Past Meetings
June 14, 2007
Agenda: E-mail
Six mac users participated in the June meeting of the H'PORT MUG : Jerry L, Bob S, Joe Y, Bob G, Jack H and Tom B. All enjoyed the beautiful new facilities of the Fred and Harriett Taylor Memorial Library. The library provides free high speed WiFi which will be available 24 hours a day. The WiFi range easily reaches the gazebo in the library yard and outdoor patio. The public is permitted and encouraged to use the WiFi network even when the library is closed. An encrypted password for the network is available at the front desk - it can be entered into your mac and saved in the Keychain.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol) refers to a protocol used to retrieve e-mail from an internet server. There are many good sites providing free POP3 access such as Google's Gmail, BlueBottle, Christian.net, EmailAcc, and FreePop3. Read the pros and cons of eleven free POP3 e-mail providers by Charles Moore at AppleLinks. A POP3 account is the type that can be accessed via Mail, Outlook, Eudora, and other on-board computer applications.
Mail - A demo was given on how to set up the Mail application
on the Mac to retrieve e-mail from several POP3 accounts. The POP3 accounts
must first be registered by going on-line to those sites and following the directions
for each. After the accounts are registered, open up the Mail program on your
Mac by clicking the icon in the dock. Follow the directions. Some of the specific
features explored were:
How to set
up a POP account in Mail
How to do Group Mailings in Mail
without showing everybody's address
How to create new Folders in Mail to organize e-mails
How to regulate Junk Mail (Mail>Prefs>Junkmail)
How to leave / remove emails from the internet server (Mail>Prefs>Accounts>Advanced)
How to guard against excessively large files being downloaded in Mail (Mail>Prefs>Accounts>Advanced)
How to search all e-mails in Mail's folders (use the Search window in the Mail
window)
How to e-mail a URL link using Mail with the Safari web browser (Command-Shift-I)
How to e-mail a complete webpage, including hyperlinks in Safari (Command-I)
Use Port 587 in Mail Prefs for outgoing mail (rather than default Port 25 -: read why here
AddressBook2CSV -You can easily export addresses from your Address
Book to an on-line POP3 account by using this free application. Download
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Mac Maintence
OnyX is a fantastic free multifunction utility (maintenance, optimization,
and personalization) for Mac OS X 10.4.3 and higher. It allows you to run miscellaneous
tasks of system maintenance, to configure certain hidden parameters of the Finder,
Dock, Safari, Dashboard, Exposé, Disk Utility... to delete caches, to
remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, to
see the detailed info of your configuration, to preview the different logs and
CrashReporter reports, and more. For example, you can change the default format
for the Screen Capture feature (Command-Shift-4) from PNG to JPG, GIF, TIF,
etc.. Download
9mb.
More Cool Dashboard Widgets
Daily Mac Tip Discover new features on your mac everytime you click
on this widget. Many helpful surprises! For example, have you ever saved a file
and then wondered where in the world you saved it to? Quickly
find the proxy path by Command-clicking on the title bar at the top edge
of the file's window. Did you know there is a subtle
visual clue that tells you whether or not you have saved your document?
Widget
Download103k
GuitarChords allows you to search for fingering diagram as well
as sound of chord. Widget
Download 111k
Logos Bible Widget provides a lightning-fast way to look up any
Bible verse in either the King James Version or English Standard Version. Read
an excellent review of the Logos Bible Widget by Charles Moore. Widget
Download 2.8mb
Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, at 7pm in the new library.
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