E-mail: I got a message not addressed to me!

Posted February 3rd @ 12:22 pm by Jeff

Can you see me now?

“This message was sent to janedoe@megamailcorp.com, so why did I get a copy? Am I getting someone else’s e-mail?”

We often get this question. The answer is pretty simple really. The answer is that your e-mail address was listed in the BCC or Blind Carbon Copy section of the original e-mail message. Read the rest of this entry »

Spam: Does “unsubscribe” really work?

Posted February 2nd @ 2:40 pm by Jeff

“No RX needed!, Buy this stock!, Get cash now!”

If you have been online very long, you have seen junk e-mail with subjects like the ones above. Many of the messages contain things like:

  • Reply with “remove” in the subject line and we will remove your e-mail address from our mailing list.
  • Click here to be removed from our mailing list or something similar

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Email Spoofing

Posted January 30th @ 3:02 pm by Josh

Have you ever recieved a message like this in your inbox?

User mailbox exceeds allowed size: sally@yahoo.com
Original message follows.
Received: from yahoo.com [85.100.73.162] by mailsrv.yahoo.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.04) id A90137C0078; Read the rest of this entry »

Firefox: Freedom to Surf in Peace

Posted January 30th @ 1:40 pm by Jeff

For those of you who have never heard of Firefox®, it’s a free web browser that is published and maintained by the Mozilla Foundation.

Here at InfoWest, we love it; we think it’s the best browser around. It’s the only browser we use on our computers at the office. What makes it so good? It stops popups automatically, and doesn’t allow most spyware to get installed. Read the rest of this entry »

Email Virus Scanning and you

Posted January 24th @ 4:47 pm by Josh

Today, we’re going to talk a little about how anti-virus programs like Norton Antivirus and McAffee Virus Scan work on your computer, and why the most common problem with email is caused by these programs malfunctioning. Read the rest of this entry »

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