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MINIMIZE AND MAXIMIZE
KEEP IT CLEAN
JUST THE FAX
BOUNCE!
HOW MANY STAMPS DO I NEED...
KC NETTOOLS UPDATED
CRITICAL HASSLE
SPOOFED EMAILS
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They save time and can even reduce injuries from mishandling that silly mouse.
Here are two that will help you MINIMIZE and MAXIMIZE your windows.
How Do I Minimize An Active Window?
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Press (Alt + spacebar + N)
How Do I Maximize An Active Window?
Press (Alt + spacebar + X)
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What you may not know is how cheap and easy it is to fax from your computer.
Basically there are two methods: FAX SOFTWARE and INTERNET FAXING.
For PC users we recommend the FREE fax program that comes with Windows 95 and
Windows 98: Microsoft FAX or MS FAX.
When to use MS Fax? For users with limited, occasional need for a basic FAX
utility MS FAX fits the bill. The next step up would be a program such as WinFax
Pro.
The Microsoft Fax Windows Messaging (also known as "At Work Fax" or "MS Fax") comes built in with Windows 98. It's also available on the Windows 98 installation CD but you have to install it separately.
But lets get back to MS Fax. Microsoft did a great job of hiding it on the Windows 98 CD as an optional accessory.
MS Fax is on the Win98 CD-ROM in the subdirectory *\ tools \ oldwin95 \ message \ us*
How to Install MS Fax from the Win 98 CD
1)Pop the Windows 98 CD in your CD-ROM drive.
When the Installation screen comes up, click Browse This CD, and navigate to
the *Tools/OldWin95/Message/Us* folder.
2) Look for *wms-fax.txt* file in that folder. Read that first.
3) Next find and run *wms.exe*. This will install Windows Messaging.
Huh? Why are we installing Windows Messaging? Well in order to use Microsoft Fax you must be running Windows Messaging, Outlook or Exchange Client. Why? Microsoft says MS Fax "requires a Full MAPI Client in order to function, such as Microsoft Exchange, Windows Messaging, Microsoft Exchange Server Client or the full version of Outlook (which you can download from http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload).
4) Then find and run *awfax.exe*, this installs MS Fax.
Note: MS Fax is NOT supported in Windows Me. Using Microsoft Fax in Windows Me may result in errors or data loss, or both.
MS Fax Links:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q152196
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/jump/0,24331,2391615,00.html
http://www.pcnet-online.com/content/communications/199901.htm
http://www.avocet.org/faq/section4.html
Next month: an update on INTERNET FAXING
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When you send your email to a list, your email delivery software takes your message and generates individual emails for each of the intended recipients.
HOW DOES EMAIL REACH ITS DESTINATION?
For each delivery, your system must accomplish several things. First, for each
recipient (e.g. netgirl@aol.com), your system needs to look up the domain (e.g.,
aol.com) and mail server (e.g., mymailserver.aol.com). Chances are, it will
find them. Every once in a while, a hiccup occurs (perhaps on your end, perhaps
on theirs -- doesn't matter), and the domain look-up fails. Bounce!
If the domain look-up succeeds, your mail delivery program attempts to connect
to the recipient mail server.
If:
(1) the mail server is too busy, or
(2) doesn't like the way your system is talking to it, or
(3) has a list saying it shouldn't listen to your system at all, it will reject
your connection.
In all three cases: Bounce.
Even if your message makes it through the gauntlet above and connects to the mail server, it's not home free yet. Next, your system needs to see if the intended recipient (e.g., netgirl of netgirl@aol.com) exists on that mail server /and/ if he has the right and the disk space to accept email.
If all those conditions are met, the content of the email is transmitted (assuming there's no network failure) and boom, we're done. With multiple points of failure, it's likely even a few good email addresses will bounce from time to time. NEVER use email if you want to be sure that a message reaches the recipient!
WHY EMAIL BOUNCES
The main reason that email BOUNCES is that addresses simply go bad. People change
jobs, change ISPs, and so on. When they go, their email addresses rarely follow
them.
The other primary reason is users run out of space. A proliferation of Web-based email accounts means everybody and his 90-year-old grandmother has a Yahoo! or Hotmail account or two... or three. With only a few megabytes of storage space, inboxes fill up quickly. If you try to deliver mail to a full account, you'll get a warning message, saying something like "User over quota."
