Software Applications & Hardware

How to setup a webmail.co.za POP3 email account in Microsoft Outlook 2007

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NOTE: Webmail is South Africa’s free email service, a Free email account can be obtained by visiting  Open Microsoft Outlook 2007 and click on Tools->Account Settings   In the Account Settings screen click on the New button under the E-mail tab   Select Microsof Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and click on Next   Check the check box next to Manually configure server settings...

Can’t delete mail in my Trash folder in Evolution mail, get error “Summary and Folder mismatch”

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First create a backup of your mail using Evolution by clicking on File->Backup Settings “This step is vitally important to prevent data loss” By using your file browser browse to the following directory/home/YOURUSERNAME/.evolution/mail/local Once in the local folder delete all files with the following extensions. .index .cmeta .ev-summary Very important to not delete the files...

How to add an Alias on your webmail.co.za email account

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Login to webmail.co.za using your Username and Password

Then click on Settings and then on Profiles

Then under the Aliases section type in your Alias “you do not need to enter @webmail.co.za“ and click on the Add Alias button

After you clicked on the Add Alias button your new Alias will appear under theAliases Section and Emails can be sent to your new Alias Address

How to send a free South African SMS using webmail.co.za

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You first need to create a new webmail.co.za email account by clicking on the register link under the login box
After you’ve created the account you need to login into webmail.co.za

Now on the top right corner you will see a icon with the title free sms, click on it

Now type in the recipients number and the desired message to send and click on Send SMS

How to hide deleted message in your webmail.co.za Inbox after deletion

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If you delete your emails within your inbox and they are still there only with a strikedthrough it means that the messages have been deleted but it’s not hidden in your Inbox To solve this login to webmail.co.za using your Username and Password Then click on Settings and then on Options Then under General Options check the checkbox next to Hide deleted messages and click on update to save...

How to increase the Server Timeouts in MS Outlook 2007

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Open Microsoft Outlook 2007
Click on the Tools Menu
Within the Tools menu, click on the Account Settings menu item
Double click on the prefered E-Mail Account where the timeout needs to be increased
Click on the More Settings button
Click on the Advanced Tab
Move the Server Timeouts slider to Long
Click OK and then Next and Finish
Restart Microsoft Outlook 2007

How to check if a Email address exist or not using the command line

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In this example we will test for the Email address [email protected], replace the gmail Email address with the email address you want to test Open the command line/command promt and type in the following command nslookup -type=mx gmail.com This command will list the MX records of the gmail domain eg. Server:        10.0.2.2   Address:    10.0.2.2#53   Non-authoritative answer:   gmail.com    mail...

How to check that Outlook 2010 does not leave a Copy of the Mail on the Server

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Open Microsoft Outlook 2010 Click on the File Tab and then on Account Settings Again click on Account Settings Click on the Email account on which you want to check it Click on Change Click on More Settings Click on the Advanced Tab Under the Delivery Section make sure the checkbox next to “Leave a copy of message on the server.” has been unchecked NOTE: Insure you connect via POP and...

Get Mail and Get All New Messages button not working in Thunderbird 13

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When pressed nothing happens, and it does not check mails for multiple accounts. NOTE: Problem occurred on Thunderbird 13 installed on Fedora Core 15 Open Thunderbird Click on Edit->Account Settings Under each Mail Account click on Server Settings and then on the Advancedbutton Tick the checkbox next to Include this server when getting new mail Click OK Repeat the above steps for each mail...

How to setup your outlook.com email account in Thunderbird 24

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Steps: Login to outlook.com to enable POP3 mail downloads Click on Settings and then More mail settings Select Connect devices and apps with POP Select Enable and click on SAVE Now open Thunderbird and select File->New->Existing Mail Account Fill in your Name, Email address and Password and click on Continue Set the following settings to the details below: INCOMING: POP3 Server hostname:...

Images not downloading in Microsoft Outlook 2013

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What to do when opening mails in Outlook 2013 and there’s no option available to display images and the images just aren’t loading? Follow the steps below and all images will start loading again.   Step 1 Open Outlook 2013 and create a New Mail   Step 2 Click on File and then Options   Step 3 Select Mail and then Editor Options   Step 4 Select Advanced   Step...

How to add an HTML Signature to Microsoft Outlook 2010

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Open Microsoft Outlook 2010 Click on File -> Options -> Mail -> Signatures Create a New signature and give it a name that can easily be identified later, leave all text blank Now while still having MS Outlook 2010 open, open Windows Explorer or Computer and navigate to C:\Users\YOURLOGINUSERNAME\AppData\Roamin\Microsoft\Signatures Note that this folder is a hidden folder so it might not...

How to get your Email password in Thunderbird

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Click on Tools -> Options
Select the Security button
Click on the Passwords tab
Click the Saved Passwords… button
Search for your Email address
Click on the Show Passwords button
When prompted with a message “Are you sure you wish to show your passwords?” click on the Yes button
Your email password will now be revealed

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