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I am using Mac OS X. Do not have anti-virus security. Wallpapers are downloaded from general websites. Only using Yahoo Mail Beta which has Norton Anti Virus to scan all incoming & outgoing emails and attachments. How reliable is the Norton Anti Virus scanning in Yahoo Mail Beta?

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Routine breast scans don’t affect mortality
Danish breast-cancer researchers compared mortality rates in areas with screening programs and those without

Read more on The Globe and Mail

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Tax filingtechnologysaves money
More than 3.5 million taxpayers file their state personal income tax returns by phone or computer. The other 2 million use forms that arrive by mail at a nondescript warehouselike building at 18th and Brookwood streets in Harrisburg.

Read more on The Patriot-News

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Commander Shepard receives a mail from EDI about the facility as the possible source of a VI virus that caused the MSV Corsica to crash and led Jarrahe Station’s internal VI to kill the scientists aboard. A scan of Capek opens the following message: Surface scan detects mech production facility matching the registration parameters of Hahne-Kedar Corporation. Facility reports emergency lockdown at this location. Personell scans report no living beings detected. Hazard scans show a large number of virus-infected mechs quarantined within the facility. Deactivation of the primary production line controls should disrupt the creation of additional infected mechs.

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I used track and confirm on an envelope and when I checked on it I discovered that it was delivered to the incorrect zipcode. I called customer service for the USPS and was told that it was probably scanned wrong and is either being processed or at arrival at unit. They said it should be updated once it arrives at the address and that I shouldn’t worry. And that the zip code showing as delivered on the track and confirm is probably the zip for the mailing center it arrived at. Does the USPS ever make mistakes like these? Also, I tried to look for a Postal Service in that zipcode (that showed up on track and confirm but what I was told was not where it was delivered, but the unit my mail arrived at) and all that I found was a mailbox, NO postal center, which makes me think that the customer service rep was incorrect. I need this envelope to be postmarked by March 20 and that’s today, so if the usps did screw this up I need to send another envelope today. So was this representative telling the truth or what?

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Can someone walk me through the steps on how to take paper pictures and scan them onto a computer? And once this is done, can I send them as an attachment in an e mail like you would any other picture?

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i get the 999 error on reply function ONLY.
compose and send works fine.
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when some one send me an email (no attachments) ,,when i go to reply back to them,, i get the 999 error thing,,, i scanned my pc with my virus/spyware scanner and all turned up clean,,,
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then i read somewhere if yahoo thinks u r online to long in yahoo mail,, it turns off certain functions,,if this is true,,,, then yahoo dont like its customers

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The problem with electronic mail today
Email is not what it was supposed to be. Its inventors have not foreseen the dan¬gers associated with this new form of communication. Means of protection were added later on, but do little to protect people’s mailboxes. As a result, most of the mail traffic these days is unwanted: spam, malware, phishing. How can we use the AXIGEN Mail Server and existing free anti-spam, antivirus and anti-phishing software and technologies so that the result is more than the sum of the parts?

Traditional filtering in AXIGEN
From its very beginnings, AXIGEN has integrated open-source filters such as SpamAssassin and ClamAV and has used the fastest way to process mails through them by interfacing with their daemons directly. But this usage scenario had a major downside: mail messages were scanned in the queue, after having been accepted by the mail server. As a result, “Spam” folders had the tendency to grow indefinitely and waste space in the server storage and backup mediums.

A new approach to email filtering
Starting with version 6.2.2, AXIGEN can integrate with a Milter filter at the SMTP level, enabling scanning of the incoming SMTP connections. The possibility to scan a message before receiving it opens up new perspectives, as it enables us to refuse a message if the content filters strongly indicate that the scanned message is unwanted.

Let’s take a simple example, in which the decision to reject a mail was taken by the Milter filter by evaluating the results of the antivirus scanner. Why would this be a better choice than quarantining, for example, or tagging?

For one thing, we do not accept the message and no further resources are allocated to this mail: processing, storage, backup, double-checks etc. For unwanted traffic, this is a very good thing as it minimizes your problems. However, what happens if, unfortunately, the refused message is a legitimate mail? Let’s compare the three valid choices: quarantining, tagging or refusing the message.

Quarantining means that the unwanted mail would end up in a rather large quarantined space. Suppose we only do this for malware as detected by an antivirus content filter: viruses, worms, phishing. Can we alert the receiver for every quarantined mail that was heading to their inbox? Realistically, no, because the malware traffic can reach really high levels. Add to this that almost all of it is spoofed and you risk to get into situations in which innocent people are blamed for spreading malware, when their only fault would be the fact that their address is known by spammers. So, when a mail is quarantined, neither the sender, nor the recipients are usually aware of it. If through some other means one or both of them find out about the missing mail, typically the receiver will have to alert his/her administrator of the mishap in order to gain access to the quarantined mail.
Tagging, often applied to spam messages, means the message will usually end up in a sub-folder of the recipient’s mailbox, typically named “Spam”. He/she may or may not check that folder for false positives, but as no filter is perfect, sooner or later some legitimate mail will end up in “Spam”. When that happens, neither the sender, nor the recipient will be aware of it. If through some other means, one or both of them find out about the missing mail, the receiver will usually have to dig through its spam folder to find the legitimate mail. This may be quick if he/she knows the exact coordinates of that mail (sender, date, subject), or may be a daunting task if the “Spam” folder is rather large and the data is very vague (eg. “Should have received a mail from a South American company with some financial info”).

