Email Definition and 163 Threads

I receive excel spreadsheets as email attachments all the time. I usually open the email, then the attachment, then I copy and paste the data into an html form. A php program automatically enters the data into mysql properly formatted. I would like to automate the process so that anyone...

I had a phone interview a little over 3 weeks ago and at the conclusion of the conversation they told me that they would send an email telling me if I got the internship or not. I didn't send a follow up email yet, but now I am wondering if I should? Is it too late? Should I do anything other...

So I went to a bar with some friends, and it was completely packed. We decided to ask some people at a table if we could share it with them so we could sit (I'm living in Germany, and I guess people do this all the time, not like in the US where I'm from). So they of course let us sit down. And...

I live in the UK and I am hoping to start a PhD next October, so currently I am emailing potential supervisors about projects which I usually start off with a cover letter and a CV, however I don't seem to be getting any replies back! This includes some professors who I have emailed before...

Hello, I am beginning to apply for graduate schools. Normally I wouldn't have thought to email the professors I am interested in working with on research. However, I heard from a professor that when they were applying to graduate schools they were only accepted to those programs that they...

Hey guys, I have a question about email addresses in a journal paper. It is natural for authors who are professors to leave their .edu email addresses because are rarely changed. But what about for an undergrad? I am graduating in 2 years and the school will delete my account after I...

Unresponsive teacher via email -- how long do I wait? I emailed a professor about an issue, and he replied that he'd check into it. The next day, I emailed him back thanking him and asking if he would email me back with his findings. he sent the first response last Wednesday, and I haven't...

Recently, I am reading a paper from Ezra T Newman (in Pittsburg); I want to Email him to ask him a question about his paper. Unfortunately, I am an undergraduate have no such experiences. How should I write? Is there any templete?

Consider the email message source below, and answer the questions that follow. Return-path: <xxxx@xxxx.xxx> Received: from cs.smith.edu (scinix.smith.edu [131.229.72.8]) by gwsmtp1.smith.edu with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:17:33 -0400 Received: by cs.smith.edu (Postfix) id D8D19EEC01...

Hello, I would like to ask a question on sending TEX formulas in email. If I paste TEX code directly into an email client, will it be readable by the recipient? Does it depend on the email client they use? The most popular email client perhaps is MS Outlook, so does that support TEX...

The box where you type in your email in yahoo mail includes a "bing" search option I cannot erase from my email messages. How do I get rid of this? I just want to type emails with nothing in the text box. I use firefox as my main browser if that helps any. This is very annoying whenever I try...

I've sent a few emails to someone, and in their reply in my inbox, the email address would show up in the From column. But in their latest reply, their full name showed up. Why is that? I didn't add them as a contact either.

I'll be applying to grad schools over the next few months, and I've talked to a few professors at my university who have told me that it would be a good idea to find professors whose research specializes in what I'm interested in and email them, telling them a little about myself and that I'm...

Okay, so basically I have a university email address and a gmail account. Generally I autoforward all emails to my gmail account and reply to the emails by using an option that replies to emails by my university address rather than my Gmail account. But sometimes this option results in this...

Hello all, I am currently emailing a professor asking if he would be willing to mentor me and take me under as an intern. Unfortunately I do not know what is etiquette to state in an email such as this. Ultimately I am asking to meet and discuss the matter but I am unsure how to propose the...

Does anybody know Michael Spivak's email?I want to ask him some questions in his book.

Hello, I recently got a "joke" email with this problem in it. The student drew an elephant in the middle of the ramp & answered "b" with: No, there is an elephant in the way. It is relevant to my current studies, so I worked it out and would like to know if I am correct. Please see...

I started to receive a lot of spam recently from my computer site and a friend suggested me that is because I have my email address listed in plain text on my contact page, and that I should turn it into an image instead. How do I turn my email address into an image?

I've been wondering this for a while. One of my teachers is particularly nasty in her emails to me. She has no problem critiquing me to the point of attempted embarrassment (getting other student's inputs about me to base her critique). She also has no problem yelling at me if I accidentally...

how do I know if a guy’s email account has been hijacked by someone who sends a message to me? can I know who has sent the e-mail I received, the guy himself or the hijacker?

It looks like my desktop was infected with a virus due to a fault in Norton* that caused it to not update its virus definitions. The virus turned the system into a zombie, sending out spam. Now many ISPs are identifying my IP as a source of spam and are refusing all email from me. Norton...

Is there a client that allows the "conversation" style display of emails like on Gmail?

I applied for a REU program in our department one week ago, and I just received an email today. I think I was in when I read the first sentence, but as it turns out it is not. Dear XXX, We are very impressed with your application to join our REU team in theoretical astrophysics and...

Hi everyone, I recently an email in my account, which I've copied and pasted below. It's apparently from the daughter of a deposed leader in Nigeria requesting help to access her funds worth a whopping USD $72.5M! That's a lot of money and all I have to do is give her my number and account.. and...

I am communicating with other researchers in neuroscience. Sometime they don't have access to a paper we may be discussing. For example the university access i have (Athens) has limits with each major publisher having some journals subscribed to Athens and some not. I wanted to know what...

I guess I will post not answered emails so that I can improve my ideas, or perhaps, seek better ideas to whom send a similar message. ********* Dear Petr Horava, In your article you say that your result reproduces the lattice computations of J. Ambjørn, J. Jurkiewicz, and R. Loll...

