69 posts tagged with email by Anonymous.
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Keeping gmail accounts (and life) secure
One of my gmail accounts is basically the key to my entire life. If I were to lose access for any reason, or if it were to be taken over by someone else, it would be a disaster. What should I do to keep it (and my life generally) more secure? [more inside]
Professional email screening service for people who get abusive email
If a person has something like an embittered ex or family member in their life who will take any unexpected moment to send a new emotionally abusive message from a throwaway address, or via a one cent email money transfer...
is there such a thing as a service provider which will screen for all such messages and remove them invisibly from the user, ideally all while credibly not interfering with the rest of your email? [more inside]
Company asking for my personal information to close fraudulent account
Someone used my email address to sign up for a financial account. Now the company wants my personal information to close the account. Obviously, I don't want to give it to them. What should I do next? Am I overthinking this, or should I just reset the password, log in and try to close the account myself? [more inside]
Help me understand my breakup
I just had a really awful breakup and I need help understanding it. I was happy and then we were broken up within an hour. I want to know how I could have done better so that I don’t make the same mistakes again. [more inside]
the newsletter you don't instantly delete
Can you recommend any commercial email newsletters you actually open and enjoy reading? [more inside]
How do you respond to emails that you've taken too long to respond to?
I have several emails in my inbox from the beginning of October. They're mainly from people introducing me to other people, or for wanting to collaborate on work. And I haven't responded, partially because it was a slog of a work month, and partially because it feels too late to respond. As each day passes, it feels harder and harder. I'm curious what language you've used in these situations where your response is late. I have much more time on my plate now and would like to rekindle these potential work relationships.
Help me blow the whistle, not my career (TOR/anon email)
I need to use anonymous email to report something at work. (I've thought this through, it is the only viable option). Will TOR, on my personal tablet, effectively protect my IP address? Note: this device has been on work's guest network where I have to log in. So, if they save IP addresses/logins, and they wanted to look, they could match me up if TOR lets my IP through. [more inside]
How to manage email barrage from my mom?
By the standards of MetaFilter and the rest of the world, my mini drama with my mother may not amount to much. That said, my mom drives me a little nuts and has a LOT of questions. So many questions. Constantly. [more inside]
Harrassing Emails from old acquaintance at work address
Hi all. Over the last year, I've dealt with some harassing emails from an old acquaintance, and I'm not exactly sure of the right actions to take (or not take, have been ignoring). [more inside]
What can be found out from gmail headers?
For reasons, I need to send anonymous emails from a throwaway account. Assuming I use incognito mode in Chrome when using Gmail, what can the recipient find out about me? [more inside]
Apology Email Etiquette: Do I reply to a reply?
I felt the need to apologize to a semi-notable person (if that matters) whom I have never met and doesn't know me. I emailed them a well written apology and a day later recieved a very gracious reply. Great.
However now I don't know if I should reply back and if so, with what? I don't want to seem like I am using the apology as a foot in the door to strike up a conversation. But I also don't want it to seem like their gracious response wasn't appreciated by me, because it was.
What's in a name?
Calling all nick-name and users of your non legal name. I've hit a snag. New work email at huge corporation has a legal name policy for email addresses and seeing my legal name all over the place constantly is making me a crazy person. Details below the fold. [more inside]
Brain hacks for the mildly stalked?
OK, so...it appears I may have acquired a stalker. A very lazy stalker who only pops up to make his/her presence known every couple of months or so, but a stalker nonetheless. I'm doing my best to ignore this and live my life, but I'm feeling very alone in this and would like to know how I can cognitively address the fact that I have no way to make this person stop. Any ideas? [more inside]
When to follow up about following up?
I met an old classmate at a party recently and would like to reconnect. I emailed her about asking her to hang, but I've gotten no response. What next? Social anxiety-colored snowflakes abound. [more inside]
Colorblindness Coping: Colorblindness & Windows 7
The nut of the question/problem is this: When I use high-contrast mode in Windows 7, people are receiving emails from me where the text is blank. Is this because windows 7 changes the font to white for me to see it, and then emails that same font to users who have white backgrounds? How can I fix this?
I really don't want to ask for special software accommodation at work. I'm private and would really rather just fix it on my own and move on. Snowflakes abound inside. [more inside]
Can't determine if this is a fraudulent email or not...
I received an email at ~4:30 PM (EST) from a @ucia.gov email account. It was in regards to a scholarship program from the CIA to which I had applied, stating that they had liked my online application, and wanted to learn more about me. The problem is that I can't determine, given what I'm looking at, whether it's fraudulent or not. [more inside]
Shouldn't have snooped, feeling anxious: Part two
I find myself in exactly the situation of this recent poster, with one difference: My girlfriend knows that I snooped but hasn't confronted me, and I haven't confessed. What now? [more inside]
I'm dating-challenged and dropped the ball. How I do pick it back up?
Over last weekend I spent a whole bunch of time with a lovely woman--dinners, picnics, walks, wine under the stars etc. These weren't explicitly dates, but it all seemed pretty romantic. At the end of the evening on Saturday and Sunday we had these awkward pauses when my insecurities and my desire to--give a goodnight kiss? Express my attraction? Or something--were warring. I don't know what she was thinking but it was awkward on both sides. Now I won't see her for a month. Do I email her and explicitly say that I'm interested? [more inside]
Virtual Bullproofing my Life
I'm interested in asserting a lot more control of my personal information and communications to prevent prying eyes of both governmental and criminal types. I'm interested in general best practices to secure my personal information, passwords, data and communication (including phones, texting and email). I am not an expert in software or anything of the kind. I use an iPhone and Apple computers. There's a few more specific requests inside. [more inside]
Did my email get hacked? What to do now?
