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Inky An Awesome Email app for Windows
Inky- An Awesome Email app for Windows:
Outlook is probably one of the most popular email client for Windows, but this is mostly used in enterprise as this is not a free app. It comes bundled with Office suite. Other free alternative is Thunderbird and there are quite a few others as well. Inky is a new desktop email client app which has an awesome interface and probably the best feature is that it supports almost all popular email services and you can add multiple accounts as well.
There are quite a few interesting aspects about this app, firstly for adding email account, you do not have to manually enter the ports and configurations, the app detects them automatically based on your email address. Inky works with any IMAP or POP account. Secondly Inky predicts how relevant each message is to you and shows you using a colored ink drop. Inky organizes your mail into smart views. Focus on mail from personal contacts, social sites, daily deal sites, and subscriptions separately.
Inky enhances each message with one or more useful tools such as a one-click unsubscribe button or a map of a street address. What makes Inky stand out is the super friendly user interface, clean and easy to use.
Inky supports all the popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail or Outlook.com etc. Inky keeps your emails intact and in sync with your email provider. For example, if you read a work email message, and then go to the office, you will see that message is marked as read there as well.
The app also helps you make sure you send your email from the right accounts to the right person. Inky will suggest people to add to an email if you frequently include them in a group.
Whether you have one account or multiple, Inky provides a new, refreshingly simple interface to check all your mail.
Inky is available for both Windows and Mac.
Download Inky
Outlook is probably one of the most popular email client for Windows, but this is mostly used in enterprise as this is not a free app. It comes bundled with Office suite. Other free alternative is Thunderbird and there are quite a few others as well. Inky is a new desktop email client app which has an awesome interface and probably the best feature is that it supports almost all popular email services and you can add multiple accounts as well.
There are quite a few interesting aspects about this app, firstly for adding email account, you do not have to manually enter the ports and configurations, the app detects them automatically based on your email address. Inky works with any IMAP or POP account. Secondly Inky predicts how relevant each message is to you and shows you using a colored ink drop. Inky organizes your mail into smart views. Focus on mail from personal contacts, social sites, daily deal sites, and subscriptions separately.
Inky supports all the popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail or Outlook.com etc. Inky keeps your emails intact and in sync with your email provider. For example, if you read a work email message, and then go to the office, you will see that message is marked as read there as well.
The app also helps you make sure you send your email from the right accounts to the right person. Inky will suggest people to add to an email if you frequently include them in a group.
Whether you have one account or multiple, Inky provides a new, refreshingly simple interface to check all your mail.
Inky is available for both Windows and Mac.
Download Inky
Find The Email An Attachment Was Saved From In Mac OS X Mail
A common problem with a bulky inbox is finding emails. Almost every email service and client has a search feature, with some offering very smart parameters for refining the search (like Gmail’s web interface) but still, at times quickly finding the right email can be a pain. Similarly, if you’ve downloaded an attachment that came with an email and are trying to trace it back to the original message, you could be out of luck if you have renamed the file in the meantime, and will likely need to go through several emails individually to find it since for the most part, you are relying on memory to remember who the email was from, or a snippet from the email’s subject. If you’re using the default Mail app on a Mac, though, finding the email that an attachment came with is much easier than you know, as every attachment that you download saves details of where the file originated from i.e. the email’s sender and subject. You can use this to find the original email thread.
Right-click an attachment and select the ‘Get Info’ option. Scroll down and expand the ‘More info’ tab. Here, you will see where this file came from. An email address followed by the subject indicates that file originated from the Mail program, and this information can be used to search for the email using Mail’s own search feature. This information is preserved even after you have edited the file after downloading it.
Should the search return too many results (or none at all) and you need to get to the email fast, the script that follows the email and subject in the file’s info box is bound to help. Just copy the text you see after the subject – in this case, the “message:%3CCA+f2sof-s3fHyvt_6woCCR0gAUJKs9RofyTA=VzHqNouJwjT6g@mail.gmail.com%3E” part (without the quotes). Next, paste it into Safari’s address bar (no other browser will work), and hit enter. Safari will automatically open the exact email for you.
This tip is useful so long as the email you’re looking for had a file attached and you saved it to your Mac HD. By saving an attachment, we don’t mean the default backup that Mail makes; you can’t browse the files in that folder because the backups that Mail makes are in MBOX format and can be opened with an email client only. You have to download the attachment in its original format and then access its information window. Although this limits the usability of this trick, it still makes the process of tracking down the email that a document came attached with, considerably easier than using Safari or Mail’s search feature for the purpose.
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Right-click an attachment and select the ‘Get Info’ option. Scroll down and expand the ‘More info’ tab. Here, you will see where this file came from. An email address followed by the subject indicates that file originated from the Mail program, and this information can be used to search for the email using Mail’s own search feature. This information is preserved even after you have edited the file after downloading it.
