How to set up email in Outlook 2003

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2003 to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial. To Set…

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My email won't connect to the server to get email!

This short How-To covers this and other similar dreaded messages: “Cannot send message using xxx server” This problem happens frequently and it’s usually due to your primary ISP (Bellsouth, Comcast, etc.). What happens is that your email is ultimately controlled by your primary ISP even if you have your own domain name you are using. Usually the…

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How to Delete Mail from the Server

Are you using Outlook and have ceased to receive email due to your mailbox being full? It could be that your Outlook Express settings are not deleting mail from the server automatically. Here is how to check and fix it. NOTE: These instructions will only delete mail from the server that you have already downloaded to…

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Getting Email on Your iPhone Using Your Domain

NOTE: This article was written while thinking about the iPhone – but it should also work for your iPod Touch. Just work someplace where you have a good WiFi connection. Additionally, since I wasn’t actually looking at an iPod Touch when I wrote it there may be some menu differences I didn’t consider. If you…

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What do I use for spam prevention?

Question I was curious about what you use for your spam filters – mine is getting out of control with the viagra offers! Answer I use two types of spam filters. First, I use SpamAssassin on my servers. So, anyone that I’m hosting (including myself!) that gets email through it has that installed on their…

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Yes, you are a spammer! And, here's how to stop.

What is spam? There are lots of definitions of spam. It’s the electronic version of unwanted mail that shows up in our email boxes every day. It can be unsolicited mail. It can be bulk mail. It can be hiding a virus or someone seeking your personal bank information. It comes in all forms. 

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Spam Example: Phishing – Internal Revenue Service

Here is a good example of phishing with a nasty little piece of email I received today. These people are pretending to be the government. When you read their site link, you’ll notice the domain isn’t from the IRS. (The actual site is www.irs.gov.) When you click on the URL, they have copied the real…

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