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1029usr078198
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 Posted - September 25 2010 : 18:04:08
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Question: Glen asks, "I use Wildblue and Gmail. When I send an email, the reply is chained/linked back to the original that was sent. For instance, when you reply to this email, the reply will not come back to me as a new stand alone email in my inbox. It will come back as a new email but will combine with the original that was sent. We could reply to each other multiple times and my inbox will only have one email in it. How can I turn this setting off?"
Answer: Great question, Glen. I'm not sure you can do what you're wanting to - using GMail alone. I checked everything under Settings in GMail, and couldn't find anything that looked particularly relevant. On the other hand, using GMail's POP or IMAP access and a program on your computer (Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, etc.), replies you receive will all appear as separate messages.
The reason for GMail doing this is that it's creating threads. The idea is to keep conversations together, but it can be a bit disconcerting, especially if you're used to email software that works as you've indicated you'd like this to work. I personally prefer it that way, too.
To enable POP or IMAP access:
1. Make sure you have an email program installed on your computer.
2. Sign into GMail.
3. Click Settings at the top of the page.
4. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
5. Choose your settings.
6. Click Configuration instructions under Configure your email client.
7. Follow those instructions.
That should get you going.
Cool Site: Constituting America.org: I heard about this week's cool site from the Huckabee show. The site is run by Janine Turner and her daughter Juliette. The site's mission is "to reach, educate and inform America's youth and her citizens about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights." That's really cool. The site sponsors contests for young people, and that's why they were on Huckabee. This site has links to our founding documents and the Federalist Papers, a store, a newsletter you can sign up for, and a blog where you can have your say about what's going on. There's a reading schedule called "90 in 90 = 180" where you can in 90 days read the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. There's a link where you can donate to help the site’s mission, and links to several of their videos on YouTube.
Cool Gadget: Nokia Star Trek Communicator Flip Phone: Last year, Nokia worked with Paramount on the Star Trek reboot. They put out a Star Trek-themed version of one of their phones that had a few sound effects, a wallpaper or two and such. But now we find out on Gearlog and YouTube that they went so far as to make a prototype flip phone that looks just like one of the communicators from the original series. It has a large screen on the inside, a black body with the Starfleet logo on the back, and the flip lid looks like the metal antenna from the original Star Trek. The bad thing is that while this phone is cool, it seems never to have gotten past the prototype stage because Nokia only made 14 of them. That's too bad, because I know a few folks that would have one tomorrow if it were available today. Every flip phone made is a nod to Star Trek anyway: remember the Motorola StarTAC? Check out the show notes for the link with video.
It's All "Geek" To Me: Trackback: If you read news sites or blogs, you've probably seen this week's term: trackback, and wondered what it meant. Let's say I find a blog article I like and want to respond to it on my blog. If I just put a normal link in my article, only search engines will know I wrote that follow-up. But if I use a trackback, my blog will tell the other blog about the link and the original may even show the link to my blog. So a trackback is a way for one blog to tell another blog you linked to it. It's a webmaster thing.
Links
Gmail:
http://www.gmail.com
Constituting America:
http://www.constitutingamerica.org/
Nokia Star Trek Communicator Flip Phone at Gearlog:
http://www.gearlog.com/2010/09/nokias_star_trek_communicator.php
Trackback on TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/trackback |
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