Now, how can I ignore those spam emails? How can I keep them out of my Inbox? You need a spam filter!

We”ve all tried the old way – using a “block the sender” function. Basically, this is a specific filter (called a “rule” by some programs) that says “if an email comes from him, put it in the spam folder.”

Whether you use Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora (like I do), Mozilla Thunderbird, or some other email program, they almost all provide a way to block or trash emails from specific individuals or domains. But, that doesn”t work any more…

Read more in my article SPAM FILTER — Keeping spam out of your Inbox

Every once in a while, we decide to uninstall a program because we don”t need it any longer. We go to Start / Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs. After Windows shows the list of programs we can uninstall, we select the one and click on the Remove button. Sometimes, we have to go to the Start Menu section for that program in order to find the uninstallation program.

The process is usually very easy. Some programs, unfortunately, do not always clean up after themselves properly when they uninstall themselves.

Read more in my article Uninstalling and Reinstalling Programs

Volume 1, Number 33 — Sunday, January 29, 2006

IN THIS EMAIL ISSUE:
   0.   JUST FOR SUBSCRIBERS — EMAIL ONLY
   0.1   Welcome to New Subscribers
   0.2   More New and Revised Web Pages
   0.3   Still More Gmail Accounts Available
   0.4   Netintelligence Parental Control
   0.5   The New Net Nasty — Blackworm
   0.6   My Recommendations for Computer Security Software
   0.7   Recommend Terry”s Computer Tips to Your Friends
   0.8   Can I put my subscription on hold?
   0.9   Changing Your Subscription Address

IN THIS WEEK”S ON-LINE EDITION
   1.   Lots of New Web Pages at www.TerrysComputerTips.com
   2.   Updates Last Week
   3.   NOD32 Anti-virus/Anti-threat Program
   4.   Email Spam Filter and Spam Filtering
   5.   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
   6.   Newsletter feedback: “Show all extensions” and K9 anti-spam software
   7.   The Next CyberSecurity Web Seminar
   8.   Recommend my Terry”s Computer Tips Newsletter to Your Friends
   9.   Send me some email!

You”ve undoubtedly heard this week that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal from Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturers of the Blackberry email device. RIM dramatically lost their patent infringement cases and this was the last gasp.

GlobeAndMail.com has the story of the remarkable growth of the Blackberry and of the patent lawsuit — and the mis-steps that lead to RIM”s problems.

Many people have forgotten that RIM and NTP, the patent holders, agreed to a $450 million settlement some time ago, which promptly fell through.

Will RIM survive? Will the Blackberry survive?

The rumor of today is that Walgreens will announce next week that they will put inkjet cartridge refill kiosks in all Walgreens stores. Pricing is to be about half of new.

Office Depot and Office Max are reported to be testing the concept in a limited number of their stores.

I”m still busy adding new pages and articles and revising more at Terry”s Computer Tips.

I”m converting older newsletter articles to individual web pages because Google has trouble indexing, and keeping indexes of, newsletters. They are apparently expiring them based on age.

More new & revised pages:
Email Reliability in this Internet World
Has Joe Read the Email I Sent Him?
Google Earch and Google Moon
Free Software Review — WinPatrol
Indentifying Programs That Start Automatically
Controlling Programs That Start Automatically
Blogging
What Happened To That Web Site?
Uninstalling and Reinstalling Programs
Usenet Newsgroups
Usenet News Reader Programs
Agent, a Usenet News Reader
Powweb Web Hosting
Remote Computer Access
Anti-virus Programs
Spam Filters and Spam Filtering
Windows XP