Why is the POP3 mail protocol so slow and why hasn't a new version of POP been developed that fixes the speed problem? I'm pretty sure that it would be far faster to just download a compressed file containing all the messages and then unzip it and parse it locally. POP3 is fine when you keep up with your mail, but leave for a week and come back and I end up waiting quite a while to get all the mail downloaded.
posted by HappyEngineer on Nov 3, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I setup a FTP-like service without having a website? [more inside]
posted by Jason Land on Nov 3, 2009 - 9 answers

I need some help repairing some text files. I don't really understand regular expressions and so on enough. [more inside]
posted by yesno on Nov 2, 2009 - 14 answers

Using Entourage to send to multiple e-mail addresses with one Contact. [more inside]
posted by jmd82 on Nov 2, 2009 - 1 answer

Introvert Filter: please help me revive a friendship! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 27, 2009 - 18 answers

I want someone to be able to put files on a webserver. I don't want to give them ftp access. I'd like to tell them: Attach your file to an email and send it to this address. Is there a way they can email an attachment so that it puts the attachment in a specified folder on the server? [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Oct 27, 2009 - 9 answers

Recomendations needed for a good way to keep group email communications clear and unmuddled, you know emails zooming back and forth, people messing up addresses, cross talking etc. If you were about to embark on a email conversation with five people with much back and forth, one fraught with high emotions and perhaps family type dynamics, how would you make this work? Would you set agreed upon ground rules and/or would you use a tech solution. Is there a excellent ( hopefully free) software solution to this problem?
posted by flummox on Oct 27, 2009 - 15 answers

Phonefilter: Help me choose a new smartphone with QWERTY keyboard. Primarily for email, some browsing, calendars. Constraints: in the UK, contract may be a problem, need to use overseas a lot, I rarely use the phone part, don't want an iPhone. [more inside]
posted by wingless_angel on Oct 24, 2009 - 10 answers

What is good shared email account etiquette? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 23, 2009 - 34 answers

I am looking for an email management program (like campaign monitor) that also includes email analytics (like google analytics) and project management tools (like basecamp). I am in a small marketing department at a non-profit that relies heavily on email (100K+/month messages sent). My google-fu has failed me so far, I can't find anything that has all three components. Does anyone know of a one stop shop that does this? Also open to a using several programs as long as we can get them to work with each other.
posted by Incy on Oct 21, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me get my AutoArchived e-mail out of MS Outlook and the info from off Exchange server before work shuts it down tonight, please. I'm dumbfounded. [more inside]
posted by willie11 on Oct 19, 2009 - 8 answers

I switched to mac recently, and hate applemail. [more inside]
posted by tejolote on Oct 15, 2009 - 17 answers

What are some great newsletters? [more inside]
posted by aburd on Oct 9, 2009 - 4 answers

Fastmail.fm users please help. Somehow I have made my inbox so that it doesn't show the folder list and the email messages side by side. It shows the email and a tiny bit of folder at the left. If I slide the cursor to the left (not using scroll bars) then the folder list appears. Slide to the right, the folder list slinks off to the side. It does not do it on any other computer I use. I'm in firefox. And I feel stoopid and it's really annoying me - please get my screen back static for me! thank you! This is so stupid and I know I should be able to find out the answer, but I CAN'T! I don't have a login to the fastmail forum thing (thought it was my same login as my email, but apparently not) and can't work out a form of words to search for. Yes, I realise I'm stupid.
posted by LyzzyBee on Oct 5, 2009 - 3 answers

Is yahoo.net a valid email extension? [more inside]
posted by agathafrye on Oct 3, 2009 - 10 answers

net.cop filter: What software is available to filter and (optionally) block email between users on the same domain? I'm using Postfix with Google Apps but could be persuaded to use another solution. [more inside]
posted by BrokenEnglish on Oct 1, 2009 - 5 answers

I use Outlook 2003 in the office. If I receive an email from someone outside the company that uses Lotus Notes and I try to forward that email, the body of the email is stripped automatically when it is forwarded. Has anybody ever heard of this?
posted by paulyballs on Sep 30, 2009 - 5 answers

Anybody out there checking and writing e-mail on the Wii Internet Channel with a USB keyboard? [more inside]
posted by FarOutFreak on Sep 26, 2009 - 2 answers

What's the best alternative to gmail? I ask for several reasons, not just that today there's another massive fault with gmail's system. I've used and dislike both Yahoo and Hotmail. I've been a gmail user since forever and have liked it until recently. Time has come to search for alternatives. What's out there?
posted by NorthCoastCafe on Sep 24, 2009 - 28 answers

What are some good, fun, little Internet surprises? More like this, less like Goatse. Little things you can make and send to a stranger/acquaintance/friend/lover/imaginary Internet person. [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Sep 22, 2009 - 11 answers

