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Storage time : A smarter way to keep your email organized

If you’re using mail.com, you can totally clean out your emails whenever you want, but why not make life easier? With the storage time feature, you can set your folders to automatically delete old messages after a certain amount of time.

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How to recall email in Outlook, mail.com Premium and iPhone

We’ve all had regrets about an email – an embarrassing typo, misspelled name, or missing attachment can have us looking for an unsend button. Or the worst case: An angry email that you wish you could take back after cooling down. But does that magic email recall function even exist?

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Mail Collector: One inbox, multiple email accounts

Ever wondered if there is an alternative to the usual dance of switching between multiple email accounts to keep track of your correspondence? Use mail.com’s Mail Collector to read all your emails in one place!

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Out of office messages: Examples and what to avoid

It’s time for some hard-earned time off! Whether you’re headed for the beach or visiting family you haven’t seen for a while, wouldn’t it be nice to disconnect from the digital world for a while? But before you disappear, you can set up automatic replies for your emails so the senders know when they can expect a reply.

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What is an email archive? How to store and retrieve messages

Ever wondered what it means to archive an email? Archiving can keep your inbox clutter-free without losing important messages, so it has advantages over simply deleting. Plus, once you know how it works, it’s a snap to archive and unarchive emails in different email programs.

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Mastering your spam folder: Tips for marking, moving & managing spam

When an email goes missing, the first question is usually “Did you check your spam folder?” So, what is a spam folder exactly, and how did that message end up there?

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Email life hack: Keep organized with a family email account

Notes from the teacher in your kid’s backpack are a thing of the past – nowadays everything is digital. The invitation for the school open house, reminder about a well-child check-up and spring soccer schedule all come as emails. With so many other messages flooding your inbox, it’s easy for one to slip through the cracks. The solution: A family email account.

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What is an ecard? How to (safely) send last-minute holiday greetings

Are ecards still a thing? They may seem like a relic belonging to the early days of the internet, but in 2021 the New York Times reported a pandemic-related resurgence in ecards. Ecards are not just sent as email attachments anymore – there are also versions to send by text message or on social media platforms.

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Phishing Inbox Holiday

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All about email: Understanding, organizing & writing emails

Email is an essential part of our daily lives and a must-have communication tool, both inside and outside the office. It’s not just about sending messages: email is also important for organizing schedules, sharing documents, and storing important information online.

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New: Direct access to your mail.com email list

When you log in to your email account, the first thing you probably want to see is whether or not you have new messages. mail.com is now offering a more streamlined experience for our users who log in through the web browser. Instead of the “Home” tab, they now go straight to the inbox.

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CC vs. BCC in email: Meanings and how to use them correctly

Cc and bcc can both be used to send copies of an email to additional recipients. But have you sometimes wondered what the letters stand for? Or have you steered clear of both because you aren’t quite sure about the difference between cc and bcc? We explain when to use cc vs bcc, how to find bcc in Outlook and your mail.com account – and the original meaning of cc.

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How to create email distribution lists in Outlook and mail.com

Need to send an email to your book club or all the parents in your daughter’s class? If you email a group regularly, you can create an email distribution list, AKA a contact group, so you can send messages to them in a single click. Our blog shows you how to create email lists – in mail.com and using Outlook.

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Email life hack: Save and edit mails using email drafts

It happens all the time – you start writing an email but get interrupted before you can finish. Or maybe you aren’t happy with how you’ve phrased something. No problem – just save your message and you can go back to it whenever you’re ready to put on the finishing touches.

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Email organization: Two effective strategies for organizing your inbox

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of emails in your inbox? Occasionally forget to follow up on a message because it has slipped too far down on the list? Find yourself asking “What's the best way to organize emails?”

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Email Folders Inbox Life-hack

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Why did my message bounce? The email header can tell you

Your email is hiding something: All the steps that show how each message got from sender to recipient. Lucky, this secret is not hard to crack – just have a look at the full header. If you need to figure out why a message bounced or report scam emails, this extended header has all the information you need. So where do you find it?

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Practical keyboard shortcuts for your mail.com inbox

Searching for the right function to click in a menu can take time. That's why many laptop users have certain keyboard shortcuts they use to speed up their workflow, like Ctrl + Z to quickly undo a mistake. Others simply prefer their laptop keyboard to a touchpad or mouse.

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How to change your email sender name

When you send an email, a sender name (also known as a “from” name or a display name”) appears in your recipient’s inbox with or instead of your email address. Did you know that it’s actually quite easy to change how your email sender name appears?

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How do I empty my mailbox? A step-by-step guide

It can feel good to get rid of clutter in your home and give everything a deep clean. But what about your email inbox? Is it full of mails you no longer need, using storage space and making it harder to find information that’s actually important?

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Cloud Folders Inbox

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Email folders: how to create and use them

Sometimes it can be hard to stay on top of all the messages in your inbox. mail.com helps you get organized with email folders: You can create multple folders and subfolders as well as customize the settings for maximum efficiency. And you can let our automatic email filters do the filing for you.

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Email life hack: How to delete emails efficiently

When emails start to pile up, it can be hard to keep track of your digital life. But who has time to sort through old messages one by one to see what’s important and what’s not? Luckily mail.com has a few simple tricks and tools you can use to find and delete emails in bulk and keep junk from accumulating going forward.

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