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Regular readers will know I’m a big fan of MailWasher, which does a bang-up job of filtering the hundreds of Spam messages I receive every day, but here’s a lightweight alternative, called POP3 Preview, a simple little freeware application that lets you examine the contents of you mailbox, and delete the rubbish, before you download anything onto your PC. It’s incredibly easy to configure and use, just create an account – you’ll need your username, password and POP3 Server address, and it’s good to go.

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WHOOPS! Whilst attempting to enhance its email service yesterday, Yahoo! Broke it completely. “While we were working on an improvement to our email delivery systems, email delivery was inadvertently suspended for some members of some groups,” admits the company.

“Unfortunately, while messages posted to affected groups during this time were saved to group archives, the messages cannot now be delivered via email.” But the answer is simple, say Yahoo! Boffins. “You may want to suggest that your members resend any messages they had sent between yesterday afternoon and this morning, if they want to ensure they are read by other members.”

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An Ohio woman is suing Yahoo for $20 million for allegedly using a photograph of her when advertising Yahoo e-mail services, Google Watch has learned. According to a complaint filed in Ohio federal court, the woman, Shannon Stovall, learned of the alleged misuse of her likeness after she signed up for Yahoo e-mail.

An image of Stovall (left) was included in the sign-up confirmation e-mail sent to Stovall’s new Yahoo e-mail address. Stovall, who is represented by attorneys from three firms read: not a pro se lawsuit is alleging Yahoo violated her right to publicity and right to privacy.

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