A list of tech platforms for productivity purposes, as alternatives to larger platforms.
Read MoreMessengers
Full integration, editable calendar with two-way synchronisation – more complicated than it could be: https://frightanic.com/apple-mac/thunderbird-icloud-calendar-sync/:
- Create an app-specific password for Thunderbird in Apple Account
- Go to iCloud online Calendar to get your user-ID, server number, and calendar ID
- target format: https://<server-number>-caldav.icloud.com/<user-id>/calendars/<calendar-id>/
- Start dev tools in browser, clear history
- filter for string: “collections”
- fetch only XHR
- deactivate and reactivate target calendar
- extract user, server, and calendar ID from recording in dev tools
the URL looks like: https://<server-number>-calendarws.icloud.com/ca/collections/<calendar-id>?……&dsid=<user-id>&….
- Open new calendar in Thunderbird, choose “On the Network”
- Add iCloud-user as username
- Add calendar URL: https://<server-number>-caldav.icloud.com/<user-id>/calendars/<calendar-id>/
- Provide app-specific password
- Finish.
For the sync of contacts, the URL is: https://<serverID>-contacts.icloud.com/<user>/carddavhome/card/. See: https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1384897.
Read MoreOpen-Source Winforms application for uploading files to VirusTotal (virustotal.com): github.com/SamuelTulach/VirusTotalUploader.
Read More[German] Large collection of Outlook Tools and Add-ins, for mails, calendar, contacts, security/virus scanning, and more: outlook-stuff.com/tools.html.
Read MoreSeveral tools can help to check the risk for your emails to be qualified as SPAM.
Microsoft Smart Network Data Services (SNDS)
SNDS is a free service Microsoft offers to senders that provides high-level insight on how subscribers rate the email they receive as well as the health of an IP address as viewed by the Outlook.com system. SNDS provides data based on actual email sent to Outlook.com subscribers. The metrics include:
- Spam complaints
- SmartScreen filter results
- Spam trap hits
SNDS data can help improve your understanding of how the Outlook.com filters and users rate your email: sendersupport.olc.protection.outlook.com/snds.
Mail-Tester
Free tool to check newsletter’s and email’s SPAM score and quality: mail-tester.com.
Read MoreExtract key data from your emails, automatically. Integrates directly with any major email provider, tell Mailparser what data to extract and where to send it: mailparser.io/integrations.
Read MoreForget about spam, advertising mailings, hacking and attacking robots. Keep your real mailbox clean and secure. Temp Mail provides temporary, secure, anonymous, free, disposable email address: https://temp-mail.org.
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