Mail Authentication

Email authentication helps prevent spam. new settings in your mail server attempt to equip email messages with verifiable information so that the nature of incoming and outgoing messages can be detected automatically.

These strategies have existed for some time, Continue reading

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Bigpond set to migrate mail users to Windows Live Mail

Some PB engineer wakes up one morning, crawls out of his warm bed, stumbles to the show and while imersed in warm water thinks… Hmmm we ARE having a bit of bother with this email. Lots of spam and constantly trying to sort problems.

I wonder how the good folk over at M$ make their Live mail work? In fact, I wonder if they would host our mail. Continue reading

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How hard is to to buy an eBook?

I had a visitor here a few days ago who recommended a book to me. Since I have a Kindle reader I decided to go to Amazon to check out if it were available and how much. I decided I would buy. By the time I got to my shopping cart on the site, I discovered I have bought the book and it was already delivered to my Kindle of choice.

The warning here? If you are not very careful when using web site you have an account with, you may find you have purchased something you were not certain you wanted.

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Apple Customers Beware of email Scam

If you get a message in your email, chances are it is a phishing attempt. Now I don’t have an apple account so I was immediately suspicious. Since I use Thunderbird for my email it also suggested the email was most likely a scam. What the sender is hoping is that there recipient is not aware that the offer of $100 is a fraud attempt. Continue reading

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