Should the search return too many results (or none at all) and you need to get to the email fast, the script that follows the email and subject in the file’s info box is bound to help. Just copy the text you see after the subject – in this case, the “message:%3CCA+f2sof-s3fHyvt_6woCCR0gAUJKs9RofyTA=VzHqNouJwjT6g@mail.gmail.com%3E” part (without the quotes). Next, paste it into Safari’s address bar (no other browser will work), and hit enter. Safari will automatically open the exact email for you.
This tip is useful so long as the email you’re looking for had a file attached and you saved it to your Mac HD. By saving an attachment, we don’t mean the default backup that Mail makes; you can’t browse the files in that folder because the backups that Mail makes are in MBOX format and can be opened with an email client only. You have to download the attachment in its original format and then access its information window. Although this limits the usability of this trick, it still makes the process of tracking down the email that a document came attached with, considerably easier than using Safari or Mail’s search feature for the purpose.
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Need a Disposable Email Address Try These Great Services
Disposable emailaddresses are not a new idea. In fact theyve been around almost as long as email has (well, almost). In case youve never used one, disposable emails are fake email addresses you can give to people you dont trust, to services you suspect of sharing your address, and on any situation where you dont want to use your real address. Depending on the service you use, you can either read emails received to this address on a Web interface, or receive them to your real inbox.There are dozens of such services, and most are really easy to use. Its just a matter of finding the one which offers the right features for you, and yes, there are all kinds of different features and perks to be had. So if you need a confidential disposable email address that you dont want tracked, here are some excellent options you can try.
Important note: never use these services for sensitive information or for emails containing usernames and passwords you want to protect. While they are reasonably private, they are still not secure as your regular email account.
GuerrillaMail
GuerrillaMail provides more than just a disposable email address. In fact, the email address you get from GuerrillaMail never expires, so its actually not disposable – its even better. To use GuerrillaMail, all you have to do is choose your inbox ID, which would be your email address, and youre ready to go. You can have any username you want, and choose between seven different domains. When you receive an email to your new address, it will automatically appear on your email page. You can reply from within GuerrillaMail, and even attach files. GuerrillaMail acts as a spam filter too, so spam shouldnt even reach your inbox, and all email is deleted within 1 hour.
Since your address lasts forever (unless you tell it to forget you), you can use it again and again. All you have to do is enter the same email to view your inbox, so anyone who has it can view it. GuerrillaMail solves this problem by using aliases when sending out emails, so your recipients cant access your GuerrillaMail. The downside is that sometimes emails I sent out from GuerrillaMail simply never arrived.
In a nutshell: Read, reply and attach files, permanent address with alias, emails deleted in 1 hour.
FakeInbox
FakeInbox is slightly better looking than is common for these services, and offers fake email addresses that self-destruct after 60 minutes. All the provided addresses are in the same domain – fakeinbox.com – and you can either choose your own username or let the service generate a random one for you. You can now give this address to anyone, and receive incoming emails on FakeInboxs interface. You can also reply from here, and those are received instantly. A countdown at the bottom of the page shows you how much time you have left with this address. Done with it? You can delete it before your time is up. Want an extra 60 minutes? You can get that as well.
In a nutshell: Read and reply, address and inbox deleted in 60 minutes (can extend).
MailCatch
MailCatch is very similar to GuerrillaMail, but with a cherry on top. To start, MailCatch makes it very clear that you can give out a mailcatch.com email address before you even access the website. Just think up some random username, and then point your browser at username.mailcatch.com to check your email. As with GuerrillaMail, all a person needs in order to access this mailbox is your username, and here there are no aliases here, so you really need to take that into account. MailCatch is read only, meaning you cant reply to emails, only read them. What you can do, though, for 2€ a month, is set up forwarding or POP3 access to your MailCatch address, so you dont have to use the Web interface to see your emails. All emails on MailCatch are deleted after a short time (several hours to several days).
In a nutshell: Read only, permanent address with alias, emails deleted after several hours to days, unique URL for your inbox, premium users can set up forwarding and POP3.
AirMail
AirMail is a disposable email address service with some nice perks. Unlike other services, you can only generate random emails, with no control over what theyll be. You can, however, generate one after the other until you find something you like. There seem to be at least 5 different domains in use. Once you find an address you like, you can give it to whoever you want, and receive the emails to AirMails interface. According to the AirMail website, you can view HTML emails, although I couldnt see an image I sent myself. AirMail also claims to strip hidden codes from emails, thus preventing third parties from learning information about your browser and IP.
The nice thing about AirMail is that it feels almost like regular email. You get a sound notification upon arrival of a new email, and you can check your emails from any browser on any computer by copying your inboxs unique URL. The address will last as long as you keep checking it. If you stop, everything will self destruct after 24 hours.
In a nutshell: Read only, address and inbox deleted after 24 hours, can access with unique URL, sound notifications, HTML viewer and code stripping.
