This tutorial will show you how to quickly add contacts, and all of their info, to your Address Book from directly within Mail.

1. When you hover your mouse cursor over an address (or phone number) contained in an email message, that address will become ‘outlined’ with a dotted line and a small arrow will appear. Note: the address/phone number can be anywhere in the email – it doesn’t have to be part of the signature. Mail will recognize an address anywhere inside the message.



2. Click that arrow, and select Create New Contact… from the drop-down list. If this is someone already in your Address Book, select Add to Existing Contact instead.



3. A window will pop up with all of the info pre-populated. Make sure it’s all correct and in the right spots – feel free to add to it if you want, and then click Add to Address Book.



4. Now launch your Address Book, and that contact will be there. That’s it!

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This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to backup your Windows Live Contacts (the Contact Manager that comes with Windows Live Mail).

1. Start out by opening Windows Live Contacts. Select All contacts from the Contacts pane on the far left of the window.


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2. Click the Menu’s button and then select Export -> Comma Separated Values (.CSV)



3. Click the Browse … button on the CSV Export screen.


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4. Navigate to the location you want to save your Contacts backup file and then enter a name in the File name: field. A descriptive name is always a good idea so you can easily find and identify the file later. Click the Save button when you’re done.


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5. Back at the CSV Export screen, click the Next button.


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6. Place a check in the box next to each field that you want to make sure is backed up. Click the Finish button when you’re done.


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7. Your contacts will now be backed up (exported) to the file you specified back in step #4.



8. Now you’ll be able to restore your contacts should the need ever arise.


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Googles emailing service Gmail has become popular around the world and therefore, wanting to import your own Gmail contacts into a robust contact manager such as the one included with Outlook 2007 becomes a common desire. This simple tutorial will show you how to do just that.

1. In Gmails Inbox, click on Contacts in the left nav bar. Then select Export from the upper-right corner.



2. In the next window, select Outlook’s CSV format and then click the Export button.



3. Now from the File menu of Outlook 2007, choose Import/Export and then select Import from another program. Then select the file which you had earlier exported from your Gmail account. Choose the appropriate folder in Outlook to import your contacts into and click Finish.



4. That’s it! Your Gmail contacts will now be a part of your Outlook contacts.

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The Linux command line can be very powerful once you know how to use it. You can parse data, monitor processes, and do a lot of other useful and cool things using it. There often comes a need to generate a report and mail it out. It could be as simple a requirement as a notification that the day’s backup went through fine, or did not. I’ll help you get started with sending mails from the Linux command line and in shell scripts. We will also cover sending attachments from the command line. We will begin with the “mail” command.

MAIL

First run a quick test to make sure the “sendmail” application is installed and working correctly. Execute the following command, replacing “you@youremailid.com” with your e-mail address.

# mail -s “Hello world” you@youremailid.com

Hit the return key and you will come to a new line. Enter the text “This is a test from my server”. Follow up the text by hitting the return key again. Then hit the key combination of Control+D to continue. The command prompt will ask you if you want to mark a copy of the mail to any other address, hit Control+D again. Check your mailbox. This command will send out a mail to the email id mentioned with the subject, “Hello world”.

To add content to the body of the mail while running the command you can use the following options. If you want to add text on your own:

# echo “This will go into the body of the mail.” | mail -s “Hello world” you@youremailid.com

And if you want mail to read the content from a file:

# mail -s “Hello world” you@youremailid.com < /home/calvin/application.log

Some other useful options in the mail command are:

-s subject (The subject of the mail)
-c email-address (Mark a copy to this “email-address”, or CC)
-b email-address (Mark a blind carbon copy to this “email-address”, or BCC)

Here’s how you might use these options:

# echo “Welcome to the world of Calvin n Hobbes” | mail -s “Hello world” calvin@cnh.com -c hobbes@cnh.com -b susie.derkins@cnh.com

MUTT

One of major drawbacks of using the mail command is that it does not support the sending of attachments. mutt, on the other hand, does support it. I’ve found this feature particularly useful for scripts that generate non-textual reports or backups which are relatively small in size which I’d like to backup elsewhere. Of course, mutt allows you to do a lot more than just send attachments. It is a much more complete command line mail client than the “mail” command. Right now we’ll just explore the basic stuff we might need often. Here’s how you would attach a file to a mail:

# echo “Sending an attachment.” | mutt -a backup.zip -s “attachment” calvin@cnh.com

This command will send a mail to calvin@cnh.com with the subject (-s) “attachment”, the body text “Sending an attachment.”, containing the attachment (-a) backup.zip. Like with the mail command you can use the “-c” option to mark a copy to another mail id.

