If you already have email in outlook you can skip these steps

  1. Setup Thunderbird to get mail and connect to your Gmail using IMAP – instructions here
  2. Import the PST file to your Outlook

Import emails from outlook to Thunderbird

  1. Go to Thunderbird

  1. Click Tools -> Import -> Select what you want to import

  1. You should now see your mails in your Thunderbird by now,
18 November

Backup Mac Mail

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Leopard 10.5 & Snow Leopard 10.6:

  1. Click Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
  2. From the View menu, choose Time Machine, Click “Select Backup Disk”.
  3. Choose a disk where backups will be stored, then click “Use for Backup”.

Tiger 10.4:
To back up entire mailboxes (where Mail stores messages), such as your Inbox, follow these steps:

  1. Quit Mail if it’s open.
  2. From the Finder’s Go menu, choose Home.
  3. Open the Library folder.
  4. Copy the folder “Mail” to your backup location, such as a different volume or burnable disc. Important: Do not remove the Mail folder from ~/Library. If you’re backing up to the same volume, hold the Option key as you drag the folder to make a copy instead of moving it (a “+” cursor appears).

You can restore backed-up mailboxes at any time by quitting Mail and following the above steps, except for the last step where you copy your backed up Mail folder to ~/Library, instead of from it.

A QR Code is a matrix barcode, they have been around for some time and are catching on more and more.
What you need is a camera or app on your iphone, android phone to read it and convert the image to link, text message, phone number or website.
My recommended apps for IPhone and Android is the same app, very fast and works well.
Download and try NeoReader: IPhone, Android
qrcode
Try this one out and see what you get

Open up a window and set view to what ever settings you want it to be. I like detailed list clicking on View and then click on Details

Click on Tools -> Folder Options

Then click on View and Apply to all folders, this will then set all folders next time you open folder to same view threw out.

When you get a new keyboard or are moving machines sometimes the @ symbol is in the wrong position, here is how to fix it.

  1. Click Start and then Control Panel
  2. In Control Panel, if you are in Category View, click on Switch to Classic View ( left corner)
  3. Click on Regional and Language Options
  4. Click on the Languages tab. 5. Go to Text services and input languages, click on the Details button.
  5. Click Add language and add Ireland as a region.
  6. Change default lanaguage to Ireland and reboot computer (if its the other way around you need it change it to US keyboard layout)

Using 3g dongals can sometimes block outgoing mail settings even on authenticated email sending.
This is down to smtp port 25 being blocked
Solution:
Got into your account settings and change port to 587 and click send and receive things should work.

1 November

Setup internet home page

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Internet Explorer
How To Set Your Browser Start Page in Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Go to website your want to set as your home page and hit enter
4. Go to toolbar at the top of browser, and click on “Tools”, then “Internet Options”.
5. Press the “Use Current” button to specify this page as your home page.
Firefox
How to Set Your Browser Start Page in Firefox
1. Open Firefox
2. Go to website your want to set as your home page.
3. Click on Tools, then Options.
4. Click on “Use Current Page.”