I am sorry, but what is a Phishing Filter?
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From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] important information regarding email messages and IE
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>
> This is from Ray, I just hope he's not giving a test later on or I'll have
> to study up on what parts of this I don't already know. Still folks it's
> a
> very interesting read to say the least.
> David Ferrin
> Hi Dave
>
> this is part of a Tutorial found interesting.
>
> How to enable the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7:
>
> List of 7 items
>
> 1. Open Internet Explorer
>
> 2. Click on Tools and then select Internet Options.
>
> 3. Click on the Security tab.
>
> 4. Click on the Custom Level button.
>
> 5. Scroll down to the Miscellaneous category and look for Use Phishing
>
> Filter underneath it.
>
> 6. Select Enable.
>
> 7. Press the OK button. Then press the Apply and OK button again.
>
> list end
>
> How to enable the Phishing Filter in Mozilla Firefox:
>
> List of 6 items
>
> 1. Open Firefox
>
> 2. Click on the Tools menu and select Options.
>
> 3. Click on the Security option category.
>
> 4. Put a checkmark in the checkbox labeled Tell me if the site I'm
> visiting
>
> is a suspected forgery
>
> 5. Select the option labeled Check by asking Google about each site I
> visit.
>
> 6. Press the OK button.
>
> list end
>
> E-mail Terms and Definitions
>
> There are many different types of software, protocols, and services
>
> available to access and send e-mail. In this section we will explain
> various
>
> technical
>
> terms that you may see when using e-mail services.
>
> Definition list of 6 items
>
> POP3 = POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol version 3. POP3 software
> usually
>
> runs on an ISP's or company's server and accepts connections from your
> mail
>
> software. Once connected your mail software will send your login
>
> information, and if you successfully login, will download any new mail
> that
>
> may be stored
>
> on the servers to your local machine. It is important to note that a POP3
>
> server is used only for retrieval of e-mail in a mailbox stored on the
> POP3
>
> server.
>
> It is not used to actually send e-mail.
>
> SMTP = SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transport Protocol. SMTP software
> usually
>
> runs on an ISP's or company's network, accepts mail from your mail
> software,
>
> and then delivers it to your recipient. It is important to note that the
>
> SMTP server is used only for sending and accepting e-mail to and from
> other
>
> servers
>
> or accepting e-mail to be sent from your mail client. SMTP servers are not
>
> used to download e-mail saved on the server. To do that you would use the
>
> POP3
>
> server described above.
>
> IMAP = IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. This protocol is
>
> similar to POP3 in that it is used to access mail that is located on your
>
> mail
>
> server. The difference is that IMAP allows you to view and access your
>
> e-mail without downloading the e-mail to your local computer like POP3
> does.
>
> This
>
> allows you to have the same access to your mail, including folders and
> sent
>
> items, from any computer that has an IMAP client on it. The disadvantage
> to
>
> IMAP is that this protocol tends to be resource intensive for the server
> and
>
> your mailbox can quickly grow in size because the mail is not typically
>
> downloaded.
>
> It is for these reasons that most ISP's do not offer IMAP access to your
>
> mailboxes.
>
> Webmail = Webmail is simply the ability to access the mail in your mailbox
>
> stored on a server using your web browser. The most commonly used webmail
>
> applications
>
> are Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail.
>
> list end
>
> Frequently Asked Questions
>
> Q: Is it true that people can read my e-mails while they travel through
>
> Internet on the way to the person I am sending them to?
>
> A: The technical answer is Yes. Any time a message passes through a
> server,
>
> that server can examine the message, copy the message, or even delete the
>
> message
>
> depending on certain criteria. The reality, though, is that the majority
> of
>
> ISPs and companies do not do this simply because it would become
>
> overwhelming
>
> to store copies of all the mail that passes through their server. At the
>
> same time, it is always better to be safe then sorry. So never send
>
> personally
>
> identifiable information such as social security numbers, credit card and
>
> banking information, passwords, etc via e-mail.
>
> Q: Who or what is this Mailer-Daemon or Postmaster that sometimes sends me
>
> an e-mail.
>
> A: These mailer-daemon or postmaster emails are automatically generated by
>
> the mail server software when an e-mail you sent failed to reach it's
>
> intended
>
> recipient for some reason. Whether it be you sent an e-mail to a person
> that
>
> does not exist, the recipient's mailbox is full, or the server is having
> an
>
> error, when you receive one of these e-mails it means that your e-mail
>
> failed to be delivered. If you open the email they will typically, if you
>
> can decode
>
> the information, give a reason as to why the delivery failed.
