[Iinet-newsletter] Infinity Internet - August 2004 Newsletter
CEO Infinity Internet
ceo at infinityinternet.com
Tue Aug 3 14:54:13 PDT 2004
Features
New - Email Hosting!
Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival!
My IINet - Custom Start Page!
My IINet as a Homepage!
Messages from Abuse!
Anti-Spam Program!
Referral Plan!
Popup Blocker!
Dialup List
Contact Us
Cancel Subscription
New - Email Hosting!
Have you ever wanted to send email with your own domain as the email
address? We now offer email hosting
<http://www.iinet.com/hosting/emailhosting.php>! For business customers,
Email Hosting <http://www.iinet.com/hosting/emailhosting.php> is a great
solution for those who may not be ready for a web hosting account, yet
still want a professional look and feel to their email. For residential
customers, this flexible email alternative allows you to personalize your
email address with a domain name (this could be a family name if you own
that domain)!
Email Hosting Offers:
- Personalized Email
- No setup fee
- Includes domain hosting
- Additional email addresses
- Access to your email through your favorite email client or via the web
- Advertisement free service
- Spam protection
- Virus protection
- Storage - up to 10MB per mailbox
- Unlimited forwards, aliases, auto responders
Email Hosting plans are reasonably priced starting at $5.00 a month.
Call our knowledgeable staff at 800-469-1424 or visit email hosting online
<http://www.iinet.com/hosting/emailhosting.php> to get started today!
Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival!
Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival <http://www.vancouverwinejazz.com> located
at Esther Short Park, Vancouver WA on August 27-29.
My IINet - Custom Start Page!
The creation of our new web site has allowed us to offer a customizable
start page option for our customers.
Please go to:
- <http://my.iinet.com>
- On the left hand side of the page, log in to the start page using your
email address and password. Logging into the start page will allow you to
see "My Organizer" and the following steps 2-7
This new start page will:
- Let you see the top 10 news, business, sports and entertainment stories
- The opening page of <http://my.iinet.com> My IINet is programmed to
show the top ten news stories. The news stories will be updated as they are
refreshed at their own news site
- Let you list your favorite web sites - My BookMarks
- My BookMarks lets you create an archive of your favorite web sites.
You can have a folder system with a series of web links if you wish. This
is just a quick and easy way to add or keep track of web sites that you
would like to revisit. Just click "[Add]" and follow the instructions to
enter your first favorite URL then click the "Add" graphic button
- Let you keep track of your contacts - My Contacts
- My Contacts lets you keep a running list of your contacts. By
clicking "[Add]" you can insert your contact's information. When you fill
the fields with the information you have, click "Add". This will create
your new contact. Once you have more than one contact, you can choose how
you would like to view them by clicking on the up/down arrows in the
'Name', 'Email', 'Mobile', 'Tel.work', 'Tel.home' or 'Web address' boxes.
This will allow you to see the contact in ascending or descending order
- Let you stay on top of your appointments or projects - My To-Do List
- My To-Do List. Keep track of your tasks while you're online. This
new tool allows you to enter a task as you become aware of it. Click on
"[Add]" and enter the details of the task. Choose all the information that
is going to apply and click the "Add" button. Once your list has more than
one entry, it can be adjusted to show the entries in order of: 'Name',
'Priority', 'Status', 'Complete', 'Start Date' or 'Due date'. Just choose
the ascending or descending arrows in the appropriate box
- Let you create quick notes - My Notes
- My Notes. Create a note quickly. Did you see something online that
was an interesting idea? Create a note to remind yourself of the item.
Just click on "[Add]" and create your note. Click on the "Add" button and
your note will be done and visible for further reference
- Let you list your own favorite news links - My News
- My News. Are there news subjects you would like to see with updating
stories? In the My News section, you can add news links by clicking
"[Add]" and selecting the text link "CompleteRSS". At this site, choose
your topic, then scan the offered selections. Click on the "XML" orange
graphic button of your preferred selection. When your browser comes up
with the offered URL in the address line, highlight and copy the URL. Now,
go back to the My News add page and paste the URL in the 'URL (RSS/RDF):'
text box. The 'Title:' can be anything that you like to help identify the
news feed. Click the 'Add' graphic. You should now see the new news feed on
the My News page
- Let you set your weather stats and your hold time refresh - My
Preferences
- My Preferences. There is a weather indicator on the main page of My
IINet. The weather shown may not be relevant to the area in which you live.
