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Questions tagged [webmail]

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How can I disable "add application for mailto links" bar in Firefox?

Every time I log on to my webmail I see a bar like on image below. I don't want to add this as an application and it is pretty annoying to close this every time. How can I disable it permanently? The bar says this: EDIT: I tried to use Firebug to…
Jan Ajan
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How to prove that an email has been sent?

I have a dispute on my hands in which the other party (landlord's real estate agent) dishonestly claims to not have received an email that I truly did send. My questions is, what are the ways to prove that the email was indeed sent? Thus far, the…
bguiz
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How can I safely open a suspicious email?

Suppose I receive an email that I highly suspect is some form of spam but I'm not 100% sure. Suppose also that I'm using form of webmail (like Gmail) with good spam filters, but this message made it through safely. Obviously I should not open any…
Michael McGowan
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How to set Gmail as default email client in Windows 8?

How can I use Gmail (in Chrome) as the default email handler in Windows 8? I used to use GmailNotifier in Windows 7, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. Clicking on a mailto: link simply opens Chrome with a blank page. I am not interested in…
Leftium
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Can offlineimap do a one-way sync?

I love the free webmail services out there but hate having years of mail tied up in one of these products. I'm looking for a way to cache a mailbox locally but still be able to access it from a locally installed imap client. I looked at offlineimap,…
txyoji
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download/export emails from webmail

I'm just switching my hosts and I want to move the emails from my accounts too. In order to have my current emails on the new host I want to download/export them and to import at the other host. In order to do this I use one of the webmail…
misterjinx
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does Gmail or any other popular webmail service scrub javascript from html emails? if not, any reason why?

I have seen claims that some email services mark emails with javascript as spam. But I have not seen mentioned that any sensible service would just optionally scrub any embedded javascript entirely while leaving html in place. Am I looking in the…
EndangeringSpecies
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Email clients vs Webmail - which use which protocols?

Here is my understanding: Webmail (gmail, etc) uses http for sending/retrieving emails. Email clients (thunderbird, etc) use SMTP for sending emails, and POP3/IMAP to retrieve emails. (Or, do they use http to send emails too, and only SMTP servers…
Tony Stark
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Gmail "Web login required"

I am constantly getting "web login required" when accessing Gmail using POP from the email application. I know what should be causing it but I am unable to figure out why it won't go away. Here is what I tried: enabled "Less secure apps" to ensure…
Coder12345
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What is error 324? Is it related to Google Chrome? Or Verizon Webmail?

My in-laws are having trouble with signing into their Verizon Webmail account at webmail.verizon.net, only when they are on their wireless network. When they try to log in from wireless they get "Error 324" in the browser, in both Google Chrome and…
Jason Rhodes
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If I am using a secure web based mail service such as GMail, do my emails remain encrypted after they are sent?

I am aware that I can access GMail securely using SSL however what I would like to learn or know is that once I send an email, does that email remain encrypted?
PeanutsMonkey
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Is there a personal web based email aggregator application that can be installed on your own server?

It seems like there is an influx of email aggregation web sites that work similar to GMail in the way that they can aggregate emails similar to a traditional Desktop email reader application but that it is all done on the web (Sorry, I refuse to use…
jpierson
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Do webmail clients render emails with the browser they're loaded in?

I'm generating content rich emails and want to ensure it will look identical on all clients. In order to test Gecko, Webkit, Trident and MS Word I've viewed my email in Firefox, Safari, IE and Outlook 2007 respectively. But with Gmail and hotmail…
edwardmlyte
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Security difference between webmail access and desktop email client?

Is there a difference in privacy and security between webmail access and desktop email clients? Is one inherently more secure than the other? Is it more secure to use an email service that does not offer webmail, but only access via IMAP, POP, SMTP…
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Confusion over IMAP folder names across different devices

The webmail system provided by my ISP hides the folder structure from me. I have three questions: Is there a tool (web-based or downloadable) that lets me see the actual folder structure on the IMAP server? Perhaps Telnet? Better yet, is there a…
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