November 2004 - Everything You Wanted To Know About E-mail But Were Afraid To Ask

Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

E-mail. For some folks e-mail is a fun way to interact with friends and family. For others it can be a nightmare of overwhelming floods of junk e-mail. Whichever camp you fall into, this month’s meeting will look at everything there is to do with e-mail and how you can make it a more efficient aspect of your computing life.

We’ll start focusing on the desktop and all the various ways in which you can manage your e-mail. POP3, IMAP, filtering, eliminating SPAM, security, you name it we’ll cover it. Oh and if any of those terms seem foreign to you, don’t worry, we’ll clarify everything. We will also cover how to get e-mail on your Palm OS device and what software is the best for doing just that.

But what meeting wouldn’t be complete without door prizes? This month is another banner month with tons of giveaways. From free Gmail accounts to tons of free software and even two free cases from PDASkins, everyone should go home with something from the meeting!

So set an appointment in DateBook for this Saturday to learn all about e-mail, ask any questions you like and go home with some free goodies!

Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Announcements

3. Handheld Reports & General Discussion

4. E-mail On The Desktop
Although we mostly focus on Palm OS, there are times when we need to look beyond the handheld and to the desktop itself. With the topic of e-mail, we definitely need to. :) This month we’re diving deep into the issue of e-mail on the desktop. We’ll be reviewing the different types of e-mail accounts, what software is good and bad and even how to deal with SPAM (junk e-mail). There’s a lot more to e-mail than you think.

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5. Getting E-Mail On Your Palm OS Device
With a better understanding of e-mail on the desktop, we will turn our attention to how Palm OS device fits into the e-mail equation. Your handheld can be a real asset to managing your e-mail account(s). We’ll be looking at how to sync your e-mail and even how to retrieve your e-mail from your handheld directly.

6. Giveaways
Courtesy of The Ashby Group:
   » Nine Gmail accounts!

Courtesy of Jason Goldman:
   » (1) copy of Pinballz 2
   » (1) copy of 300 Bowl
   » (1) copy of Pinballz
   » (1) copy of Dartz
   » (1) copy of Hexcon

Courtesy of Cronotech:
   » (1) copy of Super Trooper

Courtesy of Handmark:
   » (1) copy of Education Essentials
   » (1) copies of Pocket Express

Courtesy of Arcona Magi:
   » (1) copy of Medieval Heroes

Courtesy of StandAlone, Inc.:
   » (2) copies of Hand/RSS

Courtesy of PDASkins:
   » (1) PDA Pro Case
   » (1) PDA Plus Case

November 2004 Meeting Presentation (416KB)
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