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Missing the Mark: Why Legitimate Emails Head Right for the Spam Folder

Byte Technology

Upon further examination the recipient discovers it got automatically dropped into their spam folder. The words could be “cheap medication,” “dating sites” or something incredibly lewd, and the filter assumes—correctly almost all of the time—that the email is junk. To begin, follow some simple steps.

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Lame spam of the day: Instant Acrobat Upgrade

Robert Weiner

The update site is instant-acrobat-upgrade.com, not adobe.com. I also looked at the domain registration for instant-acrobat-upgrade.com and it's registered to someone in Oslo (actually, Oslo,Oslo,AF 0951) with a Yahoo email address. McAfee's site advisor says it's queued for evaluation. So I'm assuming this is malware.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Compared to other social networks, LinkedIn Ads are expensive and the site spends your money fast. Over the decade that followed, most groups became overrun with spam and tech glitches, and as a result, LinkedIn Groups almost became obsolete. 4) Experiment with LinkedIn Ads (maybe). LinkedIn Profiles.

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Yahoo! Pipe Dreams… | Non-Profit Tech Blog

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

7) Web CMS (11) Web Services (13) where2007 (2) Wikimedia Foundation (1) Wired (1) Wireless (3) Wordpress (3) Working Assets (2) Yahoo! 7) Web CMS (11) Web Services (13) where2007 (2) Wikimedia Foundation (1) Wired (1) Wireless (3) Wordpress (3) Working Assets (2) Yahoo! (4) Pipes (1) Internet , Open API , Web Services , Yahoo!

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What TechSoupers Are Doing to Ensure Their Online Security: Part 2

Tech Soup Blog

This second part of the series will explore how several TechSoupers are using two-factor authentication on the websites they use often or with online banking and e-commerce sites. (If its] online banking site. It provides maximum security and unique passwords for each site, generated by the LastPass password manager.

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Ever have to help people post pics on their web sites? | Non-Profit Tech Blog

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

7) Web CMS (11) Web Services (13) where2007 (2) Wikimedia Foundation (1) Wired (1) Wireless (3) Wordpress (3) Working Assets (2) Yahoo! 7) Web CMS (11) Web Services (13) where2007 (2) Wikimedia Foundation (1) Wired (1) Wireless (3) Wordpress (3) Working Assets (2) Yahoo! (4) Publicly-traded nonprofit CRM vendors Yahoo!

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How-to: Manage Your E-mail Campaigns (and Be a Good Guest)

NTEN

Even worse, if enough of them use the "Uninvite" (or "Spam") button, you might find yourself permanently uninvited from your entire email list. What pages of your site are getting visits? To show anything to the recipient, the email software program (Yahoo Mail, Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.)

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