Free Sender ID

Something absolutely needs to start changing about e-mail and spam. Hopefully this type of thing will be the spark that ignites more and more development in this arena.
Microsoft Corp. has made its Sender ID framework for email authentication license free.
As of Monday, the technology is available through the software maker’s Open Specification Promise, which […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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