SENDING MAIL FROM A SHELL SCRIPT

Now, with the basics covered you can send mails from your shell scripts. Here’s a simple shell script that gives you a reading of the usage of space on your partitions and mails the data to you.

#!/bin/bash
df -h | mail -s “disk space report” calvin@cnh.com

Save these lines in a file on your Linux server and run it. You should receive a mail containing the results of the command. If, however, you need to send more data than just this you will need to write the data to a text file and enter it into the mail body while composing the mail. Here’s and example of a shell script that gets the disk usage as well as the memory usage, writes the data into a temporary file, and then enters it all into the body of the mail being sent out:

#!/bin/bash
df -h > /tmp/mail_report.log
free -m >> /tmp/mail_report.log
mail -s “disk and RAM report” calvin@cnh.com < /tmp/mail_report.log

Now here’s a more complicated problem. You have to take a backup of a few files and mail then out. First the directory to be mailed out is archived. Then it is sent as an email attachment using mutt. Here’s a script to do just that:

#!/bin/bash
tar -zcf /tmp/backup.tar.gz /home/calvin/files
echo | mutt -a /tmp/backup.tar.gz -s “daily backup of data” calvin@cnh.com

The echo at the start of the last line adds a blank into the body of the mail being set out.

This should get you started with sending mails form the Linux command line and from shell scripts. Read up the “man page” for both mail and mutt for more options.

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This tutorial will guide you through setting up and using the very helpful Thunderbird addon ThunderBrowse, which allows you to view web pages from directly within Thunderbird, without having to open your web browser.

1. Get started by downloading ThunderBrowse. Install it the same way you do most Thunderbird addons – save the file to your hard drive, from Thunderbird open Add-ons from the Tools menu, and click the Install button. Navigate to the ThunderBrowse file you downloaded, select it and click OK.
2. Once installed, a pop-up window will appear with info on the recent changes to ThunderBrowse. Close that window.


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3. Click Next on the initial setup window.



4. Click the Select a value drop-down menu. Since you probably don’t want to turn Thunderbird into your primary web browser, select Fix what browser links launch in and then click Next.



5. When asked if you want Tabs enabled, select Yes



6. Now decide how you want tabs to function. I opted for Links should go into a new tab, but you should choose what works best for you. This can always be changed later. Click Next to continue.



7. From here you’ll get to enable/disable a bunch of extra features. I left the defaults as they were, but again, feel free to select whatever works best for you. Yet again, click next.



8. Almost done. Next.



9. Once your settings have been saved, click Next for the very last time.



10. Done! Click Finish.



11. An overview page will pop up. Review the info on that page, then close it.


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12. Find an email with a link in it, and give that link a click.


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13. Instead of launching your browser, Thunderbird will open a new tab, and the page will load in that tab. Click that tab (unless you opted to have links automatically open and focus that tab) to view the page.


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14. If there’s a link in an email that you want to open in your main browser instead of a tab in Thunderbird, right-click that link and select Visit in Browser. The link will open in your default web browser.


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15. That’s pretty much it. Hope it saves you some time!

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This tutorial will walk you every single step of the way through installing and setting up WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL & PHP). With WAMP installed, you can run a web server (and things like WordPress, MediaWiki, and Jinzora) on your Windows PC.

Installing WAMP
Configure WAMP & MySQL
Install and setup Fake Sendmail

Installing WAMP

1. To get started, head over to the WAMP download page and save the .exe to your desktop. Once the download has completed, run the installation file. The first message you’ll see is a warning – if you have an older version of WAMP (1.x) installed, make sure to uninstall it first. Otherwise click Yes to continue.


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2. Click Next on the initial setup screen.


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3. Review the License Agreement, select I accept the agreement and then click the Next button.


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4. It’s a good idea to leave the default installation directory alone (C:\wamp\) – but if you want to change it, now’s the time. Click Next to continue.


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5. Decide if you want to have WAMP Quick Launch and/or Desktop icons, and click Next.


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6. Finally, click Install.


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7. The installation doesn’t take too long.


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8. Once it has completed, the setup phrase will begin. If you have Firefox set as your default browser, WAMP will ask you if that’s the browser you want to use. Click Yes.


