| The two most popular methods for email are web | | | | 3) Consolidate some features in LinkedIn and |
| based email, and a local email client installed on a | | | | Facebook into Outlook Contacts |
| computer. | | | | The LinkedIn Toolbar for Outlook adds a small "info" |
| The big 3 web based emails are MSN's Hotmail, | | | | link to each of your email messages. If that person is |
| Yahoo! and Google's Gmail. As long as you have an | | | | personal LinkedIn contact, their details will be shown. |
| Internet connection and a browser, whether it's | | | | If not, you can search LinkedIn get their full public |
| Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer, your email is | | | | profile and resume online providing they are on |
| available anywhere, anytime. | | | | LinkedIn. |
| The most popular email client is Microsoft Outlook | | | | It also has a "grabber" where you can highlight a few |
| and the stripped down version Outlook Express. The | | | | lines of their email signature, parse it properly into |
| latter is free with a Windows Operating System. | | | | your contacts, then be synchronized to your |
| Now that Gmail supports IMAP, by combining it with | | | | Blackberry. No more OCR scanners from paper |
| Outlook, here are 5 powerful and productivity tips | | | | business cards! |
| when used together: | | | | With Facebook becoming more and more popular, |
| 1) Organize with Outlook features: Folders, Rules, and | | | | you can use third party software like Fonebook to |
| Organize by Color | | | | import photos and birthdays. It doesn't add their |
| Your Labels appear as folders in Outlook IMAP. All of | | | | email contacts, so you would have to drag and drop |
| your mail will appear in the main Inbox, but if you | | | | a new email into Contacts first before synchronizing. |
| have a Label assigned to it, it will be viewed in a | | | | 4) Extra layer of SPAM protection |
| separate folder. | | | | Gmail has an exception anti-spam protection. |
| You can have rules setup, which is more | | | | However, I still do get a few emails for the little blue |
| comprehensive than the filter and forward offered in | | | | pill. |
| Gmail. | | | | On the email, simply right click, select Junk email, then |
| Colors are more visual than plain text compared to | | | | add sender to the Blocked Senders List or Safe |
| labels in Gmail. | | | | Senders List. Alternatively, you can add or block the |
| 2) Sort by Sender or File size quickly | | | | Sender's domain to safe senders list. |
| Your mail data or headers are stored locally, so | | | | 5) Synchronize Outlook to your Blackberry or PDA |
| sorting is much faster, depending on your computer. | | | | wireless device. |
| By default, mail is sorted by date, newest on top. | | | | Synchronize your Outlook contacts with your |
| But if you wanted to sort by file size, it is one click | | | | Blackberry or other smart phones. The Gmail mobile |
| of a button. Sorting or searching by web based email | | | | application for the Blackberry does not synchronize |
| can be slow at times. | | | | the address book. |