To learn more about our innovative, Milter-based filtering, please continue to read this whitepaper by clicking here: Innovative Mail Filtering, or contact us at: sales@axigen.com. We also invite you to sign up to our free, live webinar organized in partnership with the The Radicati Group:

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You’ve started the day with a sales rally and the pep talk of your life. All of your agents have come in for the start of an important new campaign. They have reviewed the direct mail piece your provider sent earlier in the week. They’re educated on the products. They’ve never been more ready to sell. Every thing and every person is in place.

 

And the phones are silent.

 

 

It’s a mortgage broker’s nightmare. You invest in direct mail marketing, and the responses don’t come in when you expect they will. Experience tells you that once the letters are mailed, you have no way of predicting when they’ll arrive in mailboxes, much less where they’re stuck at this moment. The success of your campaign is at the mercy of a system that appears to send mail through a time warp with variable results.

 

Lucky for you, there’s actually nothing so mysterious about the U.S. Postal Service. It works as a well-oiled machine that efficiently delivers billions of pieces of mail each year. The system tracks the location of each piece of mail from the time it is dropped by the sender until it lands in the local mail carrier’s hands on the way to its final destination. Working with a direct mail provider who understands these systems and puts them to work for you can help prepare you for the times the phones actually start ringing. And when you are prepared, you will have the ability to maximize your profits.

 

Method in the madness

 

The USPS works much like the hub and spoke system of major airlines. Business mail enters the stream at Bulk Mail Entry Units (BMEUs). It is then sent to one of 26 Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs), the equivalent of a hub for an airline, or directly to one of 450 Sectional Center Facilities (SCFs). Generally speaking, each SCF handles mail for which the first three digits of a zip code match. From the SCF, mail is sent to one of 115,000 local post offices, or DDUs (Destination Delivery Units).

 

As with airlines, you can pay more to have your mail travel “first class.” Though it will travel on the same planes, trains and automobiles as standard class mail, the first class designation means the mail will receive priority handling. If postal workers run out of time to sort all the mail that comes to them in one day, then it’s the standard mail that must go on standby for a delayed trip. Still, the USPS requires standard mail to be processed within a certain timeframe, so it won’t be stranded with an indefinite layover.

 

Built-in accountability

 

Two key reporting documents can help you track your direct mail marketing pieces. The USPS provides the 3602 postal receipt when mail is dropped by the sender at the BMEU. This stamped receipt, provided either in electronic or paper form, will show the total number of pieces that were accepted into the facility as part of your mailing, the date they were accepted, and the exact amount of the postage. The 3602 receipt is given to your direct mail provider at no cost, and it should be passed along to you without extra charge.

 

Many direct mail providers also create tracking reports that contain important information to help you maximize the return on investment in your direct mail campaign. Each piece of mail handled by the USPS is stamped with an intelligent bar code, which is scanned at each step in the delivery process, from initial drop off to the DDU. (Individual carriers scan mail only when delivery confirmation is requested.) Direct mail providers can access the information to locate direct mail pieces in the system and to predict when they will arrive at their destination.

 

Knowledge is power

 

The receipt and the tracking reports will help you in two primary ways: you can confirm that your direct mail provider printed and mailed the correct number of pieces and you can plan your mail drop so that delivery occurs at a convenient time for you.

 

By using First Class mail, you maintain greater control over when your direct mail marketing piece will be delivered. Standard mail is 10 cents cheaper, but it may sometimes be delayed by several days. You should choose the latter option only if you have the ability to take customer calls every day that mail is delivered.

 

A knowledgeable and experienced direct mail provider will have discovered clear trends in mail delivery speed based on the day mail is entered at the BMEU. He or she will help time your mail drop so that it arrives on days when your office is open and you can plan for sufficient staffing to handle the extra calls.

 

Experienced direct mail providers will also have gathered enough data [r1] from their mail tracking reports based on USPS daily postal scans to estimate varying delivery times in different states. If you know ahead of time that delivery is likely to come a day earlier in the Eastern time zone than in the Pacific, you can schedule extra morning phone center staff early in the week and more evening workers later in the week. With valuable tracking information and experienced professionals at your side, you will avoid dropped calls and increase your sales.

 

First Class All the Way

 

If you’re choosing first class for your mail, why not give yourself an upgrade with a knowledgeable and reputable direct mail provider? Many mortgage brokers choose a provider based solely on the final cost per piece, but it’s worth the extra time be certain you’re working  with someone who services your account beyond the basics.

 

Before you undertake your next mailing, consider the added value of a direct mail provider who will:

 

Time the mailing of your piece for maximum results;
Consult with you on the staffing of your call center based on the expected delivery rate of your piece;
Provide a stamped postal receipt to verify completion of the order; and
Track the delivery rate of your mailing to help you meet the needs of your prospects, measure your success and plan for future direct mail marketing campaigns.

 

In many cases, the cost to receive these “extras” may be the same or only slightly higher than the competition. However, in the end you will gain a strategic partner with the potential to improve your results exponentially. And you can’t get more “first class” than that.

 

 [r1]gathered from their own mail tracking reports based on USPS daily postal scans.

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