If you’re the type who doesn’t keep a virus-scanning program running on your desktop out of memory concerns, or you find yourself at a system without your preferred scanner, you might want to think twice before downloading any suspicious attachments—even if the boss sent them. Luckily, previously mentioned service VirusTotal offers the same multi-AV-scanning service through a utility email address. Simply forward your email, attachment included, to scan@virustotal.com, with the body cleared out and “SCAN” in the subject. After running McAfee, AVG, F-Secure, and other apps over it, VirusTotal will email you back to let you know whether the attachment is infected. High thanks to Digital Inspiration, which offers a link to similarly useful email addresses at the link below. Is That Email Attachment Clean or Infected with some Virus ? [Digital Inspiration]
Have you or someone you know stuck with Hotmail through even its Windows Live rebirth but now yearns to jump into Gmail? Tech blog Digital Inspiration suggests using both Outlook and a free download to get the job done: Install the Outlook connector and then configure your MSN Hotmail / Windows Live Hotmail accounts with Outlook. Once you have all your Hotmail email message available locally inside Outlook, configure Gmail IMAP access inside Outlook. Now copy or just drag-n-drop the Hotmail folders (downloaded in Step 1) over your Gmail Inbox folder in Outlook.
If you’re still catching the occasional mail at that address, you could just read your Hotmail from Gmail. You can also, of course, use Gmail’s IMAP friendliness to import messages from almost any mail client.
Easily Transfer Emails from Hotmail to Gmail Via Outlook Connector [Digital Inspiration]
