August 2009
In this issue

Email Headaches?
It's Good to Be Green
How Strong Are Your
      Passwords?
Email Archiving
Do You Know Office
      Secrets?
Web and Email Hosting
Quote of the Month
 


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Quote from Melissa

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means
they have not a single
political argument left."

-Margaret Thatcher-

 


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Email Headaches?

Whether you are having problems with connectivity, delivery, Exchange or just tired of all the spam that you receive; we can help with your issues, including hosting or filtering your email.

Call us at 578-9739 and ask for one of our specialists. They are much better than aspirin for this kind of headache!


It’s Good to be Green

Every little bit helps and we’re trying our best. A small step in that direction involves printer cartridge recycling. Yep. . . that’s what we do. Do you throw your cartridges away? Please don’t!

We want them. Drop them by our office any time and bring your PC in at the same time for a free PC checkup.


How Strong Are Your Passwords?

Most people don't realize that computer security starts with them. An easy way to hold off trouble is to use strong passwords that you change every so often.

What is a strong Password? It is a password that is easily remembered by you, contains uppercase letters, lowercase letters, a number or two, a special character and is at least 8 characters in length.

Sounds hard, but it's really easy when you use things you are familiar with.

For example, if I grew up at 245 Lucky Street, I might make my password Lucky245& Notice I've used uppercase and lowercase Letters and I have 3 numbers and a special character.

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Email Archiving. . .  Once a Good Idea, Now a Necessity

For companies under the jurisdiction of HIPAA, SEC, SOX, or any of the other alphabet soup regulations, email is considered “work product” and must be retained and protected from misuse or theft. But even if you’re not under the government’s microscope via one of these regulations, you should still be concerned about email archiving.

Email archiving is now mandatory

FRCP – The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are a set of recently revised rules for managing civil suits in all US District courts and in thirty-five state courts that require you to archive your e-mail (with no exceptions for company size, organizational structure or non-profit status). The rules are specific, non-negotiable, and apply to email generated and received by the business, its customers and vendors. If you sue or get sued in civil court, you may win or lose your case based on your compliance with the procedures regarding email archiving.

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Do You Know Office Secrets?
By Alan R. Earls
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Small Business Center 

Microsoft Office 2007 has a wealth of features that you may have overlooked that could help your business. Here are four you may want to learn about.

In Summary:

Microsoft Office 2007 is chock-full of useful features you may not be aware of.
Read these tips on using SmartArt, the Outlook To-Do Bar, Document Inspector, and ScreenTips.

At the core of every business are the fundamental office productivity applications that support nearly every business function. The Microsoft Office suite of applications is so familiar that many managers probably assume they know everything they need to know about its capabilities.

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