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MANAGING E-MAIL OVERLOAD

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In my final post, we talked about how to equivocate e-mail overkill by regulating to-do lists to save my messages from an inbox black hole.  But even with those ideas, we still found it formidable to differentiate by all a e-mail we perceived upon a every day basis.  we knew there had to be a improved approach to conduct my inbox as well as we suspicion that a little of we might have struggled with this also. Here have been a little of a tips as well as tricks that have helped me cut my inbox clutter.

Set up involuntary filters

It’s most appropriate to have use of filters sparingly.  When we initial experimented with manners as well as filters, we got unequivocally vehement as well as set up them up for usually about everything.  we had folders for everybody as well as filtered a messages by sender.  we fast found that checking as well most folders is a nightmare.  My inbox became invalid since it usually had a e-mail messages that we didn’t unequivocally caring about.  So, we refocused my filter efforts.

I private all a filters for people as well as instead, filtered mailing list as well as auto-generated e-mail in to their own folders.  This severely marked down my inbox confusion as well as gave me a carry out we indispensable to review those bulk mails when we had time.

Set up reminders

Once we had a good set of folders as well as filters set up, my inbox was serviceable again.  But afterwards we ran in to a brand brand brand new problem—I didn’t check a brand brand brand new folders regularly, as well as we couldn’t appear to get in to a robe of checking them.  The brand brand brand new folders were branch in to not as big versions of my cluttered inbox. Another black hole.

I motionless to set up a every day sign for myself to check those folders.  we combined a every day repeated eventuality in Windows Live Calendar for any printed matter we indispensable to check, shut off out as most time as I’d need for that folder, as well as set a sign for a event.  This incited out to be a good resolution since in further to reception reminders to check my folders, a eventuality authorised me to retard out a time we indispensable to check them. Problem solved!

Here’s how to emanate a filter in Hotmail:

1. Go to Options and select More options.

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2. Select Automatically arrange e-mail in to folders.

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3. Click New Filter as well as afterwards name that summary sorts we wish to filter as well as where we wish those messages to go. That’s all there is to it!

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Here’s how to emanate an eventuality in Windows Live Calendar:

1. Go to http://calendar.live.com/, or from Hotmail, click Calendar underneath Related places in a bottom left side of a screen.

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Windows Live Calendar will ask we to name your time section if this is your initial time on vacation a site.

2. Click New, as well as come in your event’s sum in a pop-up.  To have it a repeated eventuality or to customize a reminder, click Add some-more details.

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3. Save it as well as you’re done!

More capability posts have been entrance soon.

Enjoy,

Evan

MSN Hotmail February 26th 2009

MANAGING E-MAIL OVERLOAD

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In my final post, we talked about how to equivocate e-mail overkill by regulating to-do lists to save my messages from an inbox black hole.  But even with those ideas, we still found it formidable to differentiate by all a e-mail we perceived upon a every day basis.  we knew there had to be a improved approach to conduct my inbox as well as we suspicion that a little of we might have struggled with this also. Here have been a little of a tips as well as tricks that have helped me cut my inbox clutter.

Set up involuntary filters

It’s most appropriate to have use of filters sparingly.  When we initial experimented with manners as well as filters, we got unequivocally vehement as well as set up them up for usually about everything.  we had folders for everybody as well as filtered a messages by sender.  we fast found that checking as well most folders is a nightmare.  My inbox became invalid since it usually had a e-mail messages that we didn’t unequivocally caring about.  So, we refocused my filter efforts.

I private all a filters for people as well as instead, filtered mailing list as well as auto-generated e-mail in to their own folders.  This severely marked down my inbox confusion as well as gave me a carry out we indispensable to review those bulk mails when we had time.

Set up reminders

Once we had a good set of folders as well as filters set up, my inbox was serviceable again.  But afterwards we ran in to a brand brand brand new problem—I didn’t check a brand brand brand new folders regularly, as well as we couldn’t appear to get in to a robe of checking them.  The brand brand brand new folders were branch in to not as big versions of my cluttered inbox. Another black hole.

I motionless to set up a every day sign for myself to check those folders.  we combined a every day repeated eventuality in Windows Live Calendar for any printed matter we indispensable to check, shut off out as most time as I’d need for that folder, as well as set a sign for a event.  This incited out to be a good resolution since in further to reception reminders to check my folders, a eventuality authorised me to retard out a time we indispensable to check them. Problem solved!

Here’s how to emanate a filter in Hotmail:

1. Go to Options and select More options.

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2. Select Automatically arrange e-mail in to folders.

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3. Click New Filter as well as afterwards name that summary sorts we wish to filter as well as where we wish those messages to go. That’s all there is to it!

