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| Help For The Newbie |
| Hints Tricks and Tips |
| New-bie n A new person on the Internet, known to ask a hundred questions a per hour: |
| Easily identify by the dark circles under their eyes from late nights online |
| and the "deer in headlight" look on their face.Sends you email on every new thing they find !, |
| from virus warning to jokes that are at least two years old. |
| Thinks the " SEND TO EVERYONE" button is the greatest thing ever invented ! |
| Approach with Caution: Consider alarmed and dangerous. |
| We all started somewhere, here are some of the lessons I have learned. |
| ( if any old pro's out there want to add their thoughts here, Please email me |
| 1.Get a permanent email address, make sure you can have it forward to your current POP |
| address. When you change your internet provider you will loss that email address, |
| making all the letter heads and cards you had made up worthless |
| Believe me someday you will change internet provider, time will tell ! |
| Just don't forget to have it forward to your new POP account when you do move. |
| I think www.usa.net is one of the best out there. |
| 2.Get a Virus Program and use it , Be careful of strangers ! |
| Know the person or place you are downloading from.That means email Too ! |
| I have never gotten a virus from someone I have known, or commercial web sites. |
| 3. Never give out personal information if you don't have to ! If in doubt, do without ! |
| 4. Chat Rooms to me are a waste of time, with all the other thing to do on the internet. |
| But you have a need to talk, go to safe rooms ! |
| Safe chat rooms have a SYStem OPerater or SYSOP for short, also known as a guardian |
| or monitor. They have the power to knock someone off a server, when they get out of control |
| and type every four letter word they know. Its' still may not be as nice as you would like it, |
| but it is tolerable. Never, ever, ever give out your real name, address, phone number or |
| any personal information ! Yes, they sound nice and wonderful, so down to earth. |
| If they told you they just got out of jail or a mental ward, would you have still chatted with them ? |
| Told them where you work or go to school ? They are going to tell you what you want to hear. |
| 4. Instant Messaging. I have just one word ICQ, |
| well not really a word more like three letter. Stands for " I Seek You " |
| ICQ lets you know when your friends, family or co-workers are online to send them messages |
| and files. There is also a way to hide from your boss, wife or even your probation officer ! |
| You can even open up your own safe chat room with just the people you want. But once again |
| be careful, use the highest security and privacy settings. |
| I use it everyday, so will you ! www.icq.com |
| 5. Don't reply to Spam email, all it does is verify a working email address, |
| you will then receive even more Spam. Don't email them to ask to be taken off their email list, |
| this too verifies your email address. Most email programs have filters, |
| to help you filter out mail you don't want, if that does not work, the delete button always does. |
| 6. Never give up your passwords. If someone calls or emails you and |
| tell you they are working on your account and need your password, |
| it is most likely a scam ! Contact the company by looking up the phone number or email address |
| on your own, then contact the company with the information.Know who you are dealing with ! |
| 7. You can't eat these Cookies. Web cookies are a little like fingerprints for the internet. |
| When you receive them they are checking to see if you have the right stuff and when you give |
| them, you are giving a reply cookie. |
| From these a webmaster can see who you are, what browser you are using, etc.,etc,etc. |
| More information then you want to give ! The more you surf, the more Spam you will receive. |
| Try a cookie blocker software. There are a couple good ones out there. I use AtGuard, |
| they have a 30 day free trial. I love software that has no learning curve, try it you'll like it |
| Need help with a general question ? Fire away Webmaster@bluediva.com |
| In other words don't ask me about software unless you send me a copy :<} |
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