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Email
Safety and Etiquette |
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In
today's spam ridden internet, it's very hard to
know whether or not you should open up an email or
not. You hate to miss an email that might be
important, but don't want to get hit with that
nasty virus or adware that can be imbedded in an
email message.
To
combat this, we'd like to recommend that you take
some very simple precautions when sending and
receiving emails. If you and all of your acquaintances
follow these steps, it'll get easier and easier to
distinguish real email from spam. |
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Sending Email: |
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Make sure your
Email
Account Preferences say who you
are. If the "from" part of
the email is your name and email address,
then people will know it's from you. |
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Make sure the Subject line of your email
is clear. We tell all of our clients
to actually put their "Company
Name" in the Subject. The more
it makes sense the more apt people will be
to open it. Things like
"hello" or "howdy" are
not enough and are often a sure sign of
spam messages. |
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If you are putting a picture or file as an
attachment, make sure to label the name of
that picture with something that makes
sense. If the file says something
like, "PictureOfTheKids.jpg" -
then you might open it. Whereas, if
it says, "pk.jpg" - you have no
idea what it is. |
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Receiving Email: |
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Make sure that the Subject and From line
of the email is something you recognize or
is from someone you know. If you
don't know or aren't sure, dump it. |
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Don't open up files with the extension of
"zip" or "exe" unless
you are completely sure what it is.
These files are most often filled with
viruses. The files with
"exe" will begin loading a
program onto your computer that you
probably don't want. |
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Don't have your email window split.
This means that the top shows your
incoming messages, and the bottom shows
the actual message. When it's like
this, you click on the incoming message
and it "automatically opens it up
below". If you have your screen
set to just show the incoming messages,
you literally have to double-click on it
to actually open it. This is much
safer. |
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Back to Computer
Tips |
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| Flagstaff Central is not liable for any damages or repairs due to our tech tip.
Things do happen whenever you work on a computer.
We recommend you be as careful as possible. If you prefer to not handle repairs or
clean up, we recommend you contact a professional.
Click here for a list of local computer repair companies. |
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