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Here’s how to emanate an eventuality in Windows Live Calendar:

1. Go to http://calendar.live.com/, or from Hotmail, click Calendar underneath Related places in a bottom left side of a screen.

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Windows Live Calendar will ask we to name your time section if this is your initial time on vacation a site.

2. Click New, as well as come in your event’s sum in a pop-up.  To have it a repeated eventuality or to customize a reminder, click Add some-more details.

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3. Save it as well as you’re done!

More capability posts have been entrance soon.

Enjoy,

Evan

MSN Hotmail February 26th 2009

TWO NEW CHALLENGES POSTED

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image In box we haven’t seen these in a Clubhouse site, we have dual brand brand new challenges value checking out:

  • The initial is a Windows Live plea to go upon a video value hunt as well as find a little good videos which underline Hotmail or SkyDrive.
  • The second is all about demystifying a DVR inside your PC, as well as is focused upon Windows Media Center as well as Windows Vista. 

I’ve alerted a technical group which a plea content is removing cut off upon a categorical Clubhouse site as well as they have been operative upon regulating that.  In a meant time, if we click upon a links above, you’ll see a full challenge.  We make use of this “communitymessage.spaces.live.com” as a approach of posting brand brand new hurdles as well as messages upon a Clubhouse site.

Thanks,

- Marcus, Windows Community Manager

Windows Community Clubhouse February 23rd 2009

RATINGS SYSTEM BACK TO NORMAL

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Thank we for your calm over a past couple of days as we bound a teenager complaint with a ratings complement in a brand new Clubhouse site.  Everything is operative routinely now, as well as all ratings we have should crop up rightly upon a posts.  Note which it competence take a notation or dual for a ratings to get reflected if we perspective a post again, though they have been being counted, averaged, as well as scrupulously displayed.

Thanks,

Marcus, Windows Community Manager

Windows Community Clubhouse February 19th 2009

LATEST VERSION OF WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO GALLERY FIXES PUBLISHING ISSUES

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We’ve been removing comments from users who’ve had issues uploading to existent albums, being confused about upgrading their albums, or not being means to share their strange sized photos. Thanks for your feedback - we’ve bound these problems! Here have been a details:

Not means to see a small of your online albums when perplexing to discuss it to them?

Don’t be concerned your albums as well as photos haven’t disappeared. They crop up blank from a list when changes have been done to your manuscript (adding a photo, a comment, becoming different your arrangement design or your manuscript permissions). Installing a ultimate chronicle of Photo Gallery corrects this problem!

Only being means to upload 500 photos per month? Not anymore!

One of a good brand brand brand brand new things about edition online albums right away is that photos.live.com (where your photos have been stored upon Windows Live) no longer has that space limitation. Now we have twenty-five GB! For many of us, that’s sufficient storage for around 8,000 photos.

Selecting a “Optimize for printing” preference resizes photos, though we wish to share a strange size.

In a ultimate chronicle of Photo Gallery we can name a distance we wish to upload! Choose a not as big print distance for discerning uploads, or if we wish to upload a strange distance (which competence take a small longer though competence urge a peculiarity of prints) we can - It’s your choice.

Being asked to ascent your albums?

Photos uploaded by Windows Live Spaces as well as by a prior versions of Photo Gallery didn’t embody cold things similar to ambient credentials colors upon a slip uncover or a brand brand brand brand new block thumbnail images, so they need an additional step to have them demeanour as good as a brand brand brand brand new ones. Publishing photos with a latest chronicle of Photo Gallery doesn’t need this additional step.

How we know if we have a brand brand brand brand new chronicle of Photo Gallery or not?

It’s discerning as well as easy to discuss it by seeking during a Publish menu in Photo Gallery. If we see a preference to Publish to Windows Live Spaces, we don’t have a ultimate chronicle installed. You can additionally check upon About Photo Gallery underneath a Help menu. Check to see if we have chronicle 2009 (Build 14.0.8064.206). Or only implement Photo Gallery. The implement sorceress will let we know if we already have a ultimate chronicle commissioned or not.

We adore your feedback. Besides commenting here we can ask questions upon the public forum or send your feedback as well as issues without delay to us.

- Ana Lilia Otero, Program Manager

Windows Live Photo & Video February 17th 2009

TWO WEB CONTROLS BEING RETIRED, NEW STUFF ON THE WAY

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Next month, during a MIX09 conference, we’ll be releasing a little cold brand brand new bits. As such, we’ll be deprecating a bit of a stream functionality after this month (details below). Thanks to everybody who has attempted a stream technologies as well as since feedback; greatfully know which it has helped us in building a richer functionality we’ll be upon condition which during MIX as well as beyond. While we can’t contend most some-more about what we’ll be releasing right now, we consider you’ll adore this brand brand new things as well as we can’t wait for to get it in your hands. So watch this space as we get closer to a center of Mar for some-more info.

