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Another Web Hosting Client Fired

Scott — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:07:18 +0000

We got hit today with another 48 hours of Microsoft spam blacklisting, this time because a brand new hosting client sent out 30,000 e-mails in one day. When I looked at the website of this new client, I did have just the slightest hesitation when I saw that he was an Internet marketer, however it [...]

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You Need Better Passwords Right Now

Scott — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:44:13 +0000

A dozen years ago or so, I had one password that I used for everything, and it wasn’t until some bad experiences that I understood the wisdom of having stronger passwords. That said, to this day, I have some very simple passwords for literally dozens of online accounts I have in various places, because there’s [...]

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Peak Studios – Boulder, Colorado – Actually Harming Clients

Scott — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:04:12 +0000

Peak Studios is a “search marketing firm” in Colorado that deserves special recognition for being incredibly stupid. Apparently, they’ve decided to leave fake negative reviews on my local business profile in Google, and they’ve done the same thing to several other members of the SEMpdx board of directors. The owner, Quince Wyss, has now moved [...]

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We’ve Been Spam Bombed

Scott — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:52:59 +0000

If you’re one of our 900 hosting customers having sporadic trouble with email for the past 36 hours, here’s the deal, and we’re pretty sure it’s totally unrelated to my public criticism of Linux Magic. At approximately 7:45AM Pacific, one of the PDXTC shared mail servers (mail2.pdxtc.com) was determined to be in a critical state [...]

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Email Fascism by Linux Magic – Wizard Tower Technoservices

Scott — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:21:04 +0000

Does your business send e-mail to your customers? How about emailing invoices or monthly statements? Do you ever communicate with them to let them know about issues with their orders, or changes to their account? Do you ever send them a newsletter, even one that they may have double-verified with an “opt in” on your [...]

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Copied Your Website – What Can You Do?

Scott — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:01:36 +0000

Today I got notified by a hosting customer that his website had their content and design copied and reposted under another domain name hosted elsewhere. The copied domain is here – www.nim-company.com while the ORIGINAL design and content are here – www.webpositionexpert.com. The original site is a friend with a business in Antigua, while the [...]

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Are You Sick of Spam?

Scott — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:28:58 +0000

Spam is at an all time high, and there’s simply no stopping it. Oh yeah? Check this out… I’m an affiliate for SpamArrest, and to this day, have never found a solution that I like better for up to 5 email addresses. The price is right, and it REALLY does work. SpamArrest can actually block [...]

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How do you Stop Spam, Viruses and Phishing?

Scott — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:58:55 +0000

To say “spam is out of control” is not really accurate, so let me give you some figures that will put it in perspective. For my own domain pdxtc.com, August 2006 brought me these numbers… 19,306 total incoming emails (and we only have 9 addresses!) 16,209 were identified and blocked as spam before a human [...]

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Blocked AOL email? Here’s why…

Scott — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:23:10 +0000

Several web hosting customers have reported that their email to AOL members has been occasionally undeliverable. After aÂ bit of research, and I’ve discovered why… Some people have their own domain names hosted with PDXTC, yet continue to have their email forwarded through our system to their AOL addresses because it’s easier for them. When those [...]

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OS Commerce and PHPbb – Oregon web hosting customers

Scott — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:28:01 +0000

This is a note to my web hosting customers in Portland and elsewhere, but since it applies universally, I’m posting the info here… OS Commerce and PHPbb are free, or “open source” software programs available with all PDXTC web hosting packages. Upon installation from your web hosting control panel, you have access to the latest [...]

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