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[4 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Windows defaulting to Outlook Express

I was working on a PC that had a multifunction printer: the user was scanning to email via Samsung’s MFP utility but it was opening Outlook Express instead of the default email client Thunderbird.  Since Outlook Express had never been used it started the new user wizard which was a pain.
Checked the Samsung application for settings but it wouldn’t let you pick which application opened when you selected “Scan to email”.  I then checked in Thunderbird that it was the default mail client, which it was.  This was further confirmed …

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[1 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

I love Amazon: they carry most of the books, music and movies I want at a decent discount.  I don’t enjoy their sales emails so I logged into my account and checked a box labeled “Receive no e-mail
(Excluding transactional e-mail)”.  Immediately following that I received this email:
You have successfully changed your communication preferences.
You wish to not receive the following

Amazon.ca E-mail

Legal notices
The terms and conditions of shopping at Amazon.com (If you choose not to receive legal notices by e-mail, you will need to check our Web …

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[9 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

I was a subscriber to Windows IT Pro magazine since it was Windows NT. Recently, as have quite a few print publications, Windows IT Pro and their publisher Penton started soliciting their subscribers with a ton of crap, all from them (at least no third parties, but PC World did that to me) offering white papers, seminars and such. They provided an opt out at the bottom of the email, which I used since they are a well known publisher. I then received this email:
Dear IT Professional …