So, what’s being deprecated?

The Windows Live Photos Control as well as a presence/messenger capabilities of a Windows Live Contacts Control (JavaScript as well as Visual Studio versions) will no longer be accessible come February 27th.

What alternatives do we have?

  • For participation or Windows Live Messenger capabilities, we have a good set of alternatives. You can make make make use of of of a single of a assorted Window Live Messenger APIs which have been already available.
  • You can go upon to make make make use of of of a Contacts carry out to arrangement contacts, though a capability to launch a Windows Live Messenger customer or to uncover participation report will no longer be available. To go upon to make make make use of of of a Contacts carry out to arrangement contacts, all we need to do is to mislay a devlive:view= “tile” or devlive:view= “tilelist” parameter from a <contactscontrol> component upon your Web page.

Again, interjection to all who have used these controls as well as who have offering profitable feedback. We demeanour brazen to conference how we similar to a subsequent releases.

–Live Services Team

Windows Live Services February 16th 2009

WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER UPDATE NOTICE

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The ultimate chronicle of Windows Live Messenger (14.0.8064.0206) is right away accessible for free download here.

Over a subsequent month, if you’re still using versions 8.1 or 8.5, you’ll get a prompt enlivening we to ascent to a ultimate chronicle of Windows Live Messenger. If we accept a discretionary upgrade, a installer will launch as well as begin your giveaway upgrade.

 

Here is what a presentation will demeanour like.

 

After clicking a presentation we will be stirred to implement a upgrade.

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We’ve additionally done improvements to a ultimate recover so even if we have downloaded Windows Live Messenger 2009 in a past month, we will still embrace a ascent prompt.  To check if we have a many brand brand brand brand brand brand new chronicle go to a Help menu as well as click ‘About Messenger’.  The ultimate recover is Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8064.0206).  If we have been using a opposite version, we will shortly be asked to upgrade, or we can go, download as well as implement a ultimate version upon your own.
 
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While Messenger is installing, you’ll be since a choice to implement alternative brand brand brand brand brand brand new applications which have been partial of a apartment of Windows Live Essentials. You can click any module to get some-more info about it prior to we confirm which ones we want, though they’re all great additions to your Windows PC, as well as they have been all free.

And if we already have comparison versions of any of these programs commissioned (ex. Windows Live Mail, Photo Gallery, or Toolbar), they’ll be automatically upgraded to their ultimate versions along with Messenger.

clip_image001There have been tons of brand brand brand brand brand brand new facilities as well as improvements in a new, 2009 version, as well as we unequivocally goal you’ll try it out. From softened video as well as audio calls, to brand brand brand brand brand brand new “favorite” contacts, energetic arrangement pictures, as well as a quick as well as easy brand brand brand brand brand brand new approach to share photos, we’ve worked tough to move we a most appropriate recover of Windows Live Messenger yet. So great which it got a Editor’s Choice Award from Personal Computer Magazine!  If we haven’t seen it yet, check out this demo of a brand brand brand brand brand brand new chronicle of Messenger:

Try it out as well as let us know what we think, possibly here in comments, or by a feedback site during http://feedback.live.com.

All a best,
- Sameer, Lonn as well as a Windows Live Team

P.S. If we have worry signing in to Messenger after a upgrade, greatfully revisit http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/.
For assistance with webcam connectivity in Messenger, see this blog post: http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8B3F39C76A8B853F!14323.entry

Windows Live Messenger February 12th 2009

WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER UPDATE NOTICE

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The ultimate chronicle of Windows Live Messenger (14.0.8064.0206) is right away accessible for free download here.

Over a subsequent month, if you’re still using versions 8.1 or 8.5, you’ll get a prompt enlivening we to ascent to a ultimate chronicle of Windows Live Messenger. If we accept a discretionary upgrade, a installer will launch as well as begin your giveaway upgrade.

 

Here is what a presentation will demeanour like.

 

After clicking a presentation we will be stirred to implement a upgrade.

toast         

OptionalDialog     

 
We’ve additionally done improvements to a ultimate recover so even if we have downloaded Windows Live Messenger 2009 in a past month, we will still embrace a ascent prompt.  To check if we have a many brand brand brand brand brand brand new chronicle go to a Help menu as well as click ‘About Messenger’.  The ultimate recover is Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8064.0206).  If we have been using a opposite version, we will shortly be asked to upgrade, or we can go, download as well as implement a ultimate version upon your own.
 
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While Messenger is installing, you’ll be since a choice to implement alternative brand brand brand brand brand brand new applications which have been partial of a apartment of Windows Live Essentials. You can click any module to get some-more info about it prior to we confirm which ones we want, though they’re all great additions to your Windows PC, as well as they have been all free.

