Blog entries

Email Etiquette

Dale Liston — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0100

I just wanted to cover some basic email etiquette that most people in both business and private email recognize. It's important for businesses to conduct email correspondence in a professional manner in order to maintain the confidence of their clients and customers and for efficiency as well.

"By requiring employees to use appropriate, businesslike language in all electronic communications, employerRead More...

Recent Updates to Twitter

Dale Liston — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

I just wanted to cover a couple of our recent changes we have posted on Twitter recently for Webmail for those who may not follow or haven't seen. We have some big news recently that will be of tremendous help to our clients, especially the many new ones who have come on board recently. We have had a lot of requests from both old and new clients to update and add to our dRead More...

The Importance of Virus Protection

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

We've all heard the horror stories, of what happens when a virus gets downloaded. We’ve all received the emails warning of the next impending threat. But many of us have never, thankfully, had to experience this first hand, due to extensive protection that various systems have to offer. We here at FuseMail take our antivirus protection very seriously and constantRead More...

Geo-redundancy

Dale Liston — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

In today's business environment email is a critical source of communication and it is imperative that it be available when even a short down time can have a major impact.

Having back up data is very important but also having your email accounts remain active and usable at all times is just as critical. Unfortunately it's a fact of technology and hardware that there Read More...

Personal Data Protection

Dale Liston — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Personal Data Protection is something all of us, business and the private sector are concerned with in this age of Information Technology. Personal Data is basically information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. The protection comes in the form of policies,procedures and technology to keep your data secure while recognizing the right to privRead More...

IMAP Vs. POP

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:33:01 +0100

Hello again,

Today I’m going to cover a question we get a lot. Due to the popularity of email clients such as Outlook, Thunderbird, and Mac’s Mail.app, we do get many questions about the differences in IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol). Every time a new account is set up in one of these mail clients, they prompt Read More...

Our Twitter Updates

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:41:37 +0100

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100GB Mailboxes

Cathy Reinsel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:56 +0100

As you may have noticed, on our current account plan, we now offer 100 GB of space per mailbox. Wow! We went from 10 GB mailboxes up to 100 GB. Here at FuseMail, we understand the importance of being able to keep all of those emails that you just can’t be without. Now, with the exRead More...

Why Free Isn't

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:23:57 +0100

We here at FuseMail understand there are many mail solutions out there. We also understand that it may seem like an incredibly advantageous approach to go ahead and use a free service. Why spend money on what you can get for free? But, just as the old saying goes, there are no free lunches, and there are no free emails.

One of the reasons I say this is becauseRead More...

IP Reputation and Blacklisting

Dann Przybylski — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Hello again everyone,

Hope you enjoyed the holidays, and hope this New Year is treating you well.

Today, I’m here to talk about two fairly common practices within the webmail industry, which are closely and sometimes intricately related. These practices are blacklisting, as well as what is called IP reputation. What this affects is email delivery, and is there to hRead More...

Fusemail To Go

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100

In today’s business world, keeping in contact is crucial to moving forward. As technology advances, there are more and more ways to communicate, and we here at FuseMail understand the importance of communication. While it is simple enough to keep in touch when sitting at your desk, the world doesn’t slow down when you have to be out and about. That is why we offer mobile solutions to fit your need.

Now many mobile devices have their own email client Read More...

Cloud Computing

Dale Liston — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:06:49 +0100

As we approach the new year and in the coming years you are going to hear a lot more about a thing called "Cloud Computing". Cloud Computing isnt a new technology but it does harness and add these new and upcoming technologies to the mix.

Gartner defines cloud computing as "a style of computing in which massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided 'as a service' using Internet technologies to multiple external customers."

Basically in a nutshell Cloud computing standsRead More...

FuseMail's Holiday Season Donations

Henry Weber — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:11 +0100

This holiday season, FuseMail has made donations to several charities. As we are based in Kansas City, a few if the donations went to local organizations. Here is a list of the organizations we donated to this season:

From their website: "The mission of Operation Breakthrough is to help children who are living in poverty develop to their fullest potential by providing them a safe, lovRead More...

FuseMail is on Twitter

Henry Weber — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:06:13 +0100

FuseMail is now frequently posting updates to Twitter. We'll use our Twitter page to post Webmail product updates as well as other news about the company and our services.

Our account is "FuseMail", available at:

http://twitter.com/FuseMail

Our Twitter account will be used in addition to frequent blog posts from our team.

Thank you and happy holidays!

How does e-mail compete?

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:42:14 +0100

In today’s world it almost seems like we are saturated with ways to communicate electronically. Instant messaging services, text based services, and video conferencing are around us now whether we are home or away. With so many new technologies, one sometimes wonders if maybe standard email hasn’t become archaic. Is e-mail soon to be a thing of the past?

While these new technologies are excellent at keeping us connected, and wonderful at broadening our comRead More...

Can-Spam Compliance

Dale Liston — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:39:43 +0100

We have all received Spam in our email at one time or another, and more often on a regular daily basis. But, we also know that e-commerce and legitimate business is done via e-mail. I would like to provide you with some information to help make sure your email is viewed by others as legitimate and not Spam.

Spam doesn't do anyone any good and if what you send out is considered Spam by others, you will probably be seriously curtailed in your efforts to do the best for your company. A maRead More...

Quick Key Commands in Webmail Version 3

Dann Przybylski — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:10:59 +0100

Being a customer advocate we get many questions about the new interface. In an attempt to help educate you more, today I’m going to cover the quick key feature of Webmail 3.

The first new toy is that in the following lists you can use the keyboard’s arrows to go up or down through the messages, no mouse required Mail Folder list, Message list, Contact list, and Instant Message roster list. The Escape key will close pop up windows, in order of the last one usRead More...

New Blog Team

Cathy Reinsel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:59 +0100

I’m Cathy Reinsel. Here at FuseMail, I am the Technical Support Manager. My team and I are here to provide you with interesting and exciting information on our blog. As you may have noticed, it’s a little bare. Dann, Dale and I are here to change that! We will be packing in the coolest news that relates to email and technology into this blog. And along the way, you’ll come to know us here on the FuseMail team.

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Happy Earth Day

Henry Weber — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

On behalf of the FuseMail team, I would like to wish everyone a big green happy Earth Day! In celebration of this event, FuseMail will be shutting off all redundant servers to conserve energy (just kidding, of course).
In all seriousness though, FuseMail is committed to being a green company. In honor of Earth Day, we have made a significant contribution to Conservation International (www.conservation.org). Their mission is to maintain and restore habitats so that wildlife can flourish alonRead More...

FuseMail Launches Sync Service

Henry Weber — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Sync your mail, calendars, contacts, tasks and notes between your computers, laptops and mobiles.
Supporting Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Outlook, iPhone and over 1000 other mobile handsets.
The Logic Behind itYou want to stay in sync no matter what device or machine you connect from... It's not a big ask, but the impact to your efficiency is enormous. However, surprisingly few providers can help unless you pay for an expensive Microsoft Exchange service. Thankfully, we have an alternatRead More...