METHODS TO FIGHT SPAM

Industry experts estimate that three out of every five e-mail messages that are sent today are spam. This is not only a nuisance; it is costing us all time and money which could be better spent on productive ventures. Bizwala is committed to fighting spam & blocks a great deal without customer intervention. Our systems are updated daily and we are always working to improve our spam filtering. Though we may never be able to block it all, we can offer some suggestions to combat spam effectively. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: How can I prevent spam from reaching my e-mail account? A: People who send spam compile their mailing lists in many ways. Methods to compile such lists include: Sending spam to e-mail addresses that are most commonly used. A common tactic consists of building lists of targeted addresses that use frequently used words such as "webmaster" or "info" (for example, "webmaster@mydomainname" or "info@mydomainname"). Obtaining e-mail addresses that are automatically "harvested" from web sites by specialized software. Compiling lists of e-mail addresses that are either chosen or generate at random (for example, " joe1@mydomainname", "joe2@mydomainname" or "joe3@mydomainname". This method is becoming increasingly frequent. Because spammers often send spam to undefined e-mail aliases such as aabbcc@domain.com, ccddee@domain.com, mfrds@domain.com, you can combat the receipt of spam effectively by not using a catch-all address . (The catch-all is an alias that is used to receive mail sent to undefined addresses/aliases .) Q: What is spoofing and how can I fight it? A: "Spoofing" occurs when a spammer uses some version of your domain name in the "From" address field. Spammers use spoofing to try to hide their identities and to pass blame for spam to innocent Internet users. The large amount of spam messages -- many of which are sent to invalid address -- result in a significant amount of "bounced" e-mail (that is, mail that returned as being undeliverable). Unfortunately, bounced mail is sent back to the address found in the "From" line of the spammed message. Typically, the "From" line is also an undefined e-mail address not found in your mail settings. To combat receiving bounced mail messages, you can use the "devnull" alias that we mentioned in the previous question and answer. Q: Even if my account is not generating any spam, can the mail server I use get blocked because of spam? Unfortunately, yes. The main cause for blacklisting your mail server depends on where the spammed e-mail is ultimately received and how the ISP who maintains that location reacts to spam and to spam complaints. Many account holders with Bizwala forward e-mail messages that are sent to there hosting account. For example, a message sent to info@mydomainname could be forwarded to myaccount@aol.com or myaccount@yahoo.com. At other times, clients may be forwarding e-mail messages to accounts that are invalid or otherwise not in use. The processing of the forwarded e-mail message is handled by the mail server that your account uses (specifically, the MTA or Mail Transport Agent). Because a Bizwala mail server is the MTA, it is possible that the mail server could be blacklisted even though you (or any other Bizwala client) is not responsible for sending the spam in the first place. In short, you must be careful about where you forward e-mail, how you report spam, and to whom you report it. Note: Bizwala reserves the right to terminate a client's services for violations of our Acceptable Use policy. Unacceptable use includes forwarding e-mail messages to addresses that are invalid (not within the client's control) and/or sending mail with malicious intent. Q: How can I filter spam in my Inbox once I receive it? First, do NOT click any links in the spam or try to reply or unsubscribe to the spammed e-mail message. Often, these links will subscribe you to even more spam lists despite the fact that those links appear to promise that you will be unsubscribed. And, as spammers are always looking for legitimate e-mail addresses to spam, replying to a spam message in any way only tells the spammer that your e-mail address is valid. Second, some e-mail programs have built-in functionality that deals with spam that reaches your Inbox. Outlook 2000 (and newer) is one such a e-mail program. Outlook creates a folder called Junk Mail, where you can move junk e-mail and then review it before deleting. Or, you can have junk e-mail delivered to your Inbox, but color-coded so you can easily identify it. The list of terms that Outlook uses to filter suspected junk e-mail messages is found in a file named Filters.txt. You can also filter messages based on the e-mail addresses of junk and adult content senders, allowing you to move or delete all future messages from a particular sender. You can review the Junk Senders list and add and remove e-mail addresses from it. If you do not use Outlook 2000 or higher, please refer to your mail program's help files for any information related to spam filtering. Q: Are there any low cost programs out there that I can install to help filter the spam? A: Yes. There are many programs available that use a variety of methods to help e-mail end users filter spam. Effective spam prevention should include client-side software (that is, software that is installed on your local computer). Below are some links that you may want to visit: Cloudmark Safety Bar: http://www.cloudmark.comRealize that there are many products on the market that you can install on help filter spam. However, as we are not affiliated with the vendors or authors of those products, we cannot specify which of those products would work best for your specific situation. We ask that you "do your research" in order to locate which product is best for you. Q: The spam that is reaching me is being sent to defined e-mail accounts. What can I do about it? A: If any of your defined e-mail addresses are receiving too many spam messages, it may be well worth it to you to change your e-mail address. For example, if "info@mydomainname" is the recipient of too much spam, it may be a good idea to delete "info@mydomainname" in favor of "information@mydomainname. We realize that this may be a tough decision, but such an action could be a huge benefit as it would immediately reduce -- if not entirely eliminate -- the amount of spam that you would be receiving at your e-mail address. Q: How can I prevent my e-mail address from being added to spammer's mailing lists? A: As mentioned above, spammers use a variety of methods to compile lists. We have created a help document that will give you some useful tips about how to prevent your e-mail addresses from being added to lists. Protect Your Privacy If you plan to enter your information to any Web site, please review the Terms of Service and Privacy Policies of the Web site. If the policies do not clearly indicate what will be done with your information, you should reconsider posting any details to that Web site. Publishing Your E-mail Address on Your Web Site Instead of having a simple "mailto" link on your Web site, such as "Please e-mail me at joe@example.com," consider using an approved form mail script that allows Web site visitors to fill out a form to send you e-mail. Bizwala offers such a script free of charge. This will help prevent e-mail address harvesting robots and other spammers from capturing your address. email support@bizwala.net if you need assistance in setting up a spam deterrent form mail Member Profiles Try to stay away from creating and posting a member profile, on any Web site, for others to see publicly. Spammers are always reviewing such information for new e-mail addresses. Product Registration Many of us register products online. Many times the product registration form has options pre-selected that enable the company to solicit you by e-mail, even though you may not want it. Be sure to review the options you are selecting and any options that may have been selected for you by default. Posting to a Newsgroup Never post anything to a newsgroup with your real e-mail address. Consider cloaking the address or using a "disposable" e-mail address. Consider creating and using an e-mail address from one of the free e-mail address providers. Do Not Reply to Spam or an Unsubscribe Request Never reply to a piece of spam or request to be unsubscribed. Your reply confirms that your address is working and provides the spammer the opportunity to add your address to their list or sell it to another entity. This actually helps facilitate more spam. Report Spam An effective way to help prevent spam is to report it to the ISP or mail administrator where the spam originated. Such reports help ISPs to identify the user or users who sent the spam. Report the spam, including full headers from the spam, to the ISP abuse department or postmaster e-mail address. Federal law strictly limits the information that online service providers may disclose about their users. However, e-mail messages do contain some information about the sender. E-mail headers contain an Internet Protocol (IP) address that corresponds to the sender's Internet service provider (ISP). A line in the e-mail message contains an 8 to 12 digit number, separated by periods. For example: "Received: from [123.456.78.91] by . . ." The "123.456.78.91" represents the ISP's unique IP address for the sender. Most spam headers have multiple "Received: from" lines. If the e-mail message has not been forged then, in general, the first such line from the bottom is the true origin of the spammed message. After you identify the IP address, you can search to determine which ISP provides this person with Internet access. A Web site that attempts to determine the actual computer with that IP address is located at http://www.arin.net/whois/index.html -Article written by Wendy Jo McLeod http://www.bizwala.com