And if we already have comparison versions of any of these programs commissioned (ex. Windows Live Mail, Photo Gallery, or Toolbar), they’ll be automatically upgraded to their ultimate versions along with Messenger.

clip_image001There have been tons of brand brand brand brand brand brand new facilities as well as improvements in a new, 2009 version, as well as we unequivocally goal you’ll try it out. From softened video as well as audio calls, to brand brand brand brand brand brand new “favorite” contacts, energetic arrangement pictures, as well as a quick as well as easy brand brand brand brand brand brand new approach to share photos, we’ve worked tough to move we a most appropriate recover of Windows Live Messenger yet. So great which it got a Editor’s Choice Award from Personal Computer Magazine!  If we haven’t seen it yet, check out this demo of a brand brand brand brand brand brand new chronicle of Messenger:

Try it out as well as let us know what we think, possibly here in comments, or by a feedback site during http://feedback.live.com.

All a best,
- Sameer, Lonn as well as a Windows Live Team

P.S. If we have worry signing in to Messenger after a upgrade, greatfully revisit http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/.
For assistance with webcam connectivity in Messenger, see this blog post: http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8B3F39C76A8B853F!14323.entry

Windows Live Messenger February 12th 2009

A NEW WAY TO GET HOTMAIL ON YOUR PHONE

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We have been happy to make known that POP3 record is right away accessible to Hotmail users *edit 12Mar09* WORLDWIDE

What is POP3? It is a custom that allows roughly any e-mail module module that you’ve commissioned upon your mobile phone or PC* to get messages from your e-mail inbox upon a web as well as broach them in a directed towards program.

Although we regularly could entrance Hotmail upon your web-enabled mobile phone by starting to mobile.live.com, right away that Hotmail has POP3, we can get to it some-more in a centre regulating a e-mail module upon your Personal Computer or mobile device* such as a Windows Mobile phone, iPhone, or BlackBerry.

When we set up Hotmail in a e-mail module upon your Personal Computer or mobile device, we might be asked for a following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)  
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for e.g. yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The cue we customarily make use of to pointer in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port twenty-five or 587)  
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username as well as password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes

In further to POP3, Microsoft offers one more technologies that can yield we with an even richer knowledge of your e-mail. Try observation your Hotmail regulating Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Office Outlook around a Outlook Connector, or Windows Live for Windows Mobile phone.

Looking for assistance with Hotmail? Visit a Windows Live Hotmail Solution Center! The Solution Center has instructions upon how to set up your e-mail module to send as well as embrace Windows Live Hotmail messages regulating POP3. You’ll additionally find instructions upon how to set up Hotmail upon a web to give we POP3 entrance to a non-Windows Live e-mail account. If we have problems regulating POP3 access, Windows Live Hotmail Solution Center additionally has links to report a complaint with Hotmail.

We goal we suffer a most ways in that we can entrance your Windows Live Hotmail!

- The Windows Live Hotmail team

* If upheld by your device as well as e-mail module

MSN Hotmail February 12th 2009

A NEW WAY TO GET HOTMAIL ON YOUR PHONE

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We have been happy to make known that POP3 record is right away accessible to Hotmail users *edit 12Mar09* WORLDWIDE

What is POP3? It is a custom that allows roughly any e-mail module module that you’ve commissioned upon your mobile phone or PC* to get messages from your e-mail inbox upon a web as well as broach them in a directed towards program.

Although we regularly could entrance Hotmail upon your web-enabled mobile phone by starting to mobile.live.com, right away that Hotmail has POP3, we can get to it some-more in a centre regulating a e-mail module upon your Personal Computer or mobile device* such as a Windows Mobile phone, iPhone, or BlackBerry.

When we set up Hotmail in a e-mail module upon your Personal Computer or mobile device, we might be asked for a following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)  
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for e.g. yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The cue we customarily make use of to pointer in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port twenty-five or 587)  
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username as well as password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes

In further to POP3, Microsoft offers one more technologies that can yield we with an even richer knowledge of your e-mail. Try observation your Hotmail regulating Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Office Outlook around a Outlook Connector, or Windows Live for Windows Mobile phone.

Looking for assistance with Hotmail? Visit a Windows Live Hotmail Solution Center! The Solution Center has instructions upon how to set up your e-mail module to send as well as embrace Windows Live Hotmail messages regulating POP3. You’ll additionally find instructions upon how to set up Hotmail upon a web to give we POP3 entrance to a non-Windows Live e-mail account. If we have problems regulating POP3 access, Windows Live Hotmail Solution Center additionally has links to report a complaint with Hotmail.

We goal we suffer a most ways in that we can entrance your Windows Live Hotmail!

- The Windows Live Hotmail team

* If upheld by your device as well as e-mail module

MSN Hotmail February 12th 2009