This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Disguise your email address on public pages
If you have to list your email account on public pages, try to cheat SPAM spiders. Instead of writing your address as "[email protected]", write it as "john_at_domain_dot_com". People will understand how to read it, but robots will not.
This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Get yourself at least 2 email accounts
Use one email account for public communications (i.e., forums, communities, business cards, etc.) and keep the other one only for trusted contacts.
How do Spammers grab addresses? Basically, spammers will start sending you junk email as soon as:
You list your email address on a public web page (your website, forums, etc.)
You subscribe to various newsletters and you confirm to their agreement without closely reading it (e.g., you do not uncheck the box to receive promotional emails)
You receive an email from someone who you don't know and you open the message.
When you work with meeting and event professionals, you expect them do a lot of communicating with you, often via email, as you plan the big show. There are a host of documents, agendas, menus, speaker bios, hotel rates, scripts and contracts to be shared, let alone the simple, run of the mill emails.
Should an organization’s email “break” a couple of times a week? When it breaks, should the IT provider point their finger at the web provider? Between the times the email goes down and it is back up again, should emails be lost? The answer to all of these questions is of course: NO!
Providing solutions to such email problems is the first thing we’ve done for one of our newest clients: Dessau International.
Grandma always told us to be polite, but Grandma didn't grow up with computers or email. Here are some email etiquette tips to keep today's tech-savvy Grandma happy:
Reply on all occasions
- Answer the question or say answer is pending
- Create a task to provide a more complex answer
Use a subject line that hints about your topic.
This month’s email management strategy is: Eliminate Email Overload!
Email driving you crazy? Every time you delete one, do five more show up? Are you finding it impossible to answer every email you receive? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re not alone! Here are a few additional tips to reduce email overload.
This month’s email management strategy is:
Take advantage of subject lines!
If possible, put your question in the subject line or at the beginning of your message. If that’s not possible, make your subject line very descriptive so the recipient knows what your message is about.
This month’s email management strategy is: Act!
Maintain your effectiveness by working from Tasks & Calendar:
Use the Today or Next 7 Days view on Tasks
Estimate reasonable Start Date on tasks (not due date)
Consider using 2 monitors (Tasks on one, Calendar on the other)
Any questions? Give IT Radix a call.
This month’s email management strategy is: Focus!
Some suggestions to help you stay focused at work are:
Keep the Inbox view minimized
Disable the Pop Up Preview
Change Send/Receive interval to 2 hours
Get rid of audible and visual notifications of new mail
Any questions? Give IT Radix a call.
