Right Clicking In Gmail Will Unveil Its New Features

When is a right click more than just a right click?  When Google reveals its latest changes to Gmail, of course!

The tech giant has recently announced that they’re going to be overhauling Gmail’s right click menu options. This will enhance its value by adding more and better functionality, with an eye toward improving the overall user experience.

The current right click menu offers the following functionality:

  • Move to Tab
  • Archive
  • Mark as Read
  • Delete

The coming changes will expand to include:

  • Search options
  • Reply and Forward functionality
  • Snooze
  • Mark as Unread
  • Movement Options
  • Labeling
  • The option to open an email in a new tab

You won’t have to take any action to gain the benefits of these new features.  The pending update will make them available to all Gmail users automatically.

In terms of a time frame, Rapid Release domains will begin receiving the update on February 11th 2019 although it can take up to fifteen days for the new features to become visible. The roll-out to the general public is slated for February 22nd, although it could be up to three days before the new menu options become visible to all users.

These are fantastic additions and we can hardly wait to start using them.  Odds are excellent that Google’s recent changes will have ripple effects that extend far beyond Gmail, too.  The reality is that menu functions tend to get taken for granted.  At this point, they’re so well established and entrenched that most people don’t even consider the possibility of tweaking them to improve overall functionality.

That’s unfortunate, but given the coming changes, the hope is that it will prompt other email providers and software vendors in general to go back to the drawing board and reassess their time-honored menu options to see what other improvements can be realized.

Email Provider VFEmail Had All Data Destroyed By Attacker

Do you use VFEmail?  If so, we’ve got bad news for you.

Hackers have successfully attacked the system and wiped all data from all of its servers in the US.

All data on those servers has been lost.  That means every email you had in your inbox and everything you had archived is gone.

According to a company spokesman, “At this time, the attacker has formatted all the disks on every server.  Every VM is lost.  Every file server is lost.  Every backup server is lost.”

The hackers made no attempt to lock files and ransom them.  They simply went in and destroyed, opting for maximum damage, and they succeeded. Although attempts are being made to restore the data, the outlook isn’t good.  Odds are overwhelmingly against anyone ever getting so much as a single email back.  Even if some data is ultimately recovered, users should not expect to get more than a fraction of their data back.

At this point, the company’s website is up and running again, but all of its secondary domains are down. These include:

  • Toothandmail.com
  • Powdermail.com
  • Openmail.cc
  • Offensivelytolerant.com
  • Metadatamitigator.com
  • Manlymail.net
  • Clovermail.net
  • Mail-on.us
  • Chewiemail.com

When you log onto your VFEmail account, you’ll be greeted with an empty inbox.

This isn’t the first time that VFEmail has come into the crosshairs of a hacking group.  In late 2015 a group called the Armada Collective targeted VFE and others with a massive DDoS attack, demanding ransom payments to halt the attack.  Unfortunately, this time, the hackers weren’t interested in taking prisoners or making money.

Sadly, this isn’t the first time a company has been brought to almost complete destruction.  In 2014, a company called Code Spaces was forced to close its doors when hackers breached their system and did the same thing.

If it can happen to Code Spaces and VFEmail, it can happen to your company too.  Beware.