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Google needs to stop treating support like it’s an add-on feature

Judi Sohn

We have the group set so topics are public, but only members can post and membership has to be approved to avoid spam. I’m questioning my choices and considering alternatives. Tagged: customerservice , Google , rant. About a year ago I stopped getting moderator email…to a @gmail.com address, no less.

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Google Talk — An alternative to Skype, but only for 1 to 1 calls: [link]. SpamBayes — Trainable anti-spam plugin for Outlook (may work with other clients as well): [link]. Tags: Software. But that’s why it’s free.). Glary Utilities — Another Windows registry cleaner: [link].

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. Yes, if there is keylogger malware that made it into a computer, you could be tracked that way, but this is a viable alternative.). Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff. when trouble arises to get an instant answer.

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Phishing scam of the day: U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change lottery

Robert Weiner

Alternative email address……………………. Here's what it looks like: Tags: Phishing Spam. Telephone Number. fax Number. Marital Status. Occupation. Date of birth. I hope the wild variety of fonts and colors alone are enough to tell the world this is a scam.

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SPAM and the not-for-profit

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Until 1/1/2004, the rules against spam were governed by a host of state regulations. The federal law is known as the CAN-SPAM Act. The Act met with general disapproval from the grass-roots movement trying to ban unsolicted marketing emails, who called it the You-CAN-SPAM act. Tags: nptech , email , spam

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The Wildness in the Corner: A Discussion with Jason Nelson

Museum 2.0

I thought it was spam. For example, I’m modifying a digital midi theremin as an alternative mouse device. Tags: interview Unusual Projects and Influences game. Uncontrollable semantics was this project I did that had a hidden page in it that I'd forgotten about. You just need one access point. What do you think?

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This means that we see a lot of value in commenting, linking, tagging, and the like; sometimes more so than just an empty visit to our site. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology. I feel that someone who???s But for the Conservancy???s