Since the passing of the Can Spam Act several years ago, federal and state courts in the United States have begun cracking down on spammers, and seeking to put an end to the barrage of useless promotional e-mails clogging up our inboxes. But a controversial new spam law in Virginia seems to have gone too far.
Supreme Court Shoots Down New Spam Law
Gmail Celebrates Fifth Birthday with New Features
Google has announced that their Gmail web-based e-mail service is once again expanding, adding new features, including support for 49 languages. While most extra e-mail features already supported numerous languages, the new update should make Gmail the first truly international advertising supported e-mail service.
Yahoo Mail Users Perplexed by Lockout
E-mail has become so common and necessary in the modern age that it is seen as a basic utility, like phone service or electricity, for most of us. That’s why it can be so unnerving, not to mention frustrating, to be lockedout of your e-mail account.
Email in Decline: Will Social Networking be the Death of Email?
E-mail was considered to be the personal computer’s first “killer app.” But these days, some pundits are expressing concern that the “killer app” may end up being “killed off” by social networking sites such as Facebook, FriendFeed and Twitter.
Google “Mail Goggles” Guard Against Drunken Emailing
It is a problem that many people never even realized existed: drunken e-mailing. Evidently, drunken late-night e-mail rants have become a problem for many people, so much so that even Google has stepped in to help out. The company has recently unveiled its new Mail Goggles feature on Gmail, to help discourage unfortunate late-night e-mails, fueled by alcohol and tiredness.
Google’s Gmail Continues to Have Sporadic Outages
Gmail, the free Internet based e-mail service developed by Google, has been suffering a series of outages over the last several weeks. A major outage last week left thousands of Gmail users without service to either the e-mail program or Google Calendars and Documents.
Gmail Server Problem Leaves Users Frustrated
On Monday, Google’s popular Gmail e-mail service suffered a paralyzing server problem, leaving millions of users with no access to their accounts for several hours. Blogs and forums around the Internet were buzzing with angry and confused comments by Gmail users, proving just how indispensable the service has become to the day to day lives of many people.
Sent Emails to the Wrong Person Can’t Be Taken Back
What’s worse than having someone overhear you saying something you shouldn’t have said? Sending an email to the last person who should receive it. These blunders may either be embarrassing, or they can be social suicide; if it is a sensitive issue which is related to your work (such as that lambasting remark about your superior which you thought you sent to your coworker at the next table), you could get the axe just like that and find yourself collecting welfare support for the next couple of weeks.
Other Smart Uses of Gmail
Google Mail, or Gmail, has been used by millions of people for more than two years now. It’s currently one of the most famous e-mail services due to the fact that Google mail is currently increasing the space of each email account even as you are reading this. When the beta version was released, there was only 1G of available memory per e-mail. Right now, a Gmail account can store more than 2G of all the mail you receive. When they say that you’ll never have to delete an email again, I think they mean that literally. After years of servicing the web, Gmail is even more powerful than ever. You would be surprised at the other things you can do with their email service.
How To Combat Email Spams
Email spamming, which refers to sending out unsolicited bulk emails, is a chronic problem that plagues every Internet user nowadays. Similar to other spamming activities such as forum spam, blog spam and directory spam, email spam continues to grow in their sheer volume, and at the same time becomes increasingly intelligent, defeating every anti-spam technique that has been designed to fight email spam. Nowadays all major email service providers are equipped with self-trained spam filters that automatically mark spam-like emails. With the amount of time people spend online, however, email spam is something that will probably never disappear. Still there are things you can do to greatly reduce the amount of spam you receive in your inbox.
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