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Internet Safety E-mail Tips
- Get two email accounts, one for business and one for personal use. Only give out your personal address to family and friends to help reduce unwanted emails (otherwise known as "spam").
- Try to memorize your password rather than writing it down. Use an acronym of a favorite saying or something that as true about you such as I Don't Like Driving In The Snow password = idldits. You can then take that password and substitute some numbers for letters such as: id1dit5. Now that's a good a password!
- Don't give the password to your e-mail service or to anyone that you don't know or trust. Try to avoid using services that do not allow you to change your password, but rather set it for you.
- Don't download any attachments from people you don't know, or from people you don't trust.
- Scan attachments with a virus program before downloading them, even if they come from a friend.
- Try to avoid sending private or secret information through e-mail.
- If you absolutely have to send private or secret information through e-mail, make sure you encrypt it first.
- Don't spam people, you could get into trouble with your ISP and have your account terminated. In fact, this is becoming common practice as more services implement no-spam policies.
- If you don't like getting ads in your e-mail, choose to opt out of all unnecessary mailing lists.
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