NEW WEBSITE LISTS SERVICES FOR SELF EMPLOYED PARENTS

Self-employment particularly among women, many of whom are mothers, is growing at a fast rate, faster even than men owned business. While many begin their work-at-home search hoping to find a job, starting a business is probably the fastest and easies way to start making money at home. But once the product or service is created, the real work is getting the word out. A new website helps self-employed parents by offering a directory that consumers can use to find products and services.

Our Milk Money was started by two work-at-home moms Ally Loprete and Kelli Shand who wanted to help parents find ways to achieve the financial means to stay home or provide more for their children, and to educate consumers about the products and services found through self-employed parents. They provide a searchable directory of businesses through Canada and the United States from which consumers can find local or Internet based businesses from which to shop or find work-at-home opportunities.

To learn more or find a self-employed parent near you, visit: http://www.ourmilkmoney.com/

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"TRAPPED"

YOU SAY YOU FEEL TRAPPED!
BUT WHAT TRAPPED YOU?
YOU SAY THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOUR IN IS THE CULPRIT, THAT JOB THAT DON'T PAY WHAT YOU FEEL YOUR WORTH.
THE CHILDREN THAT YOUR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
YOUR CREDIT HISTORY.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, IT'S ALL THE SAME.
THAT RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE STUCK IN.
THAT OLD DECREPITH CAR THAT WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR.
THAT MARRIAGE YOU WANT OUT OF SO BADLY.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IT'S ALL THE SAME.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TO BLAME.
BUT STOP A MINUTE, TAKE A LONG LOOK AT YOURSELF. WHEN DID YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A SLAVE? WHAT SEED WAS PLANTED IN YOUR LIFE THAT SAYS STOP! YOU CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER? WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS WAITING FOR A BETTER DAY?
ISN'T LIFE TO BE LIVED IN ABUNDANCE AT THIS PRESENT TIME?
OVER 2000 YEARS AGO OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST STATED THAT "I HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU LIFE AND GIVE IT TO YOU ABUNDANLTY"
NOW I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, BUT THE PRINCIPLES THAT JESUS TAUGHT ARE TRUTH IN IT'S PUREST FORM.
WHY NOT PLANT THE SEEDS OF LOVE, JOY, HAPPINESS, ABUNDANCE, AND FREEDOM SO THAT IT GROWS AND MULTIPLIES IN YOUR LIFE.
CHOOSE FREEDOM FROM GUILT AND COMDEMNATION. THAT WHICH KEEPS YOU TRAPPED.
LOVE. CRYSTAL

