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Sco.biz will be opening a new office in Inverkeithing on the High Street. The estimated date we will open is 1st May 2011.

You will be able to receive help and advice about any computer related problems or you could talk to us about your IT and web requirements.

Telephone 01383 636261

When you retrieve e-mail messages from a POP3 e-mail account, the messages are deleted from the e-mail server by default after they are downloaded to your computer. For many people, this works great.
However, if you want to check your e-mail from multiple computers, you must configure Outlook not delete the messages on your e-mail server. This scenario is most common for people who want to check their home Internet service provider (ISP) e-mail account from work and download the messages for permanent storage on their home computer.
When you leave messages on your e-mail server, you can choose from several options to delete your messages. To make your choice, you need to consider several factors about your e-mail usage, such as how long you want the messages to be accessible from multiple computers and the storage limits imposed by your e-mail server administrator. If you exceed your storage limit, you might be unable to receive new messages or might be charged additional fees. Typically, it is best to have one computer set to the default setting that doesn’t leave e-mail messages on the e-mail server. When you use the computer to retrieve your e-mail messages, they are downloaded and deleted from the e-mail server. If you choose not to do this, Outlook allows you to select a time duration for leaving e-mail messages on the server.
1. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
2. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
3. Select your ISP account, and then click Change.
4. Click More Settings.
5. Click the Advanced tab, and under Delivery, select the Leave a copy of messages on the server check box
6. You may wish to Click “Remove from server after X days

The fight against Spam is a significant challenge that you face daily, and it continues to be one of the biggest problems on the Internet. Spammers are clever and they will continually conjure up new ways to bypass spam filters, so unwanted email will always be there, but you can dramatically reduce the amount of spam you receive if you use your Spam filter correctly.
Spam Assassin
Spam Assassin uses a variety of spam-detection techniques that includes sophisticated scoring filters, Bayesian statistics, external programs, blacklists and online databases.
Used correctly, it can be a very effective deterrent against unwanted email.
How to configure Spam Assassin.
1. Firstly, login to your Plesk control panel.
2. Click on the Mail icon under Services.
3. Click on the email address you would like to configure settings for.
4. Then click on the Spam Filter icon in the Tools section.
5. In the Preferences section, you firstly set the score/tolerance level that email must hit before it is recognised as Spam. Each email is scored between 1 and 10. As an example, if you were to receive an email with the subject ‘Buy Viagra Now’ that would score 8 or 9 as it is obviously Spam. The default setting is 7, which is usually a good place to start, but if you feel Spam is not being recognised enough, you just lower it to 6 or 5 and see how it goes.
6. The What to do with Spam section gives you the choice to remove Spam automatically when it comes to the mailbox, or still deliver the email and mark it as *****Spam*****. If you want to include into the subject line the number of points that messages score, type _SCORE_ in this box. This will help you determine the best score setting to have.
7. Next is the Blacklist section which allows you block specific addresses or domains that you do not want to receive mail from. You can add multiple entries, separated by a tab, a colon or a comma. If you do not want to receive anything from any address at a particular domain you can use * as a wildcard. Just type *@domain.com and any user at that domain will be blacklisted.
8. Similarly, there is also a Whitelist section. If you want to be sure you do not miss any emails from specific senders, you can add multiple entries to your Whitelist in the same way.
9. Click on the Training tab to improve accuracy of spam detection by training the spam filter on the e-mail messages that you have in your mailbox. Simply highlight an email and click on ‘It’s Spam’ or ‘Not Spam’ Once finished with training, you can remove spam e-mails from your mailbox using your e-mail program or Horde IMP Webmail interface.
10. Once finished with your spam filter settings, remember to click the ‘Switch On’ icon and then click OK.
That is it! Your Spam filtering is now enabled and set to your specific requirements. The settings can be modified at any time in the same area of your Plesk control panel.

Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many users don’t know about.

Definitions – Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing: define hotel would display the definition of that word.

Local search – Visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing: restaurant at the above link would display local restaurants.

Phone number lookup – Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number.

Find weather – Type weather followed by a postcode / zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions and forecasts for upcoming days.

Track airline flight – Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it’s arrival time. For example, type: delta 123 to display this flight information if available.

Track packages - Enter a UPS, FedEx or USPS tracking number to get a direct link to track your packages.

Pages linked to you - See what other web pages are linking to your website or blog by typing link: followed by your URL. For example, typing link:http://www.computerhope.com displays all pages linking to Computer Hope.

Find PDF results only – Add filetype: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: “dell xps” filetype:pdf — this is a great way to find online manuals.

Calculator – Use the Google Search engine as a calculator by typing a math problem in the search. For example, typing: 100 + 200 would display results as 300.

Stocks – Quickly get to a stock quote price, chart, and related links by typing the stock symbol in Google. For example, typing: msft will display the stock information for Microsoft.

When you need a really big window for viewing website photos and videos, don’t just maximize it: go full screen! This tip works great for viewing photos and videos at maximum size in Windows Explorer or Windows Media Player, utilizing screen space usually occupied by the header at the top of the screen and the taskbar at the bottom. Now here’s how:
Open any website in Windows Explorer, or open a photo or video clip in Windows Media Player. Do one of the following:
• In Windows click the F11 key at the top of your keyboard.
The website photo or video image enlarges to its maximum size and the title bar and taskbar are hidden.
To undue full-screen mode and restore the window to its normal view, press the F11 key at the top of your keyboard

One of the biggest problems that face us in today’s computerised society is spam and we all hate it!
Spam is such an unnecessary evil that wastes everybody’s time.
After years of trying different filter software and various other different schemes and ideas, I have come up with a very simple but effective solution.

THE 3 NEVERS RULE
1.) Never put your email address on your website without protecting it with some Java script.
2.) Never sign up to ecommerce shopping carts with your real email address, create an alias for that purpose. An alias can be create in seconds that goes straight to your real email address. An alias can be deleted just as quick as it was created. If an alias is getting spammed just delete it and then create a new one. Your main mail email address on your business cards has been protected!
3.) Never link a real email address to a web form on your website. It should go to an alias rather that you real email address.

How to create a SCO.BIZ Email Alias in Plesk
This tutorial assumes that you have already logged in to serverwebspace.co.uk

Now let’s learn how to create an email alias in Plesk.

1) Click Mail Accounts icon.
2) Select the email address for which you want to add a new alias.
3) Click Add New Mail Alias.
4) Enter the new email alias here.
Adding the email alias whocares@sco.biz to the mail address realemail@sco.biz means that any email sent to whocares@sco.biz will
automatically be forwarded to realemail@sco.biz mailbox.
3) When ready, click OK to save the changes.
4) Scroll down.
Here we can see that the new email alias has been successfully added. You can always edit it by clicking on it, or delete it altogether.
Let’s imagine we are getting spammed now and need to delete the email alias we just created.

1) Click Mail Accounts icon.
2) Click on the email address for which you want to delete alias.
3.) Scroll down to “Mail aliases total” at the bottom of the page
3) Click the alias check box to the right of the address you wish to delete.
4) Then click the Remove link with the red X.
5) Select the check box to confirm the removal.
6) Then click OK.

Any problems or your need help phone us on (01592) 264019.

Sco.biz will be opening a new office in Cupar on the High Street. The estimated date we will open is 25th October 2010.

You will be able to receive help and advice about any computer related problems or you could talk to us about your IT and web requirements.

Telephone 01334 303030