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Does Outlook Express Provide Holiday E-mail Stationery?

would like to send my holiday greetings this month via e-mail. I understand that Microsoft's Outlook Express provides an option to insert a holiday-themed stationery background on e-mail messages. Is this true?

Listing Last Modified: Sun Jan 15 2006

 


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E-Mail Scam - "The Nigerian Advance Fee Scam" Victimizes Internet Users

lthough the "Nigerian Advance Fee Scam" has circulated across North America for many years, it continues to be one the highest median dollar loss Internet scams around. According to the FBI's 2004 Internet Fraud Crime Report, the average dollar loss for Internet users who reported being victimized by the Nigerian Advance Fee Scam was $3,000. Only Internet check fraud scams had a higher average loss ($3,600).

Listing Last Modified: Wed Feb 28 2007

 


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E-Mail Scam - Online Bank Phishing Scams Are Hooking Consumers

As the number of people using online banking services continues to grow, so does the increase in the number and the variety of Internet-based bank fraud scams. Below are a couple of actual examples.

Listing Last Modified: Wed Feb 28 2007

 


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Sending "Read Receipt" Requests When Sending E-mail Messages

Most e-mail programs allow you to ask for Read Receipts when sending e-mail messages. However, two popular Macintosh programs, Mail.app by Apple and Microsoft's Entourage, make no provision for sending or responding to Read Receipt requests. For information on popular e-mail software programs that do have Read Receipt capabilities, see the details below.

Listing Last Modified: Wed Feb 28 2007

 


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There's an e-mail worm that recently began to circulate around the Internet called the "W32.Sober.N@

(The worm only infects Windows-based systems - not Macintosh, Unix, or Linux systems.) Also known as the W32/Sober.o@MM worm, this new variant of the Sober worm was first discovered on April 19, 2005, and includes a tricky Trojan horse feature. The text of the deceptive e-mail message promises the recipient a benefit if he/she opens the accompanying attachment but something quite different occurs when the attachment is opened. Below is the exact text of an actual W32.Sober.N@mm e-mail worm currently circulating the Web:

Listing Last Modified: Wed Feb 28 2007

 


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What Is A "Read Receipt" Message?

Question: I recently opened an e-mail message from a friend and got a strange pop-up message that said something like, "The Message sender has requested a response to indicate that you have read the message. Would you like to send a receipt?" What does this mean? (I use Outlook Express on a Windows machine.)

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