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How to Use Emoticons
IM is a convenient way to communicate with the people you want to keep in close contact with but the nature of IM is admittedly devoid of emotions. After all, IM is text-based and there is no personal contact when you use IM to communicate and interact with your family and friends. So how do you show emotion on IM?The answer is simple. Emoticons.Emoticons are text-based illustrations which is inte... [Read More]
What Are Bounce Messages?
When we send email messages, sometimes it doesn't reach our intended recipient for a number of reasons. When that happens, you will receive a separate message stating that your message has not been delivered along with an explanation for that. This email is called a bounce message.Why does email bounce?There are several reasons why an email could bounce. One of the reasons could be a simple misspe... [Read More]
Domain Keys: Email Authentication
DomainKeys is a type of system used to authenticate emails being received. With email services not being able to control or at least prevent the reception of unwanted emails over different email accounts, DomainKeys may very well help ensure that emails are properly screened to know that they are authentic. And since there have been various threats to privacy as well as virus propagation through e... [Read More]
Making The Most of Mobile Email
With efficient mobility becoming a more established requirement among businesses today, making use of tools and applications that can help enhance the mobility of workers or employees. The use of mobile email may someday become a more common feature that more and more employees will be using in the coming years. Mobile email is a relatively new feature being provided in many mobile gadgets today t... [Read More]
The History of Spam
Spam emails have become a common term for those who frequent the online world. They are basically scores of useless emails that one receives when opening the inbox. Spam emails are the counterpart of the junk emails that one usually receives from the frontyard mailbox. Both are totally useless pieces of correspondence that contains nothing more than unwanted ads and the result of overeager marketi... [Read More]
Fight Spam on the Internet
Spam emails are emails of nearly identical messages that are sent to numerous recipients who did not solicit or ever need them. These emails are also commonly known as junk emails simply because they do not serve to any interests of the recipient. They are simply sent to serve as an advertisement or a promotional vehicle for some businesses. From the time it started sometime in the 1980's, email s... [Read More]
Tips to Avoid Spam Email
Spam emails have been a problem for many online users. They can be a source of annoyance. Receiving such emails can be likened to an invasion of privacy and personal online space considering that spam emails are sent without the recipient's consent. But there are ways that spam emails can be avoided. Spam emails proliferate in the online world. Most of the times, if you are a frequent visitor on t... [Read More]
How to Avoid Phishing Scams
There are tell-tale signs of phishing e-mails by simply observing it, but the problem is that these signs are not foolproof. You may receive a legitimate-looking e-mail that links to "http://www.wellsfargo1.com" that would definitely raise a red flag, but phishers these days are becoming more sophisticated. They are able to hide those URLs so the link may look legitimate but it rea... [Read More]
How to Spot a Phishing Email
As the holidays draw near, more of us will be doing our shopping online, and you should be informed of the latest scams being done on the web so you can avoid become duped by a new breed of con artists. One such web scam is "phishing", where you receive seemingly-valid and legitimate e-mails asking for your account information because of various excuses. The e-mail will also contain some... [Read More]
How to Find Someone's Email Address
Email has become the primary means of online correspondence today. People around the world now make use of their emails to get in contact with friends, relatives and colleagues from all points of the planet. It has replaced "snail" mail since it provides a more convenient and faster means of correspondence with other people as long as they have a PC and an internet connection. And just l... [Read More]