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Archive for April, 2009

Spamarrest and Mozy; save time and peace of mind

4 Apr, 2009  No Comment  

Hey clients ::

A question that I DO NOT get asked enough is if I have any suggestions for backing up the friend/client’s computer. This is common sense of something that needs to be done, but people still do not treat their data like their family photos, but they should. Finally, after all these years, I find that a service called Mozy is one of the best solutions to this problem for one main reason. You set it up and then forget about it. Remembering to back up is usually the number one issue of backing up all together. Also, it works in the background, so you can continue to do ‘your thing’ without being bothered. Their services start with a free 2GB plan and then can go up from there. I HIGHLY recommend that you check out this service, you will be thankful when that unfortunate day comes… and it always does eventually.

mozyAnother thing that I have noticed among friends and clients, is their incredible time spent going through their spam email every day. I had this issue too and before moving to Gmail, I found and used a service called Spamarrest. Spamarrest acts like a middle man… a very alert middle man! As like Mozy, once it’s setup with your custom rules, you can basically forget about it and notice that your email box is full of only relevant emails. It’s really a great service especially when you are using your personalized email within Outlook and Entourage.

spamarrestFor some people, their solution to spam is to create a new email address. This is never a good idea for three main reasons. One, you have to let everyone know of your new email address in which most people do not update. Two, when signed up to many online services, such as Facebook, you used your old email address. You would need to go through and change all those and that is if you are lucky enough where they allow you to change your email address. Not all serviced allow you to do so. Three, your spam amount will be probably back within a year. So, if you are having spam issues that are not controllable, then Spamarrest is a must!

Hope these two suggestions are of a help to you! Let me know if you have any questions about either, otherwise give them a try today!

Kev!