I think my old email just got hacked. I received some spam, from my old email address itself, (and the "From" part had my name and email, even though I didn't send it, as the spammer did) and about a dozen "unable to deliver" messages from my old email's "mailer daemon" (this is on yahoo). In those messages and the email that was successfully delivered to me on the old email and my newer accounts, it lists countless numbers of other people and contacts, including high school teachers, bosses, family, friends, potential employers, and even friends of exes. Most of these people aren't even in my contacts list, but I still have emails from them/to them (this is an old but relatively recent email that I've kept for nostalgic reasons). I am mortified that all of these people, none of whom I've spoken to recently in at least the past couple of years (and in some cases, longer), got this spam from "me" out of the blue. Should I delete this email address, in case it may be compromised by a hacker? Should I email these people to apologize, even though we no longer are in touch? I have already changed the password and don't know what to do. Any help would be so appreciated. [more inside]
What do I do when I get email info intended for someone else?
I have a common name at a common domain name for email accounts. I sometimes receive emails that aren't intended for me - and this week, an email had info I didn't want to see. What do I do? [more inside]
Make me less of an academic island!
I'm a PhD student, and I'd like to do more academic networking over email. How does this work, and what should the emails sound like? [more inside]
How do I respond to professional praise?
My manager fairly frequently sends me email praising me for my work. I think I'm just doing my job. How should I respond? [more inside]
Help me learn in order to make it, while I fake it.
What are the best interactive marketing resources available to learn from in a hurry? [more inside]
Is this a weird attempt at a scam?
Are these hotel reservation requests a scam of some sort? If so, how are they supposed to work? [more inside]
Sending messages on CC field by mistake - what to do?
Sending messages on CC field by mistake - what to do? [more inside]
How/whether to be a rat
Through a misdirected e-mail, I got wind of someone (probably a student) doing something very unethical in an academic setting (i.e., more than garden-variety cheating). I can't find the person online. Try harder to track down the person and report the misdeed, or drop it? [more inside]
How to force page breaks when printing email?
How to force page breaks when printing email? [more inside]
Is it that hard to just hit the "reply" button?!
A large part of my new job involves contacting various people and asking them for information. How can I convince them to get back to me quickly? [more inside]
Should I report a racist chain email?
How should I or shouldn't I handle letting someone / "people that matter" know about a racist email that was forwarded to me and appears to have been originated by a cop? [more inside]
How can I sanitize the subject line of my Gmail?
Is there a Gmail tool that will automatically change the subject line of certain incoming emails, in order to enhance privacy? [more inside]
Why have I not heard back?
How much more effort do I put in before giving up (relationship advice)? [more inside]
How to be anonymous on the internet?
What's the best way to start an anonymous correspondence with someone? [more inside]
How to write a tactful email
Received a scholarship and the department head is requesting to know the amount. I don't want to tell him. How do I handle this gracefully? [more inside]
How do I communicate employment enthusiasm without alienating anyone?
How do I explain a belated e-mail in a professional context? And how does one write a letter of inquiry to someone who already has the job? Bean-plate overthinking inside. [more inside]
Am I a bad sister?
Is it a horrible breach of family trust that I shared an email from my sister to me with my husband? [more inside]
How do I reply to The Breakup Email?
I was just dumped via email. I'm actually okay with that for the most part as it seemed like an appropriate venue based on our relationship. I want to be as classy and cool about this as possible. Do I reply to the email? [more inside]
How to abbreviate multiple degrees
What is the best practice for listing two degrees after a name in an email signature, when the degrees weren't earned as a joint degree? For example, if the degrees are JD and MPA, should it be JD/MPA, JD+MPA, or some other combination? Maybe just a comma between them? JD/MPA would be the obvious choice for a joint degree, but these are from different universities and earned at different times. [more inside]
Can I 'split up' one gmail account which contains work and personal email?
I have my work and personal email in one gmail account. I may change jobs in the not-too-distant future. How can I separate the two? [more inside]
Oh no you don't, G-mail!
Can an e-mail forwarded to a g-mail account be replied from that account but appear to the receiver as sent from the previous address? How? [more inside]
Can a company track down non-company email?
Hypothetically, let's say that an employee from CompanyX, a rather large large semi-techie company, sent something they shouldn't have to a competitor. The employee didn't use their work email address (which the company can search) but they did use their company computer at work and something like their Yahoo account.
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I'm not going to CC you on this
What's the best way to respond gracefully to perceived micromanagement at work? [more inside]
I hate you mail.app
Why can't I get mail.app to stop launching and to get my mailto links to load in safari under my gmail account instead? [more inside]
We can't get him out of our lives, but help us get him out of our computers!
We know my ex-brother-in-law has been hacking into my sister and my mother's email. Now what? [more inside]
Long-Distance Friendship for Introverts
Introvert Filter: please help me revive a friendship! [more inside]
If it was private, why was it in our account?
What is good shared email account etiquette? [more inside]
Catch a Thief
NearImpossibleFilter: Help me track down the owner of an email adress. [more inside]
Sending dirty videos securely
How can I send a dirty video securely? [more inside]
To thank, or not to thank
Is it appropriate to use an email address given as a part of a donation to send a short thank you note, when the person making the donation through my website did not consent to me using their email address? [more inside]
Yeah, I know. Just hit "send"!
I have a hard time sending e-mail (psychological, not technical problem) [more inside]
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