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9. At this point, if you have a software Firewall installed, it will probably pop up and warn you that Apache wants to accept incoming connections. Depending on your specific Firewall the “button” to click may be different, but it will be something similar to Unblock. Do not click “Keep Blocking”.


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10. Leave the SMTP: server set as localhost (more on this later) but do change the email address to yours. Click Next.


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11. That’s it – you’re done! Make sure that there’s a check in the Launch WampServer 2 now box, and click Finish.


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Configure WAMP & MySQL

1. In your System Tray you should now see a “WAMP” icon. Click it, and select Put Online (Note: if it says Put Offline ignore this step and skip to the next one).



2. Open your browser (if it isn’t already) and enter the URL http://localhost.



3. The WAMP configuration page will load. From here you can access the tools phpMyAdmin, sqlitemanager etc.


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4. Now you’ll want to set a MySQL password, because by default, WAMP doesn’t set one. Select phpMyAdmin from the WAMP configuration page. At the bottom of the phpMyAdmin screen you’ll see a message about MySQL running without a root password.



5. To correct this, select the Privileges link. In the User overview section, place a check in the box next to Root – Localhost (see image below) and then click the Edit Privileges button.

   
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6. Scroll down to the Change password section, and enter your password in both boxes. Click Go to save the change.


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7. Make sure you get a message saying The password for 'root'@'localhost' was changed successfully.



8. Minimize your browser window, and open up Windows Explorer (or whatever file manager you use in Windows). Navigate to the C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadminx.x.x\ folder. Inside that folder, open up config.inc.php – ideally in an HTML or PHP editor, but Notepad will do if you don’t have an html/php/code editor.


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9. Search for the line $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; – if you’re using notepad it might be easier to just search for the word blowfish



10. Change the line $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; to $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'mypassphrase'; – where mypassphrase is your own password – not the same one you specified for root in MySQL.

    

    Note: as you can see from the screenshots above and below, this is much easier to work with in an HTML/PHP editor than it is in Notepad.


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11. Now search for the phrase ['auth_type'] = 'config'; (again, if you’re using Notepad you might want to just search for auth_type).



12. Change config to cookie.



13. Almost done. Now search for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; Replace the = ''; with = 'your-mysql-password'; – where your-mysql-password is the MySQL password you specified back in step #6 of this section.


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14. Save the changes you’ve made and exit out of your editor. Click on the WAMP icon in your System Tray and select Restart All Services.



15. Bring up your browser again, and refresh http://localhost. Select phpmyadmin again.



16. This time you’ll be prompted to login. Use root as the Username and enter the password you specified in step #6 as the password. Ignore the error about mcrytp not being loaded – we’ll fix that in a minute.



17. Return to the Privileges section, and this time place a check next to the user root with the host 127.0.0.1 (see screenshot below) and click the Edit Privileges button.


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18. Set the password to the same one you used for root previously (step #6) and click Go. Confirm the password was updated.



19. Now select the user root in the production.mysql.com host section, and once again click the Edit Privileges button.


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20. Again set the password to the same one you’ve previously used for root.



21. And make sure it updates successfully.


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22. Click the WAMP icon in your System Tray, choose PHP from the menu, then PHP extensions, scroll down to php_mcrypt and select it.



23. Refresh phpMyAdmin in your browser, and this time you’ll be prompted to login, but without the mcrypt error.


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24. You’ve now set a password for MySQL, making it considerably more secure.

Install and setup Fake Sendmail

1. If you’re running Windows XP, 2000 or NT and have an outgoing (SMTP) mail server already installed on your PC, and can be accessed by localhost, you can skip all the steps in this section – your’e done! If you’re using Vista (or don’t have a mail server installed) – keep reading.
2. Because a number of services you may use require a working mail server, we’ll set up Fake Sendmail and use your ISPs outgoing mail server. An example of a service that requires working mail is WordPress – if you forget your password and want to reset it, WordPress will email it to you. Without Fake Sendmail (or a local SMTP server) every time a service tries to send an email, it will fail.
3. Head over to http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ and download sendmail.zip. If your ISP requires that you use SSL, make sure to download sendmail-SSL.zip as well. Create the folder(s) C:\usr\lib\ and extract sendmail.zip (and sendmail-SSL.zip if you need it) into that folder.


