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Tips Useful tidbits from PCMag editorial staff, Labs analysts, and readers vanishing email If you think your e-mail messages are disappearing, they may just be hidden.
Disappearing E-mail If you’re finding e-mails from your Windows Mail or Outlook Express inbox go missing right after you’ve read them, closed the program, then reopened it, don’t panic. Most likely, the messages are perfectly safe, and you just managed to accidentally change a setting in Windows Mail that hides messages once you’ve read them. It’s easy enough to fix. From the menu, select View | Current View; you’ll see that Hide Read Messages is checked. Click Show All Messages and the problem is solved. Both OE and Windows Mail can optionally display a toolbar whose sole purpose is to manage hiding or showing already-read messages, but that seems a bit unnecessary 74 PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION NOVEMBER 2009
for a setting that’s rarely changed. —Neil J. Rubenking iPHONE
Find Wi-Fi Networks on your iPhone If you have an iPhone, you don’t need a separate dongle to find an open wireless connection for your laptop. Simply take out your iPhone, tap Settings, select WiFi, then open Choose a network to see which WiFi networks are available wherever you are. This trick is perfect for checking to see if it’s worth hauling out and booting up your laptop in your local library or coffee shop, or for checking whether your home network is visible from that corner of the garage or basement where you’re considering moving your desktop.
