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Never Microsoft – be warned

I Won’t Beat About the Bush: This Article Is Fuelled by Personal Outrage and Professional Disgust I’ve never been a huge fan of Microsoft. Their approach to personal computing has always struck me as motivated by a deep-seated contempt for the end user. Their products are bloated, overly complex, illogical, and overpriced. Most home users …

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The Sorting Hat no one asked for

Apple Mail has always been the quiet workhorse of macOS and iOS. It didn’t try to be flashy. It didn’t throw pop-ups in your face. It just delivered your email in a nice, boring list—like a responsible adult. But then came macOS Sequoia and iOS 18, and Apple decided your inbox needed a makeover. And …

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Telstra email is now a little harder

Telstra, surprise surprise, are making life just that little bit harder. I have spoken about Telstra before and their threat to leave the email business. I have also rabbited on about the advantages of not using an OptusNet, Telstra, iinet email address at all. The article I rushed out last warning everyone about Telstra shutting …

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Updating your email

Many people are receiving an email from Microsoft and BigPond that appear, on the surface, to be fake. Both these emails say very similar things and offer similar instructions on how best to update your security before the deadline of September 2024. They tick all the boxes of a fake and scamming email but they, …

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Inbox Empty and Folders missing?

I have long moaned about Microsofts email application and have long held the view that chiselling your messages on a slate tablet and physically carrying them to their  intended recipient  would be preferable to using Outlook. (the application not the email address) Apple mail is much better, but it is not without its quirks and …

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