Invisible single-pixel images (called Web bugs) can enable this kind of user e-mail tracking without alerting the naïve user because most people don’t examine the HTML code underlying received e-mail ...

Download a newsletter template and send it to a subset of your Outlook or Thunderbird contacts--without the messages getting caught in spam filters. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

The Twitter protest again Microsoft Outlook is losing steam, but the question remains: Is HTML e-mail dangerous or is Microsoft using security as a reason not to comply with Web standards? Last week’s ...

Watch out--the spam choking your e-mail in-box may be loaded with software that lets marketers track your moves online, and you may not even be aware that you've been bugged. Web sites have long ...

Yahoo used its recent “Hack Day” to springboard its opening of substantial chunks of code to software developers, highlighted by the application programming interface (API) of Yahoo’s widely-used Web ...

Everyone knows BlackBerrys are da bomb when it comes to e-mail -- so why can't they handle something as simple as HTML-formatted messages? I'm not sure, but at least there's a third-party fix: BBSmart ...

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week, including security concerns from satellites leaking sensitive data and the experiences of undeterred Cybertruck owners.

If you’ve ever wanted to spice up your iOS device’s e-mail messages with a little styled text, you’ve run up against one of the limitations of Apple’s mobile software. But if you’ve got proficiency ...

Microsoft Outlook 2007 supports both plain text messages and HTML emails that contain links, formatting and graphics. If your small business uses the application but is receiving all email in plain ...

If you are setting up a new office, updating or upgrading, or even trying to save some money, it can be worthwhile looking at your options for your e-mail client software. Many people won't give much ...

Editor’s note: This story has been changed since it was originally posted because several quoted comments were mistakenly attributed to Dave Greiner, head of the FixOutlook.org protest. The ...