>
> Q: Why does it take so long for someone to receive an e-mail I sent them?
>
> A: When you send an e-mail to someone it should get to them within minutes
>
> if not seconds. There are many factors, though, that could cause delays in
>
> delivery.
>
> Below we explain a few of these factors:
>
> List of 4 items
>
> . When a server receives an e-mail it is placed in a first-in-first-out
>
> queue. If the queue has a lot of messages in it, and the server is not a
>
> very powerful
>
> one, it could take a while for your message to be processed. This is
>
> exacerbated further as a mail message may have to pass through multiple
>
> servers each
>
> adding their own delay.
>
> . You may be having trouble connecting to your outgoing mail server
> because
>
> the server is having a problem or your Internet connection is down. You
> can
>
> usually see signs of this problem when the message you sent is sitting in
>
> your Outbox folder instead of appearing in your Sent folder. A e-mail in
>
> your
>
> outbox usually indicates a problem connecting to your outgoing mail
> server.
>
> . The person receiving the e-mail is having trouble connecting to their
>
> incoming mail server in order to download the e-mail you sent them.
>
> . The recipients address was spelled wrong or the recipients mailbox is
>
> full. When you run into this type of issue you will generally receive an
>
> error back
>
> from the Mailer-Daemon with a cryptic message stating that the address
> could
>
> not be found or the mailbox was out of space.
>
> list end
>
> Q: I keep getting messages from someone called Mailer-Daemon saying that I
>
> am sending e-mail to people that I never sent to!?!?!
>
> A: I see this question all of the time. You check for new e-mail on your
>
> computer and a stream of e-mails from someone called Mailer-Daemon appear
>
> saying
>
> that your e-mail message to some unknown address failed. These types of
>
> messages are typically due to your own computer or someone else's computer
>
> being
>
> infected with an e-mail worm. E-mail worms typically propagate by scanning
>
> an infected computer's address book and then disguising itself as one of
> the
>
> contacts in this address book. It then sends an e-mail to everyone in the
>
> list or other randomly generated recipients. When these e-mails fail to
>
> deliver
>
> for whatever reason, the errors are returned to you because the worm is
>
> sending out that e-mail disguised as yourself.
>
> If it is not your computer that is infected there is, unfortunately, not
>
> much you can do to fix these types of problems other than try and examine
>
> the Internet
>
> header of the mail message to determine the IP address of the computer
> that
>
> is sending the messages. You can then hopefully track the user down using
>
> this
>
> information to let them know they are infected.
>
> Q: When someone sends me an e-mail they get a message back saying it was
>
> undeliverable because I have no space left in my mailbox!
>
> A: When someone sends you an e-mail your mail server will store the
> message
>
> in a mailbox on the server. ISPs, though, will typically set a maximum
>
> allowable
>
> size for your mailbox, and if your mailbox reaches this limit, will
> generate
>
> error messages stating that your mailbox is full to whoever sends you an
>
> e-mail.
>
> To fix this problem download all your mail off the mail server using a
> POP3
>
> client such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc. These
>
> types
>
> of problems typically occur when someone enables the setting in the mail
>
> software to leave messages on the server. When this setting is enabled
> when
>
> you
>
> download new e-mail a copy is left up on the server and is never deleted.
>
> Q: Where does e-mail get stored on my computer?
>
> A: When your mail client downloads new mail it stores them in mailboxes on
>
> your local computer. Depending on the software you use for mail, the
>
> mailboxes
>
> will be stored in various locations. Below is a list of the default
>
> locations for the more popular mail software packages.
>
> Table with 2 columns and 8 rows
>
> Mail Software
>
> Location on your computer
>
> Eudora
>
> C:\Program Files\Eudora
>
> Mozilla Thunderbird
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\LoginName\Application
>
> Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\random.default\Mail\Local Folders
>
> Opera
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\LoginName\Application Data\Opera\Opera\mail
>
> Outlook
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\LoginName\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
>
> Outlook Express
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\LoginName\Local Settings\Application
>
> Data\Identities\{IdentityCode}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
>
> Windows Mail (Vista)
>
> C:\Users\LoginName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders
>
> Windows Live Mail Desktop
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\LoginName\Local Settings\Application
>
> Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> A: Either :)
>
>
>
>
> >
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