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I had an awful lot screwed up on my computer the last few days, but now we are back in business. I was reading a political blog about Hillary Clinton's campaign for President, and a screen popped up asking me to take a poll, which I did. It ran for a few seconds when I recognized it has a virus that was attacking my computer's register. I stopped it as quickly as possible, but some damage had already been done. When I tried to then sign on the Internet, it went to http://www.hillaryclinton.com/ and while I could navigate about the site, I couldn't go anyplace else. If you haven't read the Tip of the "Backup Internet Browser," you really should do so.

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Helpful Email Tips, Tricks & Resources
by Syd Tash

 Email is such an integral part of our lives now, that many of us cannot imagine how we ever got along without it.  So here are a bunch of things to do, not do, and keep in mind as we use this wonderful, maddening essential tool we call email.

Always sign out properly from your email account.  Do not just click the little “X” in the upper right corner.  Yes, this will indeed appear to close your email client, or program.  But your account may still be active.  The next user of your computer could click on your shortcut or icon to that program, and find themselves right back in your account.

If you use a public or shared computer, never step away from your PC while your email account is open.  Also, do not use your main email account to sign up for stuff unless it is from a trusted, respected source.  Get a fr ee web-based email account from Yahoo! Windows Live (Hotmail) or Gmail.  Do not believe email Subject Lines that claim “You requested this”.  Chances are, you did not.

Ever had this happen to you in Outlook Express (OE)?  Your list of Folders on the left-hand side of the screen suddenly goes missing in action.  Do not tear your hair out; the solution is simple.  See that word Inbox on the upper left, with the tiny down arrow next to it?  Click it, and your Folders will reappear!  BUT, you must now click the little push-pin in the Folders window, or they will soon disappear again.

You should change your OE password regularly, just as you change all your other passwords (I hope!).  Yes, there is a password in OE, even if you have the program set to remember it and you completely forgot all about it.  In principle, you could change your password by clicking File, Identities, Manage Identities, Properties.  Click Change Password.  Or you may have to click the box Require a password then click Change Password.

However, this can be a tricky business, and you could lose OE entirely. So your best bet is to call your Internet Service Provider and have them help you with this change.

To surf the Web more safely and securely, get The Cloak to set up a proxy for you.  A proxy server sits between you and the Internet.  Web sites you visit through the proxy will think the proxy server is your home computer, and will be unable to see any of your own information.  For example, Web sites will attempt to put cookies on the proxy, not on your computer.  Go here to set it up: http://www.the-cloak.com/anonymous-surfing-home.html

 Finally, if you want to find someone’s email address, just plug their name into your favorite search engine.  If that does not work, add any other information you may have, such as their physical address, profession, etc.

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Syd Tash is a noted computer security consultant and author of How to Protect Your Computer Online – A Complete Guide. He has been keeping Web surfers safe and secure since the last century. Find out how he does it; get all the latest security news, tips and fixes right here: => http://MyPCSecurityBlog.com

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In a 24 hour period starting at 10: A.M. this past Tuesday, and ending at the same time on Wednesday, I received 2,148 pieces of spam email.  Now these were all unique addresses, and some had 4 or 5 copies.

I have had it with this nonsense.  Looking at the email addresses, it was obvious that mine were being harvested from the web. Most of my address are never used to "send" email, are only available   on the web, and used to identify specific types of requests.

There is software, similar to the protocol used by the search engines, that allows you to enter keywords, and it will search the web for any web site that matches the keywords entered. It will then capture any email addresses it finds. An example of such software is "Atomic Harvester".

I downloaded this software, which is fully functional in its search capabilities, and is free if that is all you want.  You cannot however, save the addresses it finds unless you pay for it.  Not wishing to harvest any addresses from the web, I chose the free version, as step one of my devious plan, so I could see what the spamsters find when they harvest my site..

Step two was a bit more work.  Instead of simply deleting the spam, I created a filter with my email reader that automatically sends all spam identified to a spam folder created for that purpose..  I use Eudora, which makes this a rather easy task, but was still time consuming.While this won't provide a "spam free" inbox, it will cut down on the junk one has to wade through. The rest I  also send to the spam bin.

Now, I have all this spam in once place - my spam bin. I found a free data extractor (See Below) and now I can extract all those email addresses in my spam mailbox.  I have a file of all the return addresses of anyone who sends me spam.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Search_Utilities/Data_Extractor_Download.html - The majority of the professional spammers use a forged address, which if you respond to it, is returned as undeliverable.  Someof the naïve newbies use a legitimate address.

I then put all of the addresses in a file on a web page with an invisible link to it - let's call it the "Trash Page".  If you visit my site, you will never see it.  But, a spammer using harvesting software will hit that page.  They will harvest each and every address that I loaded onto that page.

Thinking they hit a bonanza, all those unduplicated addresses will be captured by them.  Now, two things will happen.  First, all the forged addresses on the list that they send to, will be returned to them as undeliverable, causing them extra work. Second, all the spam received from a legitimate address, will be on the lists of all the spamsters, and they will get their "just deserts".

Eventually, the pros will figure out what I have done, and will block the web page that houses them. But that is not my goal.  I started putting those invisible links to that "Trash Page", on a number of my web pages.  Now, they can't just block a particular page, but will have to block my entire domain. Great - now I won't have all the addresses on my site being harvested by these miscreants.

If this idea snowballs, and I hope it does, a major percentage of all the email addresses being sold by "email list providers" will be worthless.  You might think about this if you are ever tempted to purchase their "thousands of email addresses" for $49.95.

The spam problem is not going to go away in the foreseeable future.  If webmasters took the steps I have taken, it just might go away sooner.  anyone who sends me an unsolicited email, advertising their "latest and greatest, will wind up on this list.

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Stupid Local Laws

In Calaifornia it is illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
 

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A Little Humor for the Weekend

Career Ambition
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A man is asked by his friend, "Has your son decided what he wants to be when he grows up?"

"Yes, he wants to be a garbage collector," the man replies.

To which his friend responds, "Strange ambition to have for a career..."

"Yes, I suppose, but he thinks garbage collectors only work on Tuesdays!"

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Police in Los Angeles, California had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup.

When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: "Give me all your money or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "that's not what I said!"

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There is a gentlemen's club where the man at reception who cloaks the member's hats, coats, umbrellas, gloves has a reputation for an infallible memory.  In thirty years, he is reputed never to have given the wrong coat, hat, gloves or umbrella to any member when they leave the club.

One day, a member decided to test it out. As he left the club and was handed his coat, he asked the concierge, "How do know this is my coat?"

"I don't, sir," came the reply.

"Well, why did you give it to me?"

"Because, sir, you gave it to me."

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Riddle

What Christmas message is written here?
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What are the metaphors for YOUR life?

If you aren't familiar with metaphors, here is one. "Life sucks!" Here's another. "Life is full of beautiful surprises!" If you think the first one, or you think the second one, that's one of the metaphors for your life.

Think of all the metaphors you use for all areas of your life. Write them down and review the list. With each one, ask, "If my life was like this, how would I feel?"

Make sure each area of your life has empowering metaphors.

If they aren't, create new ones. If they are already empowering, create new ones that are even more empowering -- for each area of your life.

Repeat the new metaphors at the beginning and end of every day for the next month. Decide that these are the metaphors you will live with now. At the end of those thirty days, see how your thoughts AND your life has changed.

And weren't those changes fantastic?

Here is an article that will help: Your Brain Is A BioComputer You can find it here:  http://www.tameyourbrain.com/biocomputer.htm

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That's it for now.

Best Wishes - Have a Great Weekend
Bob

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