It would be nice to access all my internet mail into Outlook. I don’t always have access to my computer where email is directly to my Outlook and have acquired a couple of onlien emails over the years. I use both Google’s Gmail and Yahoo, as well as the internet social sites. So having done a little bit of research, this is what I came up with.
Gmail
I would like to thank http://www.howtogeek.com/ for the directions on how to do this one. It was really easy! I keep an RSS Feed (more on RSS Feeds in a later post) for http://www.lifehacker.com/ that gives me lot of tips and tricks where the How To Geek writes articles. The directions are easy to follow and I was able to have my Gmail up and running on my Outlook the first time out of the box without any complications. Follow this link to set up IMAP in Outlook 2007.
Yahoo
I use the Yahoo basic email and have not upgraded to Yahoo’s Mail Plus. So… since I don’t pay for Yahoo, one of the features that I’m unable to do is have my Outlook access my Yahoo accounts. I am sure there are other ways to get around it and hijack it through some complicated means, which I did make an attempt. I downloaded the tool and proceeded to following the directions to no avail.
I’ve got quite a bit of tech in me and can usually figure something out with time, but when I am given directions and even tools to download, I guess I’m just looking for it to work straight up. Many tips and tricks will get you from Point A to Point B without having to investigate further why it isn’t working after all. Besides, when you are given a process through one of these tips out there, ideally the complications have been identified and fixed before it gets to the reader or solutions are identified so the reader knows what to look for.
Anyway, I did locate a tool to at least keep me informed of email I have storing up in my various inboxes without having to go into each account. This tool is super rocking cool! This handy-dandy tool is by http://www.digsby.com/ that I received through my http://www.lifehacker.com/ RSS Feed. Here are some features I found helpful:
- I am able to view all my information and activities through this little gadget without having to have each account open in a web browser and logged in.
- I get pop-up balloons for the various activities that are going on in my Yahoo, Gmail, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn accounts.
- I can also carry on all my IMs in one window that tabs for each person or activity. No more multiple open windows for more than one IM or more than one account.
- I just happen to come across this, but there is also a log for your conversations that the program automatically stores. So if there is a conversation that has information that I need to refer to at a later date, I can access it through the log. Neat!
- A side window appears when you place your cursor over each account and let’s you know what information or activity is in there. This let’s me know if I need to go into the account for new information, which you can access by clicking on one of the links provided in the side window at the top of the activity entries and your web browser will activate and bring up to your account. Easy-peasy.
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