Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Mail’

Now back: Attaching photos to messages in Hotmail

Hotmail October 16th, 2009

Turned off last month due to a security issue with Internet Explorer and Active X, the Photo feature for Windows Live Hotmail has now been fixed and made available again. The Windows Live Team announces:
Instead of adding pictures as attachments to your Hotmail messages by clicking Attach and then File and then selecting the [...]

Messenger problems: Your login data can’t be remembered?

Messenger problems October 7th, 2009

If Messenger doesn’t remember your e-mail address or your password, then you have installed both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. You have to revert a registry setting that has been changed while Yahoo Messenger was installing. Then you will be able to store your sign-in credentials again. Here is how it [...]

How-to: Change your Windows Live password

Windows Live October 7th, 2009

More than 20,000 Windows Live account credentials were published recently. That is why you should change your own password, even if your account was not among them. Here is how to change your password using the Windows Live account center.

Open the Windows Live account center at https://account.live.com/ChangePassword.aspx.
If prompted, sign in using your Windows [...]

This Week’s Thoughts: Hidden data

This Week’s Thoughts October 7th, 2009

Many people send texts, spreadsheets, photos and videos—while not knowing that they contain much information that other people can discover with ease and that might be indiscreet. Who has collaborated on the text? How often has it been revised? What camera and aperture has been used to take the photo? Such info is hidden in [...]

More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked

Windows Live October 6th, 2009

Several thousands passwords for European users of Microsoft’s e-mail and identity service Hotmail/Windows Live ID have been published on the Web, according to information published by Neowin. The Windows Live team states:
We immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers. As part of that investigation, [...]

How-to: Minimize Windows Live Mail to the “tray”

Mail September 21st, 2009

Are you using Windows Live Mail as your primary e-mail program and thus running it all the time? I bet that its taskbar button will get in your way sometimes. When I played around with Live Mail’s options, I found a way to minimize Windows Live Mail to my system notification area, commonly [...]

Come fare: Personalizzare la tua home di Windows Live

Windows Live September 9th, 2009

Sapevi che puoi personalizzare l’aspetto della tua home page di Windows Live a seconda delle tue esigenze? Ecco come:

Apri http://home.live.com/ e clicca su Opzioni, poi su Personalizza questa pagina.
Per cambiare l’ordine, scegli l’elemento da muovere cliccandolo nella sezione Aspetto della pagina. Clicca i pulsanti SPOSTA SU o SPOSTA GIÙ per ordinare gli elementi a [...]

How-to: Customize your Windows Live Home

Windows Live September 9th, 2009

Did you know that you can customize the layout on your Windows Live Home page according to your personal wishes? Here is how to:

Open http://home.live.com/ and click on Options, then Customize this page.
To change the order, choose the element to move by clicking it in the Page layout section. Click the UP or [...]

Yahoo sta socializzando—o semplicemente copiando Windows Live?

Web September 1st, 2009

Yahoo! ha aggiornato Messenger e Mail con numerose nuove funzioni

Invia e-mail con allegati di dimensione superiore a 25 MB (invece di 10 MB).
Web mail: funzione Calendario e Note combinato.
Aggiungi gli allegati trascinandoli direttamente dal tuo desktop al sito.
Le immagini nelle mail vengono mostrate con un’anteprima, sono ridimensionabili e possono essere ruotate.
Ordinare la tua posta in [...]

Come fare: Stare sicuri mentre si usa Hotmail

Hotmail August 29th, 2009

Al giorno d’oggi, le e-mail dagli spammer sono diventate sempre più frequenti estendendo la ricezione di malware. Avere un computer affetto da malware potrebbe significare avere la propria password compromessa e il Windows Live ID conseguentemente dirottato e abusato inviando ancora altro spam. Come posso identificare la posta malevola?
Riconoscimento posta indesiderata
Una tipica virus mail [...]