Viewing and managing multiple accounts – that sounds good

I run multiple email accounts covering my personal needs, accounts for ProReviewer email, work email, a spam trap account for when I have to register but am unsure if the email details will be sold on, a hotmail account for Windows Live id, Google Gmail accounts  and others. These become difficult, or at least a lot of work, to check and manage. Just being able to view all emails from a single application without having to login to multiple accounts and websites is a real bonus.

I wrote a post about a utility call PopMan a while back (PopMan 1.3 – Portable Email Management on Your Desktop and on the Move) I used this for a while but found that not being able to view HTML emails was too restrictive as so much email now is based on HTML. My search for a portable freeware email reader led me to find PopPeeper which I have used at home, at work and on the move for more than a year. The ability to be able to read all my emails and delete those I don’t want to keep from a single, fast acting utility is brilliant and a huge timesaver. The fact that it is portable so that I can transfer a single setup to all my computers and have it on a USB stick I can use on other PC’s is a great timesaver and means that I always see the same interface, the same colour codings, etc.

What’s is PopPeeper?

The PopPeeper website has a good description which I have repeated below. However PopPeeper is far more than just an email notifier. It allows you to:

Setup multiple accounts of all different types (Web/POP/IMAP/Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo?etc)

• Be notified when emails arrive
• Read emails in plain text or HTML
• View emails from all or individual accounts
• Delete emails*
• Send emails
• Keep an email address book
• View linked WebPages in PopPeeper message window or default web browser
• Allows attachments to be opened

*Some web based emails such as Google’s Gmail do not “play nicely” and emails cannot be deleted from the account using PopPeeper- however as Gmail has a large storage capacity this will not pose a major problem for the average user

Description from the PopPeeper website

• POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, MyWay, Excite, iWon, Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts.
• IMAP supports allows you to access AOL, AIM, Netscape and other services. Send mail directly from POP Peeper and use the address book to email your frequently used contacts.
• POP Peeper allows you to view messages using HTML or you can choose to safely view all messages in rich or plain text.
• Several options are available that will decrease or eliminate the risks of reading your email (viruses, javascript, webbugs, etc).
• POP Peeper can be run from a portable device and can be password protected.
• Many notification options are available to indicate when new mail has arrived, such as sound alerts (configurable for each account), flashing scroll lock, skinnable popup notifier, customized screensaver and more.

More on Why You Would Want It?

What Does It Do – The Essentials?

Summary:

• Handles multiple email accounts of different types
• Handles all major email protocols (POP, IMAP, etc.)
• Allows emails from multiple accounts to be viewed
• Allows emails to be sent from multiple accounts
• Delete emails from some accounts

Pros: What’s Good?

Features & Benefits

• Freeware

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What’s is Borderline?

Borderline is a tiny utility program that simply moves any windows outside the screen area of your computer monitor (or monitors in a dual + monitor setup) completely within the screen area.

Why Would You Want It?

Sometimes Windows move off the screen area of your monitor. This may be for many reasons such as changing resolution of the monitor or changing from a multi-monitor setup to a single monitor. Whatever the cause it can be extremely frustrating and even worse, if the Window does not show in the Windows Taskbar area. This post on Recover Hidden & Off-screen Windows with this Simple Tip and Freeware Program ForceWindowVisible will give you more information with:

• A way of moving windows on screen using “Windows Standard Move Function” (slow and requires the window to be shown in the Taskbar)
• A small portable utility called ForceWindowsVisible

The advantage of Borderline over ForceWindowsVisible is that it is simple and quick. Also ForceWindowsVisible can cause problems if you hide or unhide windows that are not meant to be seen or not meant to be hidden by mistake (or maybe just “experimenting” )

When Borderline is run it moves al windows within the borders of the monitor screen(s) and then closes. This means you have to run it each time but has the advantage that it does not run in the background using memory and CPU.

What Does It Do – The Essentials?

Summary:

• Moves all open Windows completely on screen of the monitor (or monitors in a multi-monitor setup
• Borderline closes down after running

Pros: What’s Good?

Features & Benefits

• Freeware

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Windows 7 – How to Run Older Software – Freeware & Portable Applications

provides a an outline of why you would want to run programs written for earlier Microsoft Windows operating systems under Windows 7 and how Windows 7 provides Compatibility Mode and Run as Administrator which, either on their own or combined, are useful ways to help get this older software to run under the new operation system. You can also use User Account Control to help but need to be aware of the potential dangers!

This post describes more on what using Compatibility Mode and Run as Administrator are about and how to use them.

Please note: While Compatibility mode and Run as Administrator will allow some software to run under Windows 7 NOT ALL older programs will be supported. You may also find that software will run but that some of the functions will not work. This means that it is probably worth testing for a while to make sure the program will still do all that you need or you can manage without some functions working.

Why Would You Want It?

Simply to be able to run as many as possible of software applications be they commercial freeware, portable, etc. that were written for earlier versions of windows from Windows 95 onwards up to Vista.

What Does It Do – The Essentials?

Summary:

• Allows some older software to be run under Windows 7

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