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4. Open up sendmail.ini in Notepad. Scroll down to the smtp_server= section and change it to smtp_server=your.smtp.server, where your.smtp.server is your ISPs outgoing mail (SMTP) server. If you’re unsure of your outgoing mail server, you can try this list of ISP mail servers – if yours isn’t listed there, check w/ your ISP. In the smtp_port= section, make sure it’s set to 25 – assuming your ISP uses port 25 for SMTP (not all do – though mine does).


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5. In the default_domain= section, add your ISPs domain. For example, if you use Comcast as your ISP, add comcast.net. Because I have service from Telus, my default domain is telus.net (as seen in the screenshot below).


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6. If your SMTP server requires authentication, add your username to the end of the auth_username= field, and your password to the auth_password= field.

   Note: you can use the Gmail SMTP server (see this FAQ for details) – assuming you have a Gmail account. However, during testing I noticed a considerable delay in receiving mail – up to 7 hours. Using my ISPs mail server settings there was no delay at all.


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7. Save your changes to the file (sendmail.ini) and exit Notepad. Now click the WAMP icon in your System Tray, select PHP and then click php.ini.



8. Scroll down to the [ mail function ] section. Comment out each of the For Win 32 lines by adding a semicolon ( ; ) in front of each one (see screenshot below). Uncomment the line sendmail_path = by removing the semicolon ( ; ) in front of it. Add "/usr/lib/sendmail.exe -t" to the end of the line, so that it reads: sendmail_path = "/usr/lib/sendmail.exe -t" (again, see the screenshot below).


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9. Save php.ini and exit out of Notepad (or whatever editor you used to edit php.ini). Click on the WAMP icon in your System Tray and select Restart All Services.



10. Now any time one of your web services needs to send an email…



11. it will go through!



12. That’s it – you’re done! You now have a fully functional Apache, MySQL and PHP system on your PC.

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Are you the one that your friends and family call every time they have a problem with their computer? Put these tools on your USB thumb drive and troubleshooting will be that much easier.

Please feel free – encouraged even – to suggest other helpful, portable troubleshooting apps. Just leave a comment and I’ll check out the app then update the list accordingly.

1. AutoRuns (startup monitor)

   

   The most comprehensive tool for info on auto-starting locations of any startup monitor/utility. It shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and displays the entries in the order Windows processes them. To download and/or get more details, click here.

   Avira UnErase (file recovery)

   

   File Recovery tool for Windows 2000 and XP. Install on a PC, then copy the installation folder to your USB thumb drive. Though it’s no longer officially supported, it’s still available for download, and it still works. Download here.

   CCleaner (PC optimization)

   

   The popular PC optimization and privacy tool has a Portable Edition that you can download and install on your USB thumb drive. Related tutorial: How to use CCleaner to free up disk space on your Windows PC

   ClamWin (anti-virus)

   

   Following the instructions found here, you can carry the open-source anti-virus software ClamWin on your USB pen drive. Great for removing viruses when you’re unable to install anti-virus software on the host PC.

   DBAN (secure disk eraser)

   DBAN is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. Download the USB flash drive version from http://dban.sourceforge.net. Related tutorial: How to completely wipe all the data from your hard drive

   JkDefrag (disk defrag)

   

   JkDefrag is a portable disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows. And it’s open source.

   K-MAC (MAC address changer)

   Useful for network troubleshooting. Download here.

   On-Screen Keyboard (virtual keyboard)

   

   Working on a PC with a broken keyboard? Or one that has keys remapped to the strangest of places? On-Screen Keyboard will come in handy. Note: part of the PortableApps suite.

   Portable MV RegClean (registery cleaner)

   Registry cleaner for 32 and 64bit Windows. Also allows you to make backups of any registry change made by MV RegClean. Download here.

   Portable UnInstall Cleaner (software uninstaller/cleaner)

   

   When a program does not properly uninstall or problems occur in the uninstallation, there will be excess entries in the registry. UnInstall Cleaner can delete these entries so that you don’t take the painstaking job of cleaning the the registry manually. Download here.

   Process Explorer (advanced task manager)

   Hugely improved version of Windows Task Manager. Download here. Related tutorial: How to get detailed information on each running process in Windows

   Restoration (file recovery)

   Restoration is another file recovery tool, but this one works on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista. If you’re trying to recover files in 2K or XP, try Avira UnErase (see above) first.

   Roadkil’s Boot Builder (create custom boot sectors)

   Boot Builder allows you to create your own custom boot sector from scratch. This utility allows you to recreate or restore boot sectors lost due to virus or other damage to a drive. Boot sectors can be imported/exported to a disk or created from a template. This program supports FAT and NTFS boot sector types.