EasyTrashMail
EasyTrashMail takes a slightly different approach to disposable emails, and for this one to work, you need to provide your real email address. On the up side, you dont have to use a clunky Web interface – all emails sent to your disposable address are automatically forwarded to your regular inbox. So how does it work? You provide the service with your real email address, and choose how much time you want your disposable address to exist. There are many options to choose from, ranging from 15 minutes to 1 month. Once you click on "Create" you receive a random email address at easytrashmail.com, and or as long as its up, youll receive anything sent to it directly to your inbox, without having to disclose your real address.
In a nutshell: need to provide real email, no Web interface, address can last from 15 minutes to 1 month.
Mailnesia
Aside from its clever name, Mailnesia comes with several other cool features. Mailnesia is similar to GuerrillaMail and MailCatch in that it never really expires, only deletes email, and you can access the inbox simply by having the username. Like GuerrillaMail, you can set an alias for your inbox, so you dont have to go around giving access to everyone who sees your address. There are several things that set Mailnesia apart: it comes in nine different languages, full HTML support, and the best part: auto clicking on confirmation/activation emails, which are what youd use this address for most commonly. This means that if you use this address to sign up to a service or a website, Mailnesia will automatically click the confirmation link for you, without you doing anything. Pretty cool!
In a nutshell: Read only, permanent address with alias, emails deleted after several hours to days, comes in 9 languages, auto clicking on confirmation emails.
Facebook Testing Paid Messaging Option for Potentially Unwanted Email
Facebook users are a weird bunch. There are two kinds of users when it comes to privacy: those who absolutely want their activity to be held completely secret, and those who have no idea what they’re doing with the service. The latter will sometimes write personal messages to people in the comments section of someone’s status update. But if a new test is deemed successful, Facebook users can throw a good chunk of their privacy out the window as Facebook is testing a new feature that would allow people outside of your network to contact you directly through the service.
As it is right now before any changes are made, if a user receives a message from one of their friends or friends of friends, depending on your privacy settings, it will go directly to your inbox. Users who don’t share any mutual friends with you but want to contact you anyway, will have their message sent to your “Other” folder. The majority of Facebook probably aren’t even aware such a folder exists. The test Facebook will be running will allow users to contact people they don’t share any mutual friends with, pretty much strangers, for a small charge of $1 per message. The charge will ensure their message is sent to the person’s inbox, rather than their “Other” folder.
This move could potentially increase spam throughout the service. It seems there will be a minority of users who will use this test to send you messages about male enhancement drugs that don’t work, or to help their son or daughter win a popularity contest on some website. I assume Facebook has taken the proper measures for spammers not to run rampant with this test. But seeing how bad of a job it has been doing lately with user privacy, upsetting many users with its recent change to Instagram terms of service, I can’t help but think this is a terrible idea.
As it is right now before any changes are made, if a user receives a message from one of their friends or friends of friends, depending on your privacy settings, it will go directly to your inbox. Users who don’t share any mutual friends with you but want to contact you anyway, will have their message sent to your “Other” folder. The majority of Facebook probably aren’t even aware such a folder exists. The test Facebook will be running will allow users to contact people they don’t share any mutual friends with, pretty much strangers, for a small charge of $1 per message. The charge will ensure their message is sent to the person’s inbox, rather than their “Other” folder.
This move could potentially increase spam throughout the service. It seems there will be a minority of users who will use this test to send you messages about male enhancement drugs that don’t work, or to help their son or daughter win a popularity contest on some website. I assume Facebook has taken the proper measures for spammers not to run rampant with this test. But seeing how bad of a job it has been doing lately with user privacy, upsetting many users with its recent change to Instagram terms of service, I can’t help but think this is a terrible idea.
Inky An Awesome Email app for Windows
Outlook is probably one of the most popular email client for Windows, but this is mostly used in enterprise as this is not a free app. It comes bundled with Office suite. Other free alternative is Thunderbird and there are quite a few others as well. Inky is a new desktop email client app which has an awesome interface and probably the best feature is that it supports almost all popular email services and you can add multiple accounts as well.
There are quite a few interesting aspects about this app, firstly for adding email account, you do not have to manually enter the ports and configurations, the app detects them automatically based on your email address. Inky works with any IMAP or POP account. Secondly Inky predicts how relevant each message is to you and shows you using a colored ink drop. Inky organizes your mail into smart views. Focus on mail from personal contacts, social sites, daily deal sites, and subscriptions separately.
Inky supports all the popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail or Outlook.com etc. Inky keeps your emails intact and in sync with your email provider. For example, if you read a work email message, and then go to the office, you will see that message is marked as read there as well.
The app also helps you make sure you send your email from the right accounts to the right person. Inky will suggest people to add to an email if you frequently include them in a group.
Whether you have one account or multiple, Inky provides a new, refreshingly simple interface to check all your mail.
Inky is available for both Windows and Mac.
Download Inky
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