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Forge texts with Fake SMS Sender

A well-timed text message can really be a lifesaver. Whether you need one to get out of a boring situation or you need one to support a little white lie, Fake SMS Sender will help you out. It sends you a text whenever you need one that is sure to fool someone -- if that person doesn't look too carefully.

Fake SMS Sender app offers a very straightforward interface with the options to choose the time, date, and sender of any text. You can choose a random number or select one from your contacts and even send postdated texts. … Read more

Block senders, add notifications in Outlook, Thunderbird

A reader named Eddy contacted me the other day to ask how to block mail from specific people in Mozilla Thunderbird. Eddy also wants to be notified when mail comes from certain addresses.

While I am familiar with how to create rules in Microsoft Outlook to block senders and receive notifications when mail arrives from a particular person or address, I had never tried to do the same in Thunderbird. It turns out Thunderbird's filters make it easy to automatically block mail from a person or address, but there's no equivalent in Thunderbird to Outlook's ability to … Read more

Hotmail update lets you surf inside of e-mails

Hotmail is rolling out a new platform this morning called Active Views that lets users surf through certain Web sites from inside of e-mail messages.

But it's not just any message where this functionality is enabled. Instead, Microsoft has partnered with specific companies as part of the launch to give users a way to do common tasks like searching and account management. Some of the first ones on that list are Orbitz and Monster.com, with Netflix and LinkedIn soon to follow.

When a Hotmail user gets an e-mail from one of these companies, they'll be able to … Read more

View HTML mail from trusted senders, plain text from others

My previous post described how to create a quick-and-simple HTML e-mail newsletter. I mentioned that you should view the plain-text version of the newsletter so you could see how it looks to recipients who have HTML mail disabled.

But what if you're on the receiving end? How can you ensure that you see the full-color, fancy-format HTML messages sent to you by people or organizations you trust, but are protected from potentially malicious HTML mail from bad guys? In Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007, it's easy.

Customize Outlook's message view Start by setting Outlook to view messages … Read more