From controlling Spam, to preventing viruses, we'll try to add basic tips on how to utilize your email better.
Some things might be topical, as Spammers change their techniques often, sometimes negating older advice.
We'll add Mail related tips to this section, as different issues pop up.
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Written by Brian Shea
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
Start unsubscribing people.
Some of you have probably heard the advice of "Don't unsubscribe, because that only verifies your email address."
That's so 1999. How about following advice from 2007. If you don't want to be on a mailing list, unsubscribe. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 May 2007 )
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Read more... [Yes, it's safe to UnSubscribe!]
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Written by Webmaster
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
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Should you know who is sending you emails? Like Caller ID on your phone, it's important to know who is actually trying to contact you. With a phone, we can decide to pickup or not. We can even set up the phone to reject any calls from callers blocking their number. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 27 April 2007 )
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Read more... [Verifying Senders of Email]
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Written by Brian
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Friday, 01 September 2006 |
Ever notice how a lot of spam come through with just First Names?
Spammers like to use this technique because everyone probably knows a Joe, John, Mary.
However,
I'm sure that while you are quickly scanning through 100 junk emails on
Monday morning, you are pretty much ignoring most of those First Names,
even if it's your sister's name.
Uh oh. How does YOUR name display in your emails? Is it Spam Like?
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 30 January 2007 )
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Read more... [Display Your Name Properly in Email]
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Written by Brian
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Sunday, 30 July 2006 |
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As I was checking
the spam filters on the server this morning, I saw a
wave of crap from bogus earthlink accounts.
The main reason is
that your website (yourdomainname.com) is set to send ALL email
addressed to that domain to you. (Default Address)
This is not a good
setup, as you then get hit by dictionary attacks where they send to every name
and word @yourdomainname.com, AND it gets
delivered.
A better setup is to
decide what addresses you are actually going to expect mail to, like 'info@', 'sales@', 'BigDaddy@', and set those
up as Individual forwards. Then set Default Address to:
:fail: (yes, include the colons). This will tell the server to not
accept any mail except for 'known' addresses (your forwards, or if you setup a
mail account).
You'll see a
huge decrease in spam.
Brian
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 30 January 2007 )
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