Name : Email : Optional 1.How would you describe yourself? 2.What influenced you to choose this career? 3.What specific goals have you established for your career? 4.How many years of schooling did you have to go through to become an engineer? 5.What kind of things do you do on...

Hello, Does MySpace Tom have a public personal email listed outside of MySpace? Why outside of MySpace? Yes that is why I need Tom's email. MySpace has been freezing on me for maybe about 2 or 3 weeks now. My computer is fine but it's with MySpace. I was just on it a little while ago. I have...

hi I was wondering, if there was a way , if i created a new hotmail address, that messages sent to my old address are automaticly transferred to my new one. Or, if this could not be done with hotmail settings, a program that creates a process at startup that will automaticly check messages...

Hey there folks, Does anyone know if there are any email programs out there where you could embed latex commands much like in this form with the tex and /tex commands. I think it would be pretty cool if there were. Rich

Hello, Is it possible to get someone's Myspace email if I only have their name? Like this: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3317186 I know the guy in person but don't have his email after he changed it. I noticed he was last online of 3/30/2005. I...

Hey all, My 12 year old son wants an email account. We discussed some basic rules which he agreed to so I told him I would hook him up with gmail. The youngster for some reason balked at gmail and insisted on msn hotmail. I told him I would look at the merits of each and decide. I use gmail and...

Hey guys, I am learning Java and am attempting a project from a book, but I have run into a problem. I don't have an issue when it comes to harvesting an address that has whitespace on both sides. My issues come when a) the input doesn't contain whitespace on either side of an address and b) the...

http://www.physics.wustl.edu/~katz/scientist.html Don't Become a Scientist! Jonathan I. Katz Professor of Physics Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. [my last name]@wuphys.wustl.edu Are you thinking of becoming a scientist? Do you want to uncover the mysteries of nature...

I want to reinstall Windows Xp soon, as I got a virus and after cleaning the computer doesn't work as smooth as before. I gives some strange erros and sometimes it justs hangs up... I want to backup Outlook Express emails and settings before reinstall, and restore afterwards. Any help?

I need to upgrade from Windows Me to Windows Xp, anyone can please tell me how can I backup everything in Outlook Express for an easy restore after reinstalling Windows?

Hi, I have just received an email from Jorge Pullin about this seminar: "[URL International Loop Quantum Gravity Seminar[/URL] I apologise in case this has already been posted here. Best wishes, Christine

Just need a quick clarifier. If I purchase a domain name, and I have any ISP that gives me an email address, is that all I need to be able to establish an email address (by aliasing I presume) with my new domain ? Example: 1] I'm paying $9.95 for dial-up service on cheapoISP.com, so my...

My email account only let's me receive 1000 emails per 24 hour period. Today both my mom and my boss sent me the same number of emails. My girlfriend sent me 15 times what either of them did. Over 90% of my emails were pure junk mail. I got some that wanted to show me my credit report. 3 times...

I am trying to send a .java file as an attachment in my email. the problem is that when guy who received my email open his email, all he see s is the java code in plan text format. I want the person who received my email to open the attachment, and automatically invoke his java compiler, and my...

I received an email that tried to bully me into supporting the Republican party by donating money. They also addressed it to my dad, who is not very supportive of any Republican agendas or stances. Creepy email anyhow. Never been so immediately accosted by such intense propaganda. I don't want...

Never, have I ever gotten ANY spam. I just got three phishing emails in the last two days. I hope this isn't the start of a trend. How the hell did my email address get out? I think the emails were sent through a brute force kind of messaging system. I never ever give out my personal email to...

Hi, I have been pondering the notion of asking out a former TA of mine. She was in charge of the lab in which I was enrolled last quarter. Though I never really talked to her, I did catch her gaze a few times. I didn't think asking someone out while in the subordinate position of TA and...

Hi, I wonder if there is a proper way of discussing physics and maths in email. Of course, you can just use the LaTeX code, and mostly everybody will understand it. But wouldn't it be nicer if you got real formulas displayed in your Email-prog instead? But until now I found no email-program...

I just received the following email; ... Well I tried to copy and paste it, but the whole email is a link, and I cannot copy the text. The jist of the email was saying that I needed to verify personal info. After following the link and signing into my account it asked me for my cretit card...

What is the difference between Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, which one can I best use to download the emails in my hotmail account. And also: where are the emails stored when they are downloaded?

I'm in need of an interview with anyone filling the job description of a physicist. Just a few basic questions about the education required for the job, characteristics of people in the job, the type of work done, availability of jobs in the field, etc. Anyone with a degree in physics and an...

Can anyoen name me a good spam filter (i.e. one that cuts out the vast majority spam, but doesn't get rid of genuine correspondace, even when that corresponadnce is not solicited).

Hi, I am new here and this is the first time for me to use this kind of a forum and I think that I delete by mistake my first post so here it is again. I am a russin student and I got an email with this attached file (I got newer version of it yesterday). It looks very interesting but...

I've been talking to this girl for the past few weeks, and we've really been getting along. We even went to get drinks (tea, I'm only 17) on Wednesday at this one college. Things were going great, and I was ready to ask her to prom... (Saturday morning)--- I'm talking to her online, and...