I have so many e-mail accounts that I find it cumbersome to go to each service providers website. Each time I have to login, check mail, reply or forward e-mail, do some maintenance & logout. Wouldn't it be nice if I could check all my e-mail accounts in one place? I was constantly searching around for this kind of service when I stumbled upon the settings page of Gmail and I could do exactly what I was wishing for. Before I get into more detail, I would like to inform you that this feature does not work with Hotmail :(. This feature will work with any POP3 enabled e-mail accounts. I am happy with getting my Rediff & Yahoo! e-mails to Gmail. OK, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and follow the steps below to get your Rediff & Yahoo mails to Gmail.



1) Rediffmail has POP3 enabled by default. We need to enable POP3 in Yahoo mail before we can proceed.
2) To enable POP3 for Yahoo: Login to your Yahoo account, click on Options & then select Mail Options. Now click POP & Forwarding & then click Setup or edit POP & Forwarding.
3) A new window should open. Make sure "Web & POP Access" is selected. Then click on Save and logout of Yahoo mail.
4) Now, login to your Gmail account and click on Settings (near the top right corner). You should now be able to see a lot of options. Now follow the steps given below to get your Rediffmail and Yahoo mail to Gmail.

Rediffmail
a) Click on Accounts and you should see Get mail from other accounts: (Download mail using POP3). Click on Add another mail account.
b) Enter your full e-mail address. Ex: xabcd@rediffmail.com & hit the Next button.
c) Enter the Username. From the above example, it is xabcd.
d) Enter your Rediffmail password.
e) Leave the POP Server settings as they are.
f) Put a check on Label incoming messages.
g) If for some reason you want to keep a backup of the e-mails on your Rediff servers, put a check on Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server.
h) Once you are satisfied that everything is to your liking, click Add Account. Gmail will instantly verify if your details are entered correctly and you should start getting your Rediffmail to Gmail.

Yahoo mail
a) You will need to go back to step (4) mentioned above and carry out the instructions mentioned there before proceeding to step (b).
b) Click on Accounts and you should see Get mail from other accounts: (Download mail using POP3). Click on Add another mail account.
c) Enter your full e-mail address. Ex: xabcd@yahoo.com & hit the Next button.
d) Enter the Username. From the above example, it is xabcd.
e) Enter your Yahoo mail password.
f) Leave the POP Server settings as they are.
g) Put a check on Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail.
h) Put a check on Label incoming messages.
i) If you want to keep a backup of the e-mails on your Yahoo servers, select the first option Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server.
j) Once you are satisfied that everything is to your liking, click Add Account. Gmail will instantly verify if your details are entered correctly and you should start getting your Yahoo e-mails here.

That's it. My advise is to check you Rediff or Yahoo mail accounts once in a week to see if any of your important e-mail is being marked as SPAM. If you think it's all right not to check these accounts anymore, it's up to you. Also remember that these are not the only accounts you can setup in Gmail. You can add as many accounts as you want as long as they are all POP enabled.
Cheers!

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Google vs MSN vs Yahoo, if you ask this question, its not an easy question to answer. But now we don't have to. Here is a rap battle which will decide who will win. If you want to influence the result - click here. Winner to be announced on 27th of October 2008, vote now. I did.

Here is a sample. Enjoy. 

 

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Opera is one of the most under-rated browser out there. I have been using opera for the past 2 years and I have found it extremely elegant and easy to use. It looks good, works fast and has some really cool features that puts other browsers to shame. Some of these features might be available as plugins in other browsers, however, Opera runs really fast because some of these features are well integrated into the browser itself.

Here are some highlights and features:
1) It is free just like IE or Firefox.
2) It is really fast in loading pages.
3) Opera is one of the most feature laden but light setup browser coming in at 6.7 MB for the english version where as firefox is 7.8 MB.
4) It looks good.

My favorite features in Opera:
1) Speed Dial: Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open opera. Just click on the image link and get right to your favorite website.
2) Recycle Bin: Accidentally closed a tab in the browser? No worries, Ctrl Z or Command Z will act like undo and restore the previous page you were viewing from the browser's recycle bin.
3) Opera Link: Syncs your bookmarks and Speed Dial settings between your various computers and mobile phone. No more carrying around your bookmarks or being worried about not having them when you need them the most.
4) Opera Voice: Don't have the patience to sit in front of the monitor and read a big article? Just highlight the content with the mouse, right click and choose speak. Opera will convert text to voice and read out information to you. You can also issue voice commands over a mic for Opera to obey.
5) Quick Search: This has to be the most coolest feature of Opera. Want to search something in Wikipedia? Just type w followed by search keywords in and address bar and see wikipedia search results. Want to search in google? Type g followed by search keywords. The best part: you can create custom search shortcuts for any website you visit and run searches from the address bar real fast.

Other cool features:
1) Bittorrent downloader.
2) Integrated Email and newsfeed client.
3) Mouse gestures (make the browser behave any you want without keeping your fingers on the keyboard)
4) Widgets: Add widgets to your system using your browser. These widgets run on the browser engine but are accessible outside the browser.

Download Opera 9.5 here.

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