I’ve used Mail & Entourage for Mac in the past but did not set them up again when I installed Snow Leopard.  I had heard about Thunderbird, but didn’t really think about using it until yesterday when I updated my Firefox and it was advertised the new version.  What sold me was that this new version of Thunderbird has tabs and easier account creation with port auto-detection for incoming and outgoing SMTP/POP connections. This enables accounts to be created by users who don’t know what port to use for outgoing and incoming SMTP/POP connections.

So I downloaded it and Kyle and I spent about an hour configuring my 4 email accounts.  Everything seemed to work fine until this morning when I went online and saw that all my emails sent out last night were replied to via my personal Gmail account.  I tried to troubleshoot, find answers online and did everything I could to figure it out and I could not get Thunderbird 3.0.1 to configure properly with my Google Apps accounts.  I’m disappointed because I really liked the Thunderbird layout, especially the tabbed inboxes.

I decided to try and configure Mail to see if it was a problem with the servers and set up all four email accounts within 30 minutes.  I hadn’t even opened Mail since upgrading my OS and I really like the newer version.  My iCal & Address Book synch automatically with Mail and all three are synched to the Google & Google Apps accounts.  My Inboxes are all separated and all “labels” have translated to “folders”.  I can customize my email signature and have one for each acount, a a Reminders section with  Notes and a To Do list and Mail also imports all the messages from my Gmail & Apps Drafts, Sent & Starred labels (folders) .

I’m deleting Thunderbird & Entourage and going with Mail.

]]> http://www.kaponetwo.com/2010/03/23/thunderbid-3-0-is-not-what-i-thought-it-would-be/feed/ 2 http://www.kaponetwo.com/2010/03/21/i-am-inspired/ http://www.kaponetwo.com/2010/03/21/i-am-inspired/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:28:53 +0000 Carly http://www.kaponetwo.com/?p=2455 Just had a great work hang with Casie.  We brainstormed a whole bunch and got a lot of things figured out.  I am feeling so positive and inspired about the future and our collaboration.

She posted this on her tumblr @ me

This week has been so crazy busy and I’m behind on work stuff so Show and Tell will be late, as will my wrap up of the event.

Here are some posts that Sean Ward, Romi, Melissa & Jane wrote about last night.

• how to get – and keep – the attention of movers and shakers in your industry
• how to turn your everyday life into compelling content
• how to brand yourself online
• what programs and applications to use to host your site, keep track of your statistics, and promote yourself & your blog

You’ll also get a chance to ask questions and we’re going to be having drinks and networking after they speak.  I’m really looking forward to it and I hope to see some of you out IRL.

The four of us had a sushi meeting last week and Sean made this video to promote our event. I continue to be awkward on camera and I hope you guys enjoy it.

My agency, along with the talent in the New Media division are putting on a social media seminar on March 18 from 6-9pm

It will feature Raymi the Minx, Casie Stewart and Sean Ward followed by drinks and networking.

Click here for more  info and to purchase tickets.

Hope you can make it!

Meet Carly-Anne Fairlie of The Fairlie Agency. Carly-Anne noticed that most of the work was going to the people on her roster who are active on Youtube and social media so the natual thing to do was to go full-force. The founded the Toronto Blog Stars and now she represents Raymi, Casie, and me. Stay tuned for the announcement of our first big event together.

Thank you Sean for posting about me & the agency!

I was really impressed with Scott’s presentation.  He was very engaging and I actually took notes and learned a lot.  If you follow me on Twitter you likely saw my favourite quotes of the evening:

“Twitter is my trusted Google”

“Twitter is like a water cooler for Entrepreneurs”

“If you don’t know who the creepy dude is in your office, you are the creepy dude”

He really gets social media and his philosophy “stop marketing, start engaging” makes sense.  Scott/UnMarketing started on Twitter in Jan 2009 and logged 7,000 tweets in his first month to be relevant.  This hard work earned him a book deal and I am definitely going to read it when it comes out.  Thanks to UnMarketing & Refresh Events for putting on a great event.

Afterwards I went with Sean, new friend Sheldon & Casie to her house for a food and a hang before Kathryn picked my up to go to our next event.  It was a blast hanging with you guys and we’ll have to do it again soon!

pr agency

Click the link to read the announcement!

Hope you are all having a great day.

Tomorrow I am making an announcement at my agency.  It’s the first new challenge I am undertaking in 2010 and I am excited about it.  I was thinking a lot today about where I was this time last year and I realized that I had made my most important goal of 2009 come true.  To work for myself and not need another job to pay the bills.  Now I am certainly not living a life of luxury.  Being a commission-based business definitely has me pinching my pennies and cutting out a lot of the luxuries I enjoyed from a salaried position.  But I am no longer miserable for 8 hours a day.  I am the happiest that I have ever been in my adult life and I have a positive outlook (and plans) to help me grow my business and bring in more income.  I love what I do and where I am headed and I’m lucky to have the support of my family and friends.

It’s super easy to do and you don’t have to register for anything, just enter in your email address.

Click HERE and look for this nomination form:

Type in my info:

NOMINEE: kaponetwo
URL: http://www.kaponetwo.com/

You have to make 3 nominations, so add me and any two other blogs you like.  There are a bunch of different categories to choose from.  Feel free to nominate a blog from my Favourite Blogs on the sidebar.

Thank you!