Tag Archives: email

Removing encryption from (legitimate!) PDF files on Ubuntu

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Many service providers have started encrypting the statements that they send you. While at some level, it does add some amount of security when the path to your inbox is not very secure. However, it is sometimes a major pain … Continue reading →

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One liner to convert Maildir/ to mbox using mutt

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Sandip Bhattacharya

If .news/ is the maildir that you want to convert to the mbox news, this one-liner will do the job for you. mutt -f .news/ -e ‘set confirmcreate=no; set delete=no; push “T.*<enter>;snews<enter><quit>”‘ (Gleaned from this mailing list post )

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My first 419 mail in hindi!

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

My first 419 mail in hindi!, originally uploaded by Sandip Bhattacharya. Came to the moderator address of ILUGD. Interestingly, it was sent from a gmail account but asks you to mail to an yahoo account instead.

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Forwarding jokes, are you?

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Stop! I get too many forwarded jokes on my mail/cell already. And then there are those valiant souls who take upon them the moral responsibility of their entire generation by laboriously collecting snippets on a daily basis from all their … Continue reading →

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Yeah, and a J to you too!

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sandip Bhattacharya

I finally figured out why I kept seeing a mysterious “J” frequently in mails. I use Thunderbird, and it never struck me that what was common between all these mails is that they are all from Outlook users. It seems … Continue reading →

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Gmail’s crazy dot-in-your-email-address policy

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

According to this Gmail FAQ, Gmail doesn’t recognize dots (.) as characters within a username. This way, you can add and remove dots to your username for desired address variations. … If you created your account with a dot in … Continue reading →

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