Tag Archives: email

How to redirect KCL email to any other address (solved!)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Brian

As a new student at King’s College London, I have been given a university email address with the format firstname.lastname@kcl.ac.uk. Although bearing the KCL domain name, the mailbox is accessed via Windows Live / Outlook Web App and hosted on … Continue reading →

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Configure Gmail to collect King’s College email

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Brian

Oh, just a quick post before I forget– I believe that it should be possible to configure Gmail (or other mail provider) to collect email from your King’s College email address. That way, you won’t need to manually check two … Continue reading →

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How to check if a Gmail email address exists

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Brian

Today, I wanted to check whether a Gmail email address existed without sending a message to that address. There was nothing covert about this–I just wanted to check whether the email address was available. I did this using telnet and … Continue reading →

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Search your Gmail account using text-based queries

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Brian

I’m a huge fan of Gmail for its speed, simplicity and power. Rather than try to do everything graphically, Gmail allows you to construct your own text-based searches. For me, an aficionado of Emacs, that’s a truly wonderful thing. For … Continue reading →

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