[u3aavcuss] Re: Betty's Slow PC & Web Based E-Mail
- From: Margaret crafts <mcrafts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computer probs u3acuss <u3aavcuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:37:30 +0000
Hi Mike
Having read your comments re Web-mail, ie google I wondered if what I
remembered about Google analysing and using the information in people's stored
e-mails didn't 'happen' I also thought they were going to sell information
gleaned.? That's what put me off
Margaret Crafts
From: Mike.Bean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: u3aavcuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[u3aavcuss] Re: Betty's Slow PC & Web Based E-MailDate: Sun, 28 Dec 2008
23:33:59 +0000
This note from Mike Sanders got tied up in FreeLists over Christmas ...
Further to the recent discussions about Betty's 'slow computer' and Ron's
comments about the benefits of using a Web based e-mail service.
I have recently moved my e-mail activities from BT Yahoo to Googlemail and am
only sorry that I discovered Web E-Mail so late in my career. I have web
storage space for over 7GB of e-mails and the service is absolutely free! I do
not have to worry about backing up my important e-mails, because Google does
this for me.
Since changing to Googlemail I have realised one other great advantage and that
is that if I want to change my ISP, my Googlemail E-Mail address will remain
unchanged. I have also been led to believe that Google's Spam filtering is
second to none.
I think that with the possible exception of AOL as an ISP, everyone else could
use a Googlemail e-mail account alongside their existing e-mail.
I hope this is of some interest.
Christmas Greetings to one and all.
Mike Sanders
2008/12/17 Ron & Rosemary M - U3A <ronandrosemary62-u3a@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello
>
> Following Mike's discussion about Betty's slow computer I thought you
> may be interested in my experience of Microsoft Outlook. Having used
> this for
my
> email for many years I too found that having deleted all my incoming
> mail the files were still taking up a large percentage of at that time
> a rather small hard drive. Firstly I cleared out the in-box, no
> improvement. Then
the
> outbox and to my surprise this contained a huge number of emails I had
sent
> and never thought of deleting. Again this made no improvement.
> Eventually
as
> Mike said I twigged that they were not actually deleted but placed in
> the trash can. Clearing this out released no end of disk space and
> make quite
an
> improvement. From then on I decided to use an Internet based email
> browser rather than load them down onto my PC. As I was using BT
> Broadband I used BT-Yahoo that comes with the package. I think most
> Internet providers have something similar. BT-Yahoo has improved over
> the years and and is now
much
> like Microsoft Outlook but with the advantage that none of my everyday
email
> ever gets saved onto my hard drive and I can pick up my mail on any PC
> linked to the Internet. I use a number of alias email addresses that
> get filtered off into folders such as U3A, Family and Friends,
> Shopping and
best
> of all one for Aylesbury Freecycle. On writing I have just deleted
> 1394 email from the Aylesbury Freecycle folder and then from the trash
> can. The shopping folder has no end from Tesco, Argos, Amazon and even
> Delia
on-line
> and if I want, these can be sent into electronic oblivion at a single
click
> with hardly a thought, leaving me to savour my personal email at leisure.
> One small word of warning, BT-Yahoo do not seem to have a limit on the
> volume of mail I keep (at least I haven't found it yet) but Virgin
> Media
for
> example have rather a low tolerance. If you fill up your Virgin mail
> the whole thing comes to a grinding halt that will not even allow you
> to
delete
> the excess mail yourself. Then you have to speak to the very nice man
> in Bangladesh who you haven't a hope of understanding.
>
> Best wishes to all for Chrstmas, Ron M :-)
>
_________________________________________________________________
Get Windows Live Messenger on your Mobile
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/
Other related posts:
