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Keeping In Touch With My Online Family

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Issue #32: January 22nd, 2002

Hi <FIRST_NAME>,

Here's What We Have For YOU Today:

~ Publisher's Corner
~ Notes and Quotes
~ Feature Articles
~ Ezine ADventure
~ Helpful Hints
~ Readers' Comments/Suggestions
~ Ad Swaps

~~~Publisher's Corner~~~

Here's hoping your week got off to a good start! I'm still
buried in web pages, shared borders, on site autoresponders,
scripts -- just to name a few things.

Before I start on my usual rambling, I'd like to send a
very warm welcome to our new subscribers.

If you want something done, you have to put in the effort
or else hire someone to do it for you. It's your choice.
Admittedly, I tend to be a 'touch' stubborn when it comes
to 'learning it myself'. There are many times when you
aren't sure it's worth the frustration. On the other hand,
when you do learn something new it gives you such a sense
of accomplishment.

I was checking out a few sites on the weekend and because
I had just been through this whole process myself, I noticed
a few things that a webmaster could have or should have done
in order to make the site work more efficiently. It feels
pretty good actually when the cause and effect of building
a website starts making sense. I'll be the first to admit
there's still a long ways to go. No website is ever truly
finished. It's a constant work in progress. With the rapid
changes that happen on the Internet, it's a constant
learning process -- I do believe I am up to the challenge
though.

While you are working on your site, your e-mail still comes
in and if you haven't set up filters, you can end up with
more work than you can handle. Our first Feature Article,
Spam: Bozo Filters, deals with just that situation. Richard
Lowe does a great job of explaining the filters and how to
use them properly. Be sure to check out his site too. It's
loaded with useful information.

Our second Feature Article is by John Colanzi - You Don't
Have to be Perfect. If you are worried about making a
mistake -- don't be and John will explain why.

Enjoy today's issue. It is my hope that by this time next
week I'll have everything up and running on my new domain
and of course you will all be invited to come take a look.

Have a great day and keep on smiling!

Lois M. Jeary
Publisher, KIT and KIT Klassifieds
mailto:lois@home-for-success.com

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A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks that others throw at him.

David Brink

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mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

Mike Todd

~~~Feature Articles~~~

Spam: Bozo Filters
Author: Richard Lowe, Jr.
Contact Author: mailto:articles@internet-tips.net

A bozo filter is a feature of email and newsgroups clients
to allow you to automatically delete messages which you do
not want to receive. This is typically used to eliminate
flame spam messages so you don't have to see them.

For example, I am subscribed to a number of topics on Yahoo
Egroups. In general these groups have pleasant conversations
among people who stay on topic and don't flame. There are
two individuals, however, who are abusive and make no
substantial contributions and see the need to post flames
and sarcastic remarks regularly. I could just ignore (and
delete) these messages myself, or I could (and have) set up
a bozo filter in Outlook which automatically deletes all
messages from their email address. This ensures that I don't
need to read the messages from these people except as part
of a reply to another message (rare).

Using the filters supplied with virtually all modern email
and newsgroup clients, you can seriously cut down on spam
and other unwanted messages. However, to be effective, you
have to maintain your filters on a regular basis. Here's
what I do: whenever I receive an email which is undesirable,
I scan it quickly to identify something which would identify
it. This might be the FROM address, the SUBJECT (some or all
of it) or various phrases within the message body. If the
FROM address is strange (which it often is in spam
messages), then it's better to key off the subject or text
body. These identifiers are then added to my filters. In
other words, I tell the email client "if you see this phrase
in the message body, then please automatically delete the
message.

Note that you must be careful that the phrases are specific
to the type of message you want to delete. Otherwise, you
will wind up deleting messages which you actually want to
receive. For example, let's say a common phrase is "sex
movies for sale". You should add the whole phrase to your
filter, not a short word like "sale" which could
unintentionally delete messages about other things.

Note that your filter should move the messages to the trash,
and you should always take a quick scan of the messages in
your email trash can before deleting. This will help prevent
you from accidentally deleting a valid message. Filters are
not perfect.

Some good phrases to add to your bozo filters are:

Click here to be removed.
bulk e-mail
bulk e mail
MLM
multilevel
I just found your address by searching through
adult
adults only
If you are under 21
This is a one-time mailing
This is not a spam
million dollars
senate.gov
Section 301, Paragraph (a)(2)(C) of S. 1618
Bill 1618 Title III
Since your email address was listed on a related Web site…
Claim your prize

Once you've spent some time creating a few bozo filters, you
will begin to realize the power at your fingertips. Using
the filtering components of products such as Outlook and
Outlook express, you can automatically file emails in
specific folders, forward them without your intervention and
of course delete spam.

Have fun and use these to help improve your productivity.

To see a list of article available for reprint, you can send
an email to:
mailto:article-list@internet-tips.net?subject=send_article_list
or visit
http://internet-tips.net/requestarticles.htm

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Richard Lowe Jr. is the webmaster of Internet Tips And
Secrets at http://www.internet-tips.net - Visit our website
any time to read over 1,000 complete FREE articles about how
to improve your internet profits, enjoyment and knowledge.

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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the
whole staircase, just take the first step.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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You Don't Have To Be Perfect
by John Colanzi

I don't know about you, but I wasted a lot of time in my
quest for freedom. I worried about making mistakes. That
was my biggest mistake of all.

You spend your youth being graded by your teachers. You
take endless tests rating your performance.

Your peers rate your dress and your actions. You are
being conditioned to live in a world of A's, B's and C's.
You judge your worth by the opinions of others.

How do I know?

I've been there.

Every time I wanted to make a change, I would hesitate.
What if I made a mistake? What if I looked stupid.

You know what? It doesn't matter.

If you want to accomplish your goals, you must decide that
it's ok to make a mistake. You are not being graded anymore.

No matter what you do, some people will not approve.

Once I realized that, I was free to experiment. I could
test new ideas. The feeling was liberating.

I don't have to be perfect and neither do you.

Do you want to write articles to promote your business? Do
it.

What if it's not perfect?

It doesn't matter. You'll get better with practice.

I write at least an article a week and I still haven't got
it right.

I make spelling errors, use poor grammar, but I keep
plugging. I'll keep at it until I get it right.

I just wrote a free ebook. So far I've revised it 5 times
and will probably have to revise it another 100 times.

If I waited for it to be perfect, it still wouldn't be in
circulation.

Don't wait to be perfect. Start from right where you are
and make corrections as you go.

In the words of Theodore Roosevelt,
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Wishing You Success,
John Colanzi
Street Smart Marketing
http://www.internet-profits4u.com

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