   SpyBot Search and Destroy (spyware removal)

   

   Download SpyBot Search and Destroy, install it on your PC and then follow the instructions found here to make it portable. Related tutorial: How to remove spyware from your PC

   System Spec (System Information Utility)

   Find detailed information on the PC you’re troubleshooting. Works in Windows 2000 and XP completely, some info won’t be displayed (though it does work) on Windows 98 and ME. Download here.

   TinyResMeter (real-time system and resources)

   

   TinyResMeter provides real-time PC system and resource info in a small display window, and detailed info when that window is selected. Download here

   What Is Transferring (TCP packet sniffer)

   What Is Transferring is a portable packet sniffer for Windows 2000/XP. It can capture and display the TCP/IP packets that pass through a network adapte. Very helpful for determining unwanted connections and then viewing what those connections have sent/recieved.

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-Ross

If you’re one of the millions of people using Microsoft Outlook, either at home or at the office, you’ve probably had to move your email from one computer to another at some point in time. Transferring Outlook emails, calendar, contacts and tasks is a fairly simple procedure, but it would also be nice to transfer the autocomplete addresses we’ve come to depend on.

In case you’re not sure what I am talking about, autocomplete is when you open a new email form and begin typing in an address into the To: box:

Notice that I typed the letter c and several Outlook contacts automatically appeared below. These are addresses that I have previously sent emails to and that’s why they show up. This is extremely useful if someones email address is very different from their name because all you have to remember is there name instead of “greek_god109293@supermail.com”!

So here are the steps in order to successfully transfer the auto-complete history to another computer.

1. If Outlook is open, go ahead and close it.
2. Next you’ll have to turn on viewing of hidden files, so go to My Computer in XP or Computer in Vista, then go to Tools and finally Folder Options. In Vista, you might have to press ALT in order to see the menu.



3. Click on the View tab and then select the Show hidden files and folders radio button under the Hidden Files and Folders option. Also make sure the Hide extensions for known file types checkbox directly below hidden files is unchecked.



4. Now in My Computer, go to your profile folder under Document and Settings. In Vista, you will find your profile folder in the Users folder.



5. Once in your profile folder, go to Application Data directory, then to Microsoft and finally to Outlook. So the final path should be something like:

   C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

6. In the Outlook folder, look for a file with a .NK2 extension. This is the file that contains all of the autocomplete information. Copy that file and transfer it to the new computer.

   Finally, go to the same location on the new computer as described above, namely, Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and paste the .NK2 file there. Start Outlook and open a new email. When you start typing, all of your previous autocomplete addresses will show up. Enjoy!

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Quite some time ago, I wrote a post titled Wow… The Windows Key is useful after all. That post attracted some attention – apparently I wasn’t the only one who really overlooked that key on my keyboard. As it turns out, Vista has decided to include a few extra “Windows Key” keyboard shortcuts too. The majority of the previous Windows Key shortcuts still work in Vista, but here are some new ones:

Windows Key + G: Cycle through the Sidebar Gadgets
Windows Key + T: Cycle through programs on the Taskbar
Windows Key + U: Open the Ease of Access Center
Windows Key + X: Open the Windows Mobile Center

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This brief guide will walk you through the steps on deleting your Plaxo account, and all of the data associated with it. Why would you want to do this? Plaxo has signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast.

1. First up, visit Plaxo.com and sign in.
2. Try visiting http://www.plaxo.com/delete_account after you have signed in. You may not be able to go directly to that page. If that’s the case, continue with step #3. If you are able to view the Delete Your Account page, skip down to step #6 (or just follow the instructions on that page).
3. Select Settings from the upper-right corner of Plaxo.com



4. Now select click here from the “For all other Plaxo Online settings, click here” section.



5. Select Plaxo Identities from the left menu, scroll down and click the Delete your account link.


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6. Review the info..


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7. And then let Plaxo know why you’re deleting your account.


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8. And finally, click the Delete My Account button.



9. Make sure that you’re re-directed to the “Account Deleted” screen so that you know your account is now gone.


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This very brief tutorial will guide you through the steps to set Thunderbird to leave mail on the server. Leaving your mail on the server can be helpful if you use Thunderbird on a portable USB drive to check your email while away from your main computer. That way when you return to your main desktop/laptop, you can still download all of your email.