Should you wish to reset this option, click on "My Preferences" and enter
your zip code in the "Weather Zip Code:" text box. Click "Modify" and you
will see your area name, state and relevant weather information on the main
page
- Would you like to alter the refresh time on the Hold Time option? In
the My Preferences section, there is an option to adjust the Hold Time. In
the text box beside "Refresh Hold Time every:", enter the number of seconds
you would prefer for the refresh interval
My IINet as a Homepage!
Would you like to set the new <http://my.iinet.com> My IINet start page as
your homepage?
- First, go to <http://support.iinet.com> support.iinet.com
- Under "Step 1", "I have a question about:", choose "Browsing the Web"
- Under "Step 1", "Ask us a question:", choose "How do I change my
homepage?"
- To answer the question, you will need to choose your "Operating System"
and "Web Browser:" in "Step 2" so that the correct information is presented
to you
- Click "Submit"
- Follow the steps in the second screen presented to you
- The URL for the new homepage is http://my.iinet.com
- When you re-open your browser, your homepage should now be
<http://my.iinet.com> http://my.iinet.com
Messages from Abuse!
One of the more prevalent email worms is generating "abuse" messages.
These messages tell the reader that their system has generated a large
amount of spam recently and that it has probably been made into a proxy for
spam. It directs the reader to an attached file for instructions.
The attachment infects the host and may be used to actually turn the system
into a spam proxy.
Please be aware that at no time do we send out messages about abuse from
any address other than abuse at infinityinternet.com. Messages from Infinity
Internet Abuse will never include an attached file, except in specific
cases where the customer has requested and expects specific data.
Anti-Spam Program!
The Spam epidemic isn't just affecting E-mail users. The people who provide
those services are being hit on the bottom line. Infinity Internet is
registered on the Washington state Anti-spam Registry. This is a system
very similar to the one planned under the new Federal Anti-spam Law. The
registry relies upon spammers to stop sending to the people on it. But, the
registry does not automatically block the spammers.
This does not mean you are helpless. In fact, there are several layers of
defense Infinity Internet uses. The first one, is filtering 90% of the mail
before you ever see it. The trouble is, the remaining 10% can be
overwhelming. So, the second line of defense comes from SpamAssassin. After
logging in to My Account <https://support.iinet.com>, click on Email Tools
then select Email Filtering from the drop down menu.
SpamAssassin is pretty effective. It resides on Infinity Internet's server,
so there is nothing to download. You set the screening threshold level to
"low," "medium," or "aggressive." Then you decide whether you want
SpamAssassin to mark the email as spam in the subject line, or simply
delete it before you even see it. For advanced users, you can even tell
SpamAssassin to screen by keywords.
There is also free anti-spam software out there to download on to your
computer. Mailwasher <http://www.mailwasher.net> is one of them.
So to summarize, your Spam Defense is:
- Behind the Scenes - Infinity Internet filters out 90% of the spam before
you ever see it.
- Infinity Internet Online Tools - SpamAssassin <https://support.iinet.com>
.
- Downloadable Tools - Mailwasher <http://www.mailwasher.net>!
- Extra E-mail Account - Have an account for online shopping etc. and a
personal account. If you use the first account for anything you submit
online, then a majority of your Spam should end up there. Doing that will
free up your personal account.
- Treat your e-mail account as your own mailing address. Hand it out only
to those you know.
Popup Blocker!
Connect to the new IINet Popup Blocker on line:
<http://www.iinet.com/home/popupblocker.php>
Referral Plan!
Spread the word and reap the benefits with our Friends and Family referral
plan! Most of us already tell others who our Internet provider is, so why
not get some credit for it? With our Friends and Family Referral Program
you can get credit on your account for referring people that sign up for
our services. So tell the people you know and see the savings!
Take at a look at <http://www.iinet.com/referrals.php> for more details!
For more information, please contact one of our Client Services Specialists
at:
· 1-800-211-2772
· billing at iinet.com
Dialup List
All of our dialup numbers are listed at: <http://www.iinet.com/dialup/>
Contact Us
We are available to assist you with your needs at any time of the day or
night.
Voice:
· Sales - (800) 469-1424
· Billing Support - (800) 211-2772
· Technical Support - (800) 689-4303
· Business Support - (800) 291-0682
Via e-mail:
For Technical Support: support at iinet.com
Or, Live Chat <http://www.iinet.com>- click the link for chat in
the left hand column
For Billing Support: billing at iinet.com
To Signup for a new account: sales at iinet.com
Via Mail:
Infinity Internet
PO Box 872890
Vancouver, WA
98687-2890
Via Fax:
Client Services: 360-816-9017
Administrative: 360-254-3898
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