Email on the Road

Written by Richard Lowe


If you are anything like me, then you've come to depend on email. In fact, I must read my email several times a day or I feel very uncomfortable. This applies to both my email from work (which I check a few times after I get home and on weekends) and my personal email (which I might check once or twice fromrepparttar office.

Why is it important? Well, email is communication, and I love to communicate. I write emails at home to discuss my articles and web site, to talk to family and friends, and to order products or get support. At work I use it constantly to deliver tasks torepparttar 109669 people who work on my team, answer questions fromrepparttar 109670 boss, and keep in contact with my vendors, users and peers.

One ofrepparttar 109671 problems that I face when attempting to get to my email in either location is how to accessrepparttar 109672 POP server (a POP server isrepparttar 109673 place where your messages are stored until you read them in your email client).

What you need to do is use one ofrepparttar 109674 web based email services which allow you to read your email messages from any POP server. See "Free stuff Headquarters - Email" for a list of services which are available. In addition, your own ISP or web host may provide this functionality for you.

http://www.internet-tips.net/Freestuff/Freeemail.htm

It's easy to set this up once you've settled on a service. They will need you to enter your email address, account name, password and POP server name. Before you enter this data, you may want to be sure your service is secure while you are filling outrepparttar 109675 form. Basically, before you pressrepparttar 109676 SUBMIT button, see ifrepparttar 109677 URL begins with "https" orrepparttar 109678 little lock is shown in a locked position. If so, you are fine. If not, you may be transmitting your password inrepparttar 109679 clear, which means it could be intercepted by an evildoer.

Email . . . Lookin' Good!

Written by Todd N. Thompson


An often overlooked aspect of online marketing isrepparttar importance of how your sales message is delivered. To say this in a more direct way would be to say, "does your email message arrive torepparttar 109668 reader in a format that is easy to read, easy to understand, and does is letrepparttar 109669 reader know you are serious about your business?"

Formatting your email for success is critical. Here isrepparttar 109670 golden rule to follow. Never format your emails to be greater than 60 characters per line. If you go greater than 60 characters, some of your readers will have trouble reading your email due to how their email software rendersrepparttar 109671 message.

Let me illustrate my point with two sample emails.

Email Message # 1 Hello Jim, Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah .... Thanks, John Doe

(Line width in this example is greater than 60 characters)

Email Message # 2 Hello Jim,

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah.

Thanks,

John Doe

(Line width in this example is set at 60 characters to guarantee a nice presentation in your customer's email programs.)

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