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NEW E-MAIL STRIPPER INFO > www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm Windows Tip: #1 Shortcuts for Windows KeysUse the Windows keyboard to speed up computing.
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Windows Tip:#3 Protecting Your E-mail From Spam Is your inbox flooded with unsolicited ads for sweepstakes, fake diplomas, and porn? Find
out how to duck all that spam. Several state laws regulating spam have recently been struck down by courts as violating the dormant commerce clause of the US Constitution, which prohibits states from placing undue burden on interstate commerce. Meanwhile, no federal law has yet been enacted regulating commercial email. So how can you protect yourself from spam until congress does enact legislation? Here are some ideas. Maintain a spam email account. Web-based email accounts are free and easy to set up. Get one that is intended specifically for spam. Don't use it for personal and work communications, but give it out when signing up for mailing lists, posting to newsgroups, or shopping online. Don't give out your real email address. If you don't have a spam email account, leave the space for your email address blank when filling out online registration forms. If the site requires you to enter an email address, you can fill in a phony one. Make an address up, or if you want to be especially sly, supply the email address of your favorite spamming company Don't reply. Never reply to spam. Replies are how spammers verify that an email address is active. If you reply to a spam email, you are practically asking to receive more spam. Don't even open spam. Some spam messages are programmed to contain Web bugs, which notify message senders when email they sent has been opened. Spammers use these Web bugs to tell that your email address is valid and active. They can do this even if you don't reply to the email; opening one is enough. If you know an email message is spam, delete it without opening it. Screen for spam. You can program your email client to filter out certain messages, including those that don't have your correct email address, have subject lines in all caps, have a lot of dollar signs or exclamation points, or have words like "unsubscribe," "X-priority," "adv," "bulk email," "authenticated Get a spam filter. Many ISPs now come with a spam filter that can be added to your existing email client. EarthLink offers one called Spaminator, and Hotmail provides one called InBox Protector. You can also purchase Novasoft's SpamKiller for $30, or download one for free from Spam Bouncer. Get a spam filter. Many ISPs now come with a spam filter that can be added to your existing email client. EarthLink offers one called Spaminator, and Hotmail provides one called InBox Protector.Mung. Address munging, also known as spam blocking or spoofing, refers to altering your email address when posting to newsgroups and bulletin boards so that spam bots will either not recognize your email or send spam to an illegitimate email rather than to yours. For example, you can change cybercrime@techtv.com to Get unlisted. Contact Internet directories such as WhoWhere and 411, and ask them to remove your name, email address, and personal information from their databases. Get unlisted. Contact Internet directories such as WhoWhere and 411, and ask them to remove your name, email address, and personal information from their databases. Get unlisted. Contact Internet directories such as WhoWhere and 411, and ask them to remove your name, email address, and personal information from their databases. If you know of any other ways Internet users can avoid spam, let us know. Visit our You can also find an overview of the current federal, state, and international laws concerning spam at Spam Laws, John Marshall Law School's spam law resource, and junkemail.org. For more general anti-spam resources, visit suespammers.org, emailabuse.org, SpamCop, the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, and Scam Busters. Windows Tip: # 4 SHUT DOWN WINDOW FASTThe keyboard shortcut to close open windows or Windows itself is ALT + F4. Shut
down Windows Close a window Windows Tip: # 5 SYSTEM PROPERTIES SHORTCUT Here's a quick tip for when you need to inspect the System Properties dialog box: Press down the Windows Key and the Break/Pause button. This works from the desktop or from any application. Windows Tip: # 6 The Cut, Copy, and Paste CollectionCopy, cut, and paste text or pictures with these keyboard shortcuts .Most people who use Windows are familiar with the terms cut, paste, and copy. Do you know what they do? The cut, copy, and paste collection allows you to cut out, replace, or rearrange any highlighted text or data. If you are writing a family newsletter and want to move the upcoming birthday list from the bottom to the top, highlight the paragraph, copy, cut, and then paste it at the top of your document. Simply click Edit in any Windows application and choose the appropriate command, but it's easier to use one of these shortcuts.
You can cut and paste any text or data from one Windows application to another. The copied information is held on the clipboard until you press paste Windows Tip: # 7 Use this guide to set your date and time properties.If you've traveled with your laptop before, you know how difficult it is to keep track of what time zone you're in at any given moment. With Windows' built-in clock feature, changing time zones and adjusting the clock are easy to do for someone on the move. Follow these steps to change Windows' date and time properties.
Windows Tip: # 8 Change Word's Default FontAdjust your settings so that Word automatically uses your favorite font. By Megan Morrone Fonts are all about preference. I like Garamond. You might prefer Verdana. But each time you open a document, it will default to one of the boring fonts, such as Times New Roman. You don't have to accept this. Change your default
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