A dirty address list will have a very low response rate. If 30 percent of the
people you're attempting to deliver to don't exist, you bet they won't be among
your respondents. In other words, they'll sink your response rate.
Clean your address list, raise your response rate!
OK, but how? First buy yourself a little scale. Then BOOKMARK the proper website!
In the USA you can store these USPS websites in your browser for further reference:
INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE CALCULATOR:
http://ircalc.usps.gov/
DOMESTIC POSTAGE CALCULATOR:
http://postcalc.usps.gov/
Look for similar sites in other countries! In Germany click on http://www.deutschepost.de/ and select the "Portokalkulator"
But we won't bother you with all the gory details... just have a look for yourself:
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When I oblige and visit their website they want me to update my Windows Media Player to their latest greatest version. The one that has "privacy invasion" written all over it. Thanks Bill Gates, but no thanks!
Not interested either? Prefer to call the shots yourself?
Here's how to uninstall Windows Critical Update Notification for good:
1. Click * Start*, point to * Settings*, and then click *Control Panel*.
2. Double-click *Add/Remove Programs*.
3. Click *Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification*.
4. Click *Add/Remove*.
Bookmark our FAQ Tips site!
WinTips, WebTips, ImageTips, Shopping Tips and more:
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I did send that virus. It says so in the email!
So I must be the one that sent it right? Well don't be so sure. It used to be that if someone emailed a virus to you, you emailed back and chewed them out for their foolishness. Today you can't do that!
Why? Because the KLEZ VIRUS has been wreaking chaos around the world by SPOOFING email addresses it sends itself from.
Rather than mail itself out using the address of the person infected, it takes a random name from the infected person's address book and mails itself out as that person. That makes it impossible to figure out which infected person's machine sent that email to you.
So this "worm" (similar to a virus) uses a technique known as "spoofing." It can use a randomly chosen address that it finds on an infected computer as the "From:" address.
So now users of uninfected computers are getting complaints that they sent an infected message to someone else!
How to avoid becoming infected with such a virus? Two rules:
FIRST RULE:
Never ever ever open an ATTACHMENT received via email if you didn't know it
was coming. Put the email in question is a separate folder, then email the person
back and ask them what it is.
You are as likely to receive an email virus from someone you do know as you are from someone you don't know. The reason for this is because nearly all email virii spread by mailing themselves out to everyone in your address book.
SECOND RULE:
get a good, updated anti-virus and scan every program you download before you
run it.
For starters you can try using the FREE online virus scanner from Trend Micro
here:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
There is really no way to prevent receiving a spoofed email. If you get an odd-looking email from someone, there are ways of telling if it is fake. The simplest way would be to simply reply to it and ask for clarification. If that is not an option, you could look at the headers to see where the email originated from.
Exercise common sense. If the email is insulting, asks for confidential, or doesn't make any sense, find out if it really is "from" the person it says it's "from".
Remember kids, play it safe on the net:
1) Don't trust internet fairy tales.
2) Scan for viruses.
3) Verify your email warnings here:
http://www.kahl.net/hoax
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And that's about it. Now turn off your computer. Go OUTSIDE!
Cheers,
Alex
Kahl Consultants
http://www.kahl.net
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When Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Kirsch gets a pet peeve, beware.
Tired of his fax machine whirring at 3 a.m. with unsolicited faxes, Kirsch plans to file two suits against Fax.com, the country's largest fax-broadcasting company.
Kirsch is seeking an astronomical $500 billion in statutory damages -- an unprecedented amount that may garner media attention but likely would never be awarded.
``This is not a publicity stunt; our goal is to shut Fax.com down and make any advertiser thinking of sending an unsolicited fax think twice,'' Kirsch said.
He had to be talked down to that damage amount, confided an adviser.
Kirsch is seeking class-action status for a federal suit and a separate California one, saying that ``Fax.com has fax numbers for every machine in the U.S.''
Kirsch's suits come two weeks after the Federal Communications Commission proposed a $5.38 million fine against Fax.com, based in Orange County. That fine has also prompted renewed interest in toughening California law banning junk faxes, and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has subpoenaed Fax.com records as part of an investigation.
Kirsch acknowledged that junk e-mail has become a bigger headache than junk faxes, but said the laws governing faxes are stronger.
Spammers, however, could be next, he warned.
``I have the resources, time and money,'' he said.
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