1. Launch Thunderbird and select Tools from the top menu, then Account Settings… from the drop-down list.

   

2. Select Server Settings from the left window. In the Server Settings section of the right window, place a check in the box labeled Leave messages on server. Click OK.

   
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3. Now when you check your email with Thunderbird, a copy will be left on the server.

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Update – May 1st 2008: The original method I outlined in this tutorial no longer works. But don’t worry, I’ve figured out a new one! What I’m getting at is that this tutorial has been completely re-written.

This tutorial will guide you through installing the iPhone apps Apple MobileMail, Apple Google Maps, Stocks, Weather and/or Notes on your iPod Touch. Note: this tutorial assumes you have a jailbroken iPod Touch using the 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 firmware, and are *cough* legally allowed to install these applications on your iPod Touch.

1. First you’ll need to add a new source to your Installer.app repository. If you’re unsure how to do that, see the tutorial titled How to add additional sources to Installer on your iPhone or iPod Touch
2. Use the on-screen keypad and enter the source http://labs.ispazio.net Tap OK when you’re done.
3. Your sources list will now refresh.



4. Scroll through the list of software sources to confirm iSpazio Laboratory was successfully added. When you’re done, click Done in the upper-right corner.
5. Now tap Install from the bottom button-bar. In the Categories list, scroll down to Tweaks 1.1.4 (don’t worry if you have the 1.1.3 firmware installed). Select it.


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6. Select 1.1.3/4 iPod Full Features.


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7. Click the Install button in the upper right corner. When prompted, click the large Install button, or Add to Queue if you want to install more software at the same time.


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8. During the installation you’ll get a little pop-up notice. Read it over, and then click OK.


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9. When the installation is done, go back to your Springboard. It will probably require you to ‘unlock’ again, and the Springboard will re-appear with an Edit Home Screen message. Give it a read (it has some good/new info) and click Dismiss.


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10. Start using Stocks, Maps, Mail, Weather and Notes!


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This tutorial will guide you through setting up Mail 3.1 – the email program included with OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

1. When Mail opens for the first time the “Welcome to Mail” wizard will launch. Enter the appropriate info in the spaces provided. Remove the check from the Automatically set up account box.


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2. On the second screen you’ll need to enter your Incoming Mail Server information. This information is provided to you by your ISP. If you have cable or DSL in North America, you can refer to this list of email settings for many of the major broadband ISPs (Comcast, Cox, Rogers, Shaw, Verizon, Earthlink, Time Warner etc). When you have the correct info for your ISP, enter it in the spaces provided. Otherwise, check with your ISP. Click Continue when you’re sure you have the right info filled in.


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3. Similar to the previous step, you’ll need to enter the information for your Outgoing Mail Server. Click Continue when you’re ready to move on.


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4. Review all of the information on the Summary screen, and click Create when you’re done.


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5. At this point you’ll be presented with your Inbox. Click the New Message button and compose a message to yourself, then send it.


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6. Click the Get Mail button, and you should download the test message you just sent.


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7. If it didn’t work, or you want to change some of the settings, select Mail from the main Menu Bar, and then Preferences… from the drop down list.



8. The General tab will be displayed. Review the various settings and preferences and make any changes you see fit.


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9. Select the Accounts tab. From here you can edit your email server settings.


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10. Select the Mailbox Behaviors tab in the Accounts section. Again, make any changes you deem appropriate.


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11. Select the Advanced tab in the Accounts section. And you guessed it – make whatever changes you want.


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12. Finally, select the Junk tab. From here you can modify the spam/junk settings in Mail. Explore the other sections – none of them are critical to the sending and receiving of email, but they will offer options to personalize Mail.


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One of my favorite Greasemonkey scripts is Folders4Gmail – and it was updated today to work with the latest version of Gmail. Once again my Gmail filters are folders.

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It appears as though Google has decided to enable IMAP for some Gmail (and Google Apps for Your Domain) accounts. As it happens, all of my Google Apps for Your Domain accounts now have IMAP enabled, so I’m playing around with the settings and changes now.

IMAP on Gmail is a great thing because it means that you can setup Gmail in several mail clients (Thunderbird, Windows Mobile mail, etc) and they will all remain in sync – no more reading the same message twice or manually having to mark things as read. Once again, thanks Google!

Gmail POP/IMAP settings

For more info on IMAP (history etc) see this wikipedia article.

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