Articles in Category: Email Providers
The companies and services that provide you your email service – from free services to your ISP to other “emal service providers” as well.
How Do I Change My Telephone Number on Google?
Keeping your telephone number up to date on Google is important. It's easy to do -- as long as you can sign in.
How Do I Forward Outlook.com Email to Another Email?
It's fairly easy to automatically forward Hotmail and Outlook.com messages to another email account. I'll walk you through the steps.
How Do I Close My Hotmail or Outlook.com Account?
"I want to close my Hotmail account" is a knee-jerk reaction to many account problems. It's easy, and I'll show you how, but it also may be pointless or even harmful.
What’s the Difference Between Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Msn.com, and Live.com?
Like many Microsoft products, Hotmail's name has changed a time or two and caused a great deal of confusion. I'll try to make sense of it all.
Why Do I See Lots of Failed Login Attempts on My Account?
I'll show you how to look at your Outlook.com recent activity and review why it might be full of failed login attempts.
How Do Gmail Labels Relate to Folders?
Gmail labels are similar to folders, but there are a couple of important differences to know if you use a desktop email program to access Gmail.
How Do I Change the Email Address of My Microsoft Account?
You can associate multiple email addresses with your Microsoft account. Who knew?
What Is My Microsoft Account Recovery Email?
Your Microsoft account recovery email address is an important part of making sure you never lose access to your account.
How Do I Sign In to a Different Gmail Account?
There are several ways to be signed in to multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously. I'll review the most common and what I find the most useful.
How Do I Recover My Outlook Account?
Outlook.com, Hotmail, and Microsoft account compromise and loss happens. Here's how to get your account back depending on what happened to it.
Is There an MSN Sign-In to Hotmail?
Microsoft's history with email and email addresses is long and reflects changing strategies within the company.
How to Change Your Email Address On Gmail
You can change your Gmail address by creating a new Gmail account. If that's not really what you want, you'll need to see which workaround you can live with.
How to Recover an Outlook.com Account Without the Recovery Phone or Email
If you don't have access to your account recovery phone number or alternate email address, there is a process you can go through to regain access to your account -- maybe.
What’s the Difference Between Outlook, Outlook, and Outlook.com?
Microsoft continues to confuse us with product names. I'll clarify the difference between Outlook, Outlook, and Outlook.com, and help you decide which you want.
How to Delete Your Google Account Permanently
Deleting is permanent. There's another option that's less drastic, includes a safety net, and eventually achieves the same goal.
How Do I Free Space in Outlook.com Without Losing Emails?
To avoid running out of space in your Microsoft/Outlook.com account, you can archive email messages to your PC.
How Do I Use Two Google Accounts at the Same Time?
It's possible to use more than one Google account at the same time, though it's easy to lose track of which one you're in.
How Do I Move Email to an External Hard Drive?
The Outlook.com/OneDrive space limitation has many people looking for ways to download and preserve emails offline.
How Do I View Full Email Headers in Gmail?
Like most email programs and interfaces, Gmail hides the administrative information or 'headers' in email messages. They're still easy to view.
How Do I Transfer Hotmail or Outlook.com Contacts to Another Account?
It's easy to transfer Outlook.com contacts to other accounts.
How Do I Delete Attachments in Outlook.com?
If you want to free up space in your Outlook.com email account by deleting attachments but not their corresponding messages, you'll need to take extra steps.
Why is My Outlook.com Email Suddenly Full?
Microsoft made a confusing change to how storage is allocated between Outlook.com and OneDrive.
Recover Your Account Later by Setting Up a Microsoft Recovery Code Now
A recovery code created in advance can help you regain access to your Microsoft account if you get locked out.
What is Last Account Activity in Gmail?
Gmail makes your account activity available to you in case you're concerned about unauthorized access.
What For-Pay Email Providers Do You Recommend?
People often use free email providers for critical data only to lose everything when a problem occurs. So what do you look for in a paid email provider?
Could the Microsoft Servers Be Infected?
