Get your photo beside blog comments using Gravatar

I’ve seen photos displayed with the comments on many blogs. How does one get an image to appear? Are these people members of these blogs? Also, even though others have their photos, I get an image with blocks and triangles and sometimes even little cute looking monsters.
Portia Steele

The ideal way to have your photo displayed along with blog comments is to create a Gravatar. The free Globally Recognized Avatar service requires you to make a profile, upload a photo or an avatar and associated it with an email address. This gravatar image / photo is pulled from your profile and shown along with the comment you post on a blog. However, please note that the email address you submit when posting a comment should match the one in your profile on the Gravatar service.
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iPhone, iPod, iPad or BlackBerry – what do people prefer for web browsing?

In the article on mobile web usage, I had mentioned that the iPhone is better than the BlackBerry when it comes to browsing the web. Though I supported this with numbers, over the months I received a lot of flax, especially from BlackBerry users, for the supposed offhand statement (?). And now when Google Analytics has started to properly segregate visitors on mobile devices, I present a fresh analysis on the issue. More »

Windows Live Mail on Windows XP

After having Windows Live Mail on an XP computer, does the Outlook Express installation remain in case I want to revert to it? Can I transfer new messages from Live Mail to O.E., cleanly uninstall Windows Live Mail and resume using the old email program?
Violetta Louis

Good questions indeed! And I suppose most people who want to use Windows Live Mail on XP would like to know the answers… so here goes. More »

Hotmail email limit

Is there a limit on sending emails from Hotmail? If I want to send more than 250-300 emails per day, is it possible? My father’s work requires a lot of emailing.
Aisha

Many subscribers are not aware that there is a limit to the number of emails which can be sent from a Hotmail account. When this is surpassed, a You have sent the maximum number of messages allowed in a 24-hour period. warning message is displayed. So what is the Hotmail email limit and how can you increase it? More »

Configure AOL email on the iPhone (POP3)

In another post, I detailed how to set up an AOL email account on the iPhone using default IMAP access. This was a very simple process and requiring minimal inputs from your end. Now you’ll get to know how to configure AOL email on iPhone using POP3, possibly a more popular email protocol. More »

Set up AOL email on iPhone

It takes less than 2 minutes to set up AOL email on your iPhone. By default, the account is added using the IMAP email protocol and this is what will be detailed here. You can also use POP3 to configure AOL email on the iPhone; the details of which can be found in another post. FYI, all AOL email accounts are both IMAP and POP3 enabled. More »

AOL incoming and outgoing mail servers – POP3 and IMAP

You can download and store messages on your computer from all free AOL email accounts. For this, the account first needs to be set up in an email client (program) using either POP3 or IMAP. Yes, just like Gmail, AOL email can be downloaded using both these email protocols. So which one should you use? This is what we shall tackle briefly before I tell you the AOL incoming and outgoing mail servers (POP and IMAP). More »

Difference between POP3 and IMAP

A few days back, I was helping my wife set up AOL email on her new laptop. We decided on using Windows Live Mail, the default mail program on the Windows 7 operating system. When configuring the email settings manually, I asked which email protocol she would prefer. After a brief moment of complete silence, she rolls up her eyes and says, Do you think I know or would like to know the difference between POP3 and IMAP? More »

Difference between Cc and Bcc

I’ve recently been introduced to email so still kind of wet behind the ears. A genuine thank you for clearing many doubts in my mind. I now have a small question. In my free AOL email account, what is the difference between Cc and Bcc and what is their purpose?

All popular email programs and services let you use Cc and Bcc; the two stand for Carbon copy and Blind carbon copy, respectively. In the AOL webmail interface, you can make these fields visible by clicking on the relevant links. Though both these features let you send messages to multiple recipients, there is an important difference between Cc and Bcc. More »

This account is currently blocked from sending messages – Hotmail problem

I’ve been using Hotmail for years but yesterday it developed a problem all of a sudden because of which I am not able to send any emails. The error I get is – “This account is currently blocked from sending messages. If you don’t think you’ve violated the Windows Live Terms of Use, please contact customer support.”
I am completely confused and don’t understand how I could have ever ‘violated the Windows Live Terms of Use’. Also I want to know how to contact Hotmail customer support because I need to unblock the account ASAP?
Willie Green

Typically, Hotmail throws the ‘This account is currently blocked from sending messages’ message when it believes that the subscriber has violated the Terms of Use (TOU); for example, by indulging in activities representative of spammers. Unfortunately, in most cases, people don’t realize that their seemingly harmless dispatching of email can trigger off the automated check on Hotmail. To understand why this happens and how to unblock the Hotmail account, read on. More »

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