NearImpossibleFilter: Help me track down the owner of an email adress. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 21, 2009 - 10 answers

What's the easiest way to offer downloadable HTML emails for people to forward to their friends from Outlook '07? It should be easy, but Outlook doesn't auto-open .msg or .eml files, at least within our organization. Is there a better way? [more inside]
posted by m_lazarus on Sep 14, 2009 - 6 answers

How do I backup my gmail account and get all of my older gmail messages into Thunderbird on Windows XP? [more inside]
posted by davidstandaford on Sep 13, 2009 - 2 answers

Attention all seasoned Blackberry users: I just purchased a Blackberry 8220 (The Pearl Flip), and I have a few questions about UMA access [more inside]
posted by Mons Veneris on Sep 10, 2009 - 3 answers

For the past several years, someone with a sick fetish has been sending me sexually harassing emails. The emails come to my Hotmail and Yahoo accounts. When I had a MySpace account, I'd get messages there as well. [more inside]
posted by Ostara on Sep 8, 2009 - 35 answers

How to prevent crawlers from harvesting your email on a website? [more inside]
posted by paulinsanjuan on Sep 5, 2009 - 16 answers

Is there a good, free and reliable email-SMS client that allows two way communication via SMS? [more inside]
posted by spacefire on Aug 29, 2009 - 7 answers

Do you know a reputable provider to add IMAP to a Linux email box? [more inside]
posted by roundrock on Aug 29, 2009 - 15 answers

Recommendations for a good third-party email service provider please. [more inside]
posted by supermedusa on Aug 25, 2009 - 9 answers

Hello.. I need to receive notifications about new Email's on my IM app. [more inside]
posted by nagalr on Aug 25, 2009 - 9 answers

What sort of professional response should I write to a person with whom I have some personal issues? [more inside]
posted by Joey Michaels on Aug 24, 2009 - 38 answers

Email-filter: I have promised to help my aunt set up an email account. She is totally computer illiterate. Doesn't own a computer, probably doen't know how to turn one on, but wants to email her granddaughter who just started college. Help me pick the best email service for her! [more inside]
posted by SuperErin on Aug 24, 2009 - 26 answers

Is it possible to get Gmail notifier to work with a Google Accounts email address? [more inside]
posted by bove on Aug 20, 2009 - 12 answers

I deleted 267,000 messages from my gmail account and now, when I log in, I see a Temporary Error (500) / Numeric Code 93 message. Emails sent to me are bouncing. It's been five days. [more inside]
posted by ph00dz on Aug 19, 2009 - 14 answers

How do I set up Yahoo Mail Plus to receive my email from other accounts? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by healthyliving on Aug 18, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I send a dirty video securely? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 16, 2009 - 14 answers

What happens to an S/MIME-encrypted email message when the certificate used to encrypt it expires? [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Aug 13, 2009 - 5 answers

Where does and where did AOL keep its e-mail messages? I have never been an AOL user, so I need to ask those who are or were. [more inside]
posted by yclipse on Aug 11, 2009 - 4 answers

I want a communication escalation algorithm. [more inside]
posted by mpls2 on Aug 11, 2009 - 11 answers

How to set up an e-mail through a new website? [more inside]
posted by roxie5 on Aug 10, 2009 - 10 answers

What is the etiquette for young grad students emailing seniour researchers? [more inside]
posted by hannahlambda on Aug 7, 2009 - 20 answers

Is it appropriate to use an email address given as a part of a donation to send a short thank you note, when the person making the donation through my website did not consent to me using their email address? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 29, 2009 - 14 answers

I have the strangest Gmail issue. My account was hacked and while google responded very quickly I am left with an odd result after my account was returned to me. [more inside]
posted by rtimmel on Jul 29, 2009 - 7 answers

How can you mitigate the disaster of an email message that disappears en route? [more inside]
posted by diode on Jul 29, 2009 - 16 answers

Misdirected emails -- what to do about them, and can they have any impact on me beyond annoyance? [more inside]
posted by advil on Jul 25, 2009 - 19 answers

Is there a way to search for xbox live friends by email, the way there is for everything else on the internet these days? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Jul 24, 2009 - 2 answers

What's the easiest way to compute the MD5 hash value of a file? [more inside]
posted by chitlin on Jul 23, 2009 - 18 answers

Help me write the perfect follow up email to a job I desperately want! [more inside]
posted by whodatninja on Jul 14, 2009 - 7 answers

Doesn't Twitter authenticate email addresses when people sign up for new accounts? [more inside]
posted by educatedslacker on Jul 12, 2009 - 7 answers

Help, I forgot my email provider! It was an old one... and switched over to Hebrew within the past year and a half... anyone remember it? [more inside]
posted by hasna on Jul 12, 2009 - 2 answers