It's tempting to blame the mail service for account hacks and vulnerabilities, but in fact that's rarely the case. Much more likely is that hackers gained access to individual accounts through more traditional means.
How Not to Get Locked Out of Your Microsoft Account While Traveling
I tried to get locked out of my Microsoft account while traveling. I couldn't. Why? I'd prepared. You can too.
What Are “Less Secure Apps” and Why is My Gmail Not Working?
Google is increasing the security requirements for accessing your Gmail accounts. I'll review what the change means and the options you have.
How Full Is My Hotmail Account?
Microsoft will show you how much space your Hotmail/Outlook.com/Microsoft account is using, if you know where to look.
How Do I Change My Microsoft Account Phone Number?
Mobile numbers are an important component of Hotmail and Outlook.com security. I'll review how to change the mobile number and keep it up to date.
Which Email Service Should I Use?
You have many, many choices when it comes to email services. I'll review what to look for and make a couple of recommendations.
How Do I Use and Clear Outlook.com Contacts and Auto-complete Suggestions?
Outlook.com tries to make entering email addresses quicker, easier, and less error-prone by offering a variety of suggestions when you compose email. I'll look at how those interact and how you can control some of what happens.
How Do I Contact Outlook.com Customer Service?
People ask every day how they can reach someone at Microsoft to help with Hotmail and Outlook.com problems. There is help.
Will Microsoft Close My Hotmail Account If I Don’t Sign In?
You can lose your account, and everything in it, if you don't sign in often enough. Here's how often you need to, and other ways to protect yourself.
How Do I Get Rid of Gmail Tabs? How to Regain Control and Find the Email Gmail Might Be Hiding From You
Gmail introduced a tabbed interface to automatically categorize email messages. Since their categorization often misses the mark, let's turn it off.
How Do I Correct My Microsoft Account (Outlook.com) Time Zone?
If the time on your Outlook.com messages is wrong by hours, you may need to correct the time zone in your Microsoft account profile.
How Do I Stop Email from Going to Junk in Outlook.com?
It's frustrating when email previously marked as "not junk" continues to get sent to the Junk folder. It may be due to a hidden email address you don't normally see. I'll show you how to expose it and what to do with it.
How Do I Print an Email in Black Instead of Gray in Outlook.com?
Outlook.com defaults to showing dark gray text instead of black. There's no setting to change it, but I'll describe a couple of straws to grasp at.
Are Free Email Services Worth It?
Free email services and accounts are convenient and ubiquitous, and can be used safely, if and only if you take responsibility for that safety.
Gmail’s Confidential Mode Isn’t
Gmail offers a "confidential mode". It is and it isn't; learn how it works before you use it.
Enabling Google Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication is a powerful way to protect your account. We'll enable two-factor and take an additional, critical, step to secure it.
Can I Still Get a Hotmail Email Address?
Surprisingly, you can still create a hotmail.com email address. I'll show you how.
My ISP Went Under; How Do I Recover My Email and Email Address?
If your ISP goes out of business, typically you can no longer access data kept on their equipment. Prevention is really the only cure.
4 Alternatives for Windows Live Mail and Outlook.com
Outlook.com is dropping support for Windows Live Mail 2012. I'll look at what that really means, and outline some options Microsoft failed to mention.
I searched and found a Hotmail support number, but is it legit?
There is no Hotmail support number. If you find one in search results, it's not Microsoft. Whether it's legitimate is up for debate.
How Do I Route My Email through Gmail?
Gmail can be used to handle email for almost any email address. I'll show you how to route your email through Gmail, and why it's worth considering.
Change Your Hotmail or Outlook.com Email Address With An Alias
Outlook.com has added the concept of email address aliases. They serve as a good solution when you want to change your email address.
How Do I Change My Gmail Password?
It's not necessarily obvious where Google/Gmail hides the "Change Password" functionality. I'll walk you through it.
How Do I Copy Email from Outlook to Gmail?
It's easy to get email providers and email programs mixed up. So the first step in setting this up is to understand which does what.
