What is Spam
In simplistic terms Spam, also known as Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (UBE), are e-mail messages that are unsolicited by the recipients. Often these unsolicited messages are sent to thousands of people at a time. Spammers are most often are motivated by commercial gain and the cost to spammers to send thousands of messages is next to nothing. Spammers will often attempt to hide the true source of the messages and will also often use the computers of Internet users without their knowledge to send their spam e-mails.
Never purchase anything from an unsolicited e-mail message
Aside from encouraging spammers to continue their practices, by purchasing spamvertised products your contact and billing information may be exposed to individuals that often times do not have any interest in protecting your privacy.
Be careful when filling out web forms
When you sign for anything on the web often times there will be a checkbox stating that is okay for your information to be sent to “third parties” Also, often times, this checkbox is already selected for you – so make sure that you pay close attention to the form before you click submit.
Use a disposable e-mail address
There are several sites that offer the creation of temporary email addresses. This temporary e-mail address can be used to fill out web forms without exposing your true email address. For an example check out http://www.trashmail.net/
Use the “remove me” link carefully
Unless you are dealing with a legitimate newsletter, never click the “remove me” or the “unsubscribe” link. This will almost certainly just verify to the spammer that he/she has reached a legitimate email address.
Use your Internet Service Provider’s anti-spam tools
Most every ISP provides some level of anti-spam protection at no additional charge. Take the time to check your ISP’s website on how to enable their anti-spam protection tools.
Miscellaneous ramblings on things mostly technology related. Microsoft, Vista, Exchange, BlackBerry, etc...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Outlook Dumpster On
Haven't worked any job where I haven't had to use this Oultlook registry hack. Recover deleted items for messages that were hard deleted. Note - Exchange message retention must be set for this feature to work.
Click Start.
Click run
type Regedit
Locate the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type DumpsterAlwaysOn, and then press ENTER.Double-click DumpsterAlwaysOn.
Type 1 in the Value data area, click Decimal in the Base area, and then click OK.
Close Registry Editor.
Restart Outlook
Click Start.
Click run
type Regedit
Locate the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type DumpsterAlwaysOn, and then press ENTER.Double-click DumpsterAlwaysOn.
Type 1 in the Value data area, click Decimal in the Base area, and then click OK.
Close Registry Editor.
Restart Outlook
An aside from technical stuff. Part 2
The most classic of recent South Park episodes. It almost had me interested in checking out the World of Warcraft. South Park WOW
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