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E-Mail Hoax - Beware Of E-mails Threatening Internet Access
Suspension Cyber criminals are currently using the
threat of Internet access suspension to trick unsuspecting users into opening
a malicious attachment. One version of the e-mail is supposedly sent from the
"ICS Monitoring Team" of the "Internet Service Provider Consorcium" - organizations that do not exist. Its message claims that this consorcium
(note the misspelling) conducts network wiretapping and is aware of
illegal Internet activities committed by the user. Examples of these alleged
activities include the pirating of software, movies, and music.
Messages have been sent to several of our customers asking for
personal account information including username, password and date of birth.
This message was NOT sent from Polar but is an attempt by someone else to
compromise webmail accounts to make our mail server send out spam. We would never
ask you to verify account information via e-mail. Ask The Help Desk - What's "Twitter?" Question: I've been hearing the term "Twitter"
mentioned a lot these days. What is it exactly and how does it work? Sites Of The Month - Great Sites To Check Out In October Are Your Bank Accounts Safe? Short Tutorial - Setting Up a Signature for Your E-Mails A signature is a block of text placed at the bottom of your
outgoing e-mails to "sign off" and close the messages. The primary
purpose of a signature is to let people know who you are and how to contact
you. Many people also take this opportunity to convey a bit of their
personality through the use of a favorite quotation or a particular font. 1. With Outlook
Express open, click your cursor arrow on "Tools" in the menu bar
and select "Options..." from the resulting drop-down menu. 2. In the Options
window, select the "Signatures" tab. 3. In the
"Signature settings" section, click on the "New" button. 4. Enter the personal
signature that you would like to appear on future e-mails. Check the box next
to "Add signatures to all outgoing messages" so that your signature
will automatically appear in new e-mails. 5. Once you have
entered your signature, click on the "Apply" button and then click
"OK" to accept the signature and close the Options window. Setting Up a Signature for Your E-Mails When Using ... 1. With Windows Mail
open, click your cursor arrow on "Tools" in the menu bar and select
"Options..." from the resulting drop-down menu. 2. In the Options
window, select the "Signatures" tab. 3. In the "Signature
settings" section, click on the "New" button. 4. Enter the personal
signature that you would like to appear on future e-mails. Check the box next
to "Add signatures to all outgoing messages" so that your signature
automatically appears in new e-mails. 5. Once you have
entered your signature, click on the "Apply" button and then click
"OK" to accept the signature and close the Options window. Setting Up a Signature for Your E-Mails When Using ... 1. You must create the
signature file using basic text formatting by using a program such as
Microsoft's Notepad. Notepad can be found by clicking your cursor arrow on
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad. 2. With Notepad open,
manually type in the signature exactly as you would like it to appear in
future e-mails. For example: 3. Save the Notepad
document in a folder of your choice on your computer, such as My
Documents/E-mail Signatures/Thunderbird Signature. 4. Next, with Mozilla
Thunderbird open, click on "Tools" from the menu bar and select
"Account Settings..." from the resulting drop-down menu. The
Account Settings window will open. 5. On the left side of
the Account Settings window, click on your e-mail address. 6. On the right side
of the Account Settings window, check the box next to "Attach this
signature" and then click on the "Choose" button. 7. Next select the
Notepad file that you saved earlier containing your signature. The file path
under "Attach this signature" will now be filled in. 8. Click on the
"OK" button to accept the signature and close the Account Settings
window. Setting Up a Signature for Your E-Mails When Using ... 1. With Mail.app open, click your cursor arrow on the
"Mail" menu and select "Preferences" from the resulting
drop-down menu. 2. When the
Preferences window opens, click on the "Signatures" icon. 3. You will now see
three panes. The first pane has a list of your accounts. Click on the account
that you want to create a signature for. It will now be highlighted. 4. Under the middle pane,
you will see two buttons—one with a plus (+) sign, the other with a minus (-)
sign. Click on the plus sign. A signature with the name "Signature
#1" will appear in the middle pane. In the third pane, you will see the
default signature that Mail.app has created for
this account. 5. If you would like
to change the default signature, click on any part of it and enter your own
text. 6. To get the font of
your signature to match the default font in your message, check the box next
to "Always match my default message font." 7. Click on the
"Choose Signature:" button and select "In Sequential
Order" to get your new signature to show up automatically when you
create a new e-mail message. 8. If you would like
to have the signature appear above quoted text when you reply to a message,
check the box next to "Place signature above quoted text." 9. When you have the
signature settings the way you want them, click on the red button in the
upper left corner of the Preferences window.
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