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You cannot configure Windows Mail to use a Web-based e-mail account in Windows Vista so if you use an hotmail account you cannot access it via Windows mail. Microsoft KB 926374

Email Marketing News

If you're Using Email For Marketing then you may be interested in a recent report from Marketing Sherpa that discovered that 59% of email users regularly bock images.

As open rate tracking relies on images then they may be greatly underestimated the real open rate. You may also want to consider whether or not to continue using images in your email.

In the same report was that 26% of email users use the preview pane to filter email messages. Now depending on how they have it configured it means that they see the first 2-8 lines of your email message.

So make sure those first few lines make them want to continue with the rest of it.

ref http://www.marketingsherpa.com/article.php?ident=29872

Are you an Email Addict?

Are You addicted to email? If you can't stop checking your email then maybe you need a little help? There is a course you can take that claims to help.. Guess what?.. It's an email course.. You can find it here . As I don't think I've got that far yet I haven't taken it, but who know maybe one day.

Talking of email addiction. Why not get your email when your on the move...

Featured Articles

Accessing Your Email While Travelling

Almost every week I receive emails like:

• How do I access my Incredimail email from my office or when travelling?
• How do I access Outlook Express email from my office or when travelling?

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Using Your Email Client To Send and Receive Faxes

Once upon a time the FAX machine was the only way of sending text documents quickly. Almost every business had one, it was deemed a necessity.

FAX has, in the most part, been replaced by email but some companies still go to the expense of getting a Fax machine just to send/receive the occasional FAX.

There is an easy and inexpensive solution.. use email to FAX systems/services

Spam and Virus News

Don't forget that should upgrade to the new version 7.5 as soon as possible.

Top Virus Threats-

Grisoft the makers of AVG anti-virus software (free version available for non business use) report the following as the top virus threats (End January 2006) :

• I-Worm/Stration
  Worm spreads by e-mail as an attachment, or as a hyperlink in ICQ message. On the infected computer virus harvests e-mail addresses or ICQ contacts to which it sends its copies
   
• BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC-Trojan horses BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and BackDoor.Generic3.GBC are almost similar. Both of them exploiting MS Windows Server Service vulnerability described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040 for it`s spreading.
• Worm/Generic.FX This worm spreads by internet and contains one dangerous payload action - every 3rd day of month worm overwrites files with doc, xls, mdb, mde, ppt, pps, zip, rar, pdf, psd and dmp extensions.
• Exploit.WMF -These files exploits WMF vulnerability in Windows Operating Systems that allows malware code execution while WMF format file is opening.
• I-Worm/Bagle.JH -It spreads thanks to massive SPAMing, messages contains attachements with zip extension and exe file inside with 9968 B size
• I-Worm/Sober.CF-This virus comes in as an attachment to emails written in English or German language
• I-Worm/Sober.S, .T- This virus comes in as an attachment to emails written in English or German language.
• I-Worm/Mytob.LY, LZ (aka Zotob.A - B)
  This worm spreads exploiting security hole described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039.
• Win32/Gaelicum

8 March 2007- Added detection of new variant of Worm/Allaple, new variant of trojan Downloader.Zlob.

More information is available on the Grisoft Web Site

Email Tools and Useful links

• This free spam check report will tell you if you email message will get through the spam filters. Just paste you intended message into the box and submit.

•  Roboform is a website password manager that not only remembers your passwords it can generate them as well.

• Securing your computer and Internet and computer Privacy.-Basic guide to protecting your privacy.
• Microsoft Outlook Express support
• Incredimail Support

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