You setup your gmail account to use a desktop client. Howto with thunderbird: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=38343 Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Tim Ferguson <t...@ccs135.com> wrote: > Thanks, Don, I think it is time to cancel my AT&T account and just use > the GMail account. > > Tim > > >>> "Don Griffin" <dgrif...@roe13.k12.il.us> 9/8/2010 8:02 AM >>> > I once had an email account with an ISP and it had spam within 2 hours of > being created. I hadn't even used it yet. They (Frontier) swore they > didn't give out (sell) addresses. I access Gmail as pop3 in my GroupWise > client and as imap on the Blackberry so Thunderbird should work fine. You > have to enable pop or imap in the gmail settings. > Don > > >>> "Tim Ferguson" <t...@ccs135.com> 9/7/2010 7:44 PM >>> > Well, I do have a gmail account, a hotmail account and a yahoo account, > does that "count"? (they all forward to the AT&T account, or did) I've been > referring people to the gmail account for a long time and will be dropping > the AT&T account, just thought I'd check first. I guess I'm old-fashioned, > but I still prefer having an email client like Thunderbird versus having to > login to web mail. > > Thanks to everyone for all the input, > > Tim > > > Tim Ferguson > Director of Technology > Centralia City Schools > Centralia, Illinois 62801 > 618-532-1907, Ext. 1030 > > > >>> Chris Franzen <chrisfran...@nokomis.k12.il.us> 9/7/2010 3:45 PM >>> > Yeah avoid ISP e-mails at all costs, gmail and the other 2 do it 100X > better. > > Chris Franzen > Technology Coordinator > Nokomis School District > 511 Oberle St. > Nokomis, IL 62075 > > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Aaron Hackney <aa...@aaronhackney.com>wrote: > >> +1 with Bob. >> >> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Bob Schmidt <bschm...@winfield34.org> >> wrote: >> > I do have at&t but on don't use the at&t email. I've learned LONG ago >> not >> > to use ISP email services. I set up the free google apps system on a >> domain >> > and my wife and i use that. gmail does a great job at filtering. >> > >> >>>> "Tim Ferguson" <t...@ccs135.com> 9/7/2010 2:18 PM >>> >> > >> > Just wondering how many on the list may have AT&T DSL at home? And, if >> so, >> > have started receiving lots of e-mail over the last month or so in >> regard >> > to winning the lottery, inheriting millions, etc., that you hadn't been >> > receiving in the past? Probably get five to ten minimum per day now and, >> > when contacting AT&T they indicated it was my job to contact the >> offending >> > domain/mail server and also offered instructions on how to check the >> mail >> > headers, etc., to see where they came from although I've done that for >> years >> > for our own people and attempted to block what I can through our own >> > AV/Anti-Spam software. Probably was started by inappropriately clicking >> > something that triggered it (not me), but wanted to check before I >> changed >> > e-mail addresses. Or is there some software, preferably free or cheaper, >> > that can be used at home for mail "filtering"? >> > >> > Thanks for any ideas or suggestions! >> > >> > Tim >> > >> > >> > >> > Tim Ferguson >> > Director of Technology >> > Centralia City Schools >> > Centralia, Illinois 62801 >> > 618-532-1907, Ext. 1030 >> > >> > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you >> come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people >> who have come alive." -Dr. Howard Thurman >> >> ****************************** >> Aaron Keith Hackney >> aa...@aaronkeithstudios.com >> Cell 210.325.2196 >> ****************************** >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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