Archives for January 2006

Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility – Not!

January 31, 2006 by Danny Sullivan

I’ve been waiting for an Xbox 360 for more than half a year now. One of the big pluses was the backwards compatibility with my existing Xbox games. That was in all the gaming magazines that I buy occasionally. The reality is much different. Only 13 percent of my games are compatible, which makes a […]

Gmail & Error 0x800CCC7D In Outlook 2003

January 20, 2006 by Danny Sullivan

I may be sticking with Gmail, but will Gmail stick with me? Today, one of those dreaded Outlook error messages appeared: Task ‘pop.gmail.com – Sending’ reported error (0x800CCC7D) : ‘Your outgoing (SMTP) server does not support SSL-secured connections. If SSL-secured connections have worked in the past, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’ […]

Stats Say: Sticking With Gmail!

January 20, 2006 by Danny Sullivan

I decided that yesterday would be the last day of comparing how the three email services filter email. Dealing with one dose of spam is bad enough, but I’m stuffed counting three doses of it! More important, there’s little point for me, personally. Yahoo still catches far too little spam for me to consider going […]

Moving From SpamCop To Gmail & Loving POP Download With Archiving

January 12, 2006 by Danny Sullivan

I moved my primary mail account from SpamCop to Gmail earlier this week. I’m a long-time SpamCop user, but Gmail may have won me over purely because of the storage issue combined with spam fighting. Here’s a rundown on why I made the move, plus how the two compare and making use of Gmail as […]