Soft Tech Reviews

Things I Learned This Week

While unable to blog regularly due to computer problems, I sat back and read the feeds in Google Reader and browsed some sites. Here are some things I learned this week and decided to share with you while I wait for a new computer to arrive. I will tell you about the computer in another post. UPS tracking is available [...]

Desktop Applications or Web Applications?

This past month I have been trying to use more web applications, because it’s convenient when I’m switching between computers. I have my desktop computer and my laptop. What if they were to both fail, for whatever reason? I recently read at Jeffro2pt0 about My Uninstalled Life. It is about someone’s journey to replacing desktop applications [...]

Tips When Using Gmail IMAP

While we’re on the topic of IMAP, Gmail’s new feature, I thought I would share a few tips. TIP #1 Don’t use the e-mail client’s automatic spam settings. Why? Gmail already filters out the majority of spam anyway. Sometimes a few e-mails do get through. When they do, you don’t want to open up a browser [...]

How To Set Up Gmail IMAP with Outlook Express and Thunderbird

Gmail IMAP

Google has added a new feature to Gmail. This feature is Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)! It will allow you to check your e-mail on Google’s server, rather than downloading them to your computer. This means that anytime you check your e-mail from your laptop, mobile phone and work computer, etc., your e-mail will appear [...]