Google has removed an adword on its search engine placed by a competitor to its Gmail service. AlienCamel, an Australia-based email service (full disclosure: I use the service), applied to have the word ‘webmail’, along with several others, inserted into the ‘sponsored links’ section of Google’s search pages when people entered the search ‘webmail’. After … Read more
I hate people who quote themselves, but here goes: A few months back I wrote in my column about how “eventually, RSS will replace e-mail. Or rather, it will dovetail with e-mail so that it appears in the same place, in the same program, so you can read Aunt Edna’s newsletter as well as the … Read more
If you’re finding that people are accusing you of being a spammer, this may be your answer: your web-based email account. According the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT), spammers could use a form that allows you, the user, to e-mail feedback to the folk running your email service to send spam in your name. … Read more