Articles for the ‘Email’ Category
Outlook Email Tip #2 – Tracking Options
Print This Post
| Monday, March 29th, 2010Sometimes when you send an email, you need confirmation that it has been received. This is how you get Outlook to do this for you:
1. Click on the Tools/Options menu item.
2. On the Preferences tab page, click on the E-mail Options button.
3. Click on the Tracking Options button.
4. Click on the Read receipt checkbox if you want Outlook to send you an email to say the email has been opened and read by the recipient.
5. Click on the Delivery receipt checkbox if you want Outlook to send you an email to say the email has arrived in the other person’s inbox.
Is this email genuine ?
Print This Post
| Thursday, January 28th, 2010Don’t download viruses, trojans or get sucked into a scam…
Everyone using email receives mail from unknown sources and we often get asked to check if an email is genuine or not. Unfortunately, some mails are scams; others carry more sinister viruses which get activated if you click on programs attached to the mail.
Check out the the top 10 email scams currently circulating the web at this link (About.com: Internet for Beginners website)
The most common e-mail scams are the surprise inheritance letters (usually from Nigeria), surprise lottery wins (where you never actually purchased a ticket!), domain name scares (you have to renew your domain name with a particular company before it’s too late) and what are called “phishing” emails which link to phoney web pages. It is the phishing emails that are the most dangerous because they appear to be sent from a company you know (such as a banking institution) and asks you to verify some details online. You unknowingly enter your account details and password and before you know it, your well-earned money is sucked out of your account.
Watch out for the disaster relief scams. Whenever there is a natural disaster and there are genuine bank accounts set up to receive donations from the public, there will also be a multitude of fake emails linked to fake websites ready to receive your money. When you want to donate to a disaster, visit the bank in person or use the banks normal website.
Finally, there are the chain mails which arrive from your best friends and you have to pass it on to 10 of your friends or else you’ll get bad luck, lose all your friends or disappoint a poor child. These are what we call time-wasters and Internet blockers. If you are too worried to delete the mail without carrying through the instructions (and annoying your 10 friends in the process), please pass them on to us and we’ll break the chain!
Here is a simple way to determine if an email sent from your financial institution, facebook, Microsoft or Adobe is real or not. You should do this to every email you get before clicking on any link.
Sample email:
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your trust in Adobe’s various software and office applications.
Adobe PDF is pleased to announce a new version for PDF Reader/Writer which enables you to view, create, edit and print PDF documents. Please follow our step-by-step instructions to either download or upgrade your Adobe PDF Reader/Writer application.
1. Visit Adobe PDF website or copy and paste the following link to your web browser: http:// bogus website address.com/downloads.
2. Get instant access, Download new version of Adobe PDF, install and get your application most updated.
Thank you for choosing us, the worldwide leading PDF Reader/Writer solution provider.
Adobe PDF
Hover mouse over the link and you will see its URL (web address). Does the URL look valid? If not then delete the email.
Even if the email looks valid I still delete it. It the company wants to tell me something I am sure they will still tell me when I next log on. It’s always best to log onto a company’s official website to check out details of any new updates or news; never go via an email link. Note that all genuine banks never ask for personal password or account details by email.
If you are unsure about a suspicious email you have received, check with us – we’ve probably also received it (and already deleted it).
Outlook Email Tip #1
Print This Post
| Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Question:
I’m still using Outlook (2003). Is it possible to enter my sender address (full name, address, telephone and fax numbers) in outlook which I will be able to produce with one click when writing e-mails?
Answer:
Yes, instructions are shown below:
1) Select the Tools/Options menu item in Outlook.
2) Click on the Mail Format tab. Select the mail account you wish to add signatures to.
3) Click on the Signatures button to update or add a new signature.
4) Click on the New button to add a new signature.
5) Enter a name for your new signature then click on Next.
6) Enter the signature text you wish to be included in your outgoing mail messages then click on OK.
7) Select the required signature for new messages and for your replies and forwards from the dropdown lists. Click the OK button to save the request.
8) Next time you compose an email, your chosen signature text will automatically appear at the bottom of your email.
Search this site for:
Downloads
- Unable to see my website (204.2 KiB, 498 hits)
- Oscommerce Guide Extended Version (4.6 MiB, 335 hits)
- Back Ups (216.9 KiB, 318 hits)
- OScommerce Guide Standard Version (1.1 MiB, 305 hits)
- How to add tracking options to Outlook 2003 (118.8 KiB, 244 hits)
- Outlook 2003 Setup Instructions (393.6 KiB, 243 hits)
- How to add a signature to Outlook 2003 (148.2 KiB, 235 hits)