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"MY JOURNEY"

I have come from being an abused wife in my early twenties to being a happily divorced work at home mother now. It has been long and hard but not in the least regretful because I have learned that life gives you what you ask for, whether it be conscious or unconscious. Our thought life and the words we speak on a daily basis is what forms our life. Our thoughts like anything else in our lives must be tended to and nurtured on a daily basis, just as you would nurture a garden after the seed is planted. Our thoughts can also be compared to seeds. If you plant an onion seed, don't expects strawberries, and if you plant a lemon seed, don't expect oranges. This is why it is so very important to watch what enters into our temple we call our body. For instance; If you continually watch or listen to violent material then it will infiltrate your thought life and will eventually show up in your life in some form because it was the seed that you planted. The same is true in reverse. During my years of being with an abusive man and continually choosing not so loving circumstances in my life, No matter what how much I attempted to get out of the situation, I continued to attract the same thing over and over just showing up in different vessels. This is because of the seed that was planted in my thought life early on. I thought subconsciously that taking abuse from other people made me a strong person because it showed the other person up for who they really were. This gave me a sense of power. So I continued to attract the same kinds of abuse with most people I came into contact with. (This is sick thinking but this was the seed that I planted in my life, unknowingly destroying myself with being a victim) Now because I understand the Laws of Attraction, I have begun to re-invent myself in every area of my life. I no longer accept abuse, I have gotten rid of the victim mentality and I work to stay conscious of treating myself in loving ways in everything that I do. One of my goals was to fire my boss and that is what I eventually did. I wanted to call my own shots and work when I wanted on my own terms and I accomplished this. No it was not easy but my passion for wanting to be a work at home mom was extremely strong and I had to go with it. Now I am loving the life that I live and Living the life that I love.

SETTING GOALS

Do you have a hard time when it comes to setting goals, or are not quite clear how to map them out?

If your answer is yes, then it is time to look this Goliath in the face and slay him, because without goals, you have already set yourself up for failure and your dreams will never manifest in the physical realm. Just as the ant must work his goal to store his food, you as a homebased business mom must work your goal to complete your journey.

When mapping out your goals, remember that they must be clear, realistic, and timely.

When we have well thought out and clearly defined goals, the journey towards success becomes easier, even less tiring. Why is this?

1.) A goal will help you to stay focused.
2.) A goal will keep you realistic in what you are expecting.
3.) A goal will help you to gauge your progress
4.) A goal will prevent you from having anxieties and becoming overwhelmed
5.) A goal will help you to re-evaluate and redefine your strategy to ensure consistency with our objectives.

Never Take Your Eyes Off The Prize

John Maxwell says "obstacles are the things you see when you take your eyes off the goal". Every time you take your eyes away from the goal, you will definitely fall off track. Not being able to see your goal is a recipe for failure.

Goals helps us to complete our tasks within a particular time frame, for us to make progress. Goals reminds us of where we are and what we are supposed to do to get where we ought to be, or else we will be working hard yet achieving nothing.

Goals must be planted in reality.

I hear the term "Jumping Out On Faith" all of the time, but we must remember that blind faith is foolish. It is foolish to go to the grocery store thinking that you are going to come home with $100 worth of groceries when you only left with $20. Stay true to yourself and check regulary for delusional activity.

Goals helps us to navigate properly.

My sister's husband work for the police department and he is always concerned about her safety, so he bought her this electronic navigator to take with her each time she takes a trip in the car somewhere when directions to the destination are not known or clear. Without this navigator, she would just get in the car ride around until she finally got to her destination or better yet, never find it. Not only is this a waste of time but a set up for failure. She would be driving around blindly. This is why setting goals is good.

Proscratination has no place when it comes to goals.

What must be done today, must be done today, and what must be done tommorrow, must be done tommorrow.
To post pone to tomorrow today's task will only pile up tasks uneccesarily. Therefore overworking ourselves trying to make up for yesterday.

Goals help us to cut down the stress level.

It helps us to work smart instead of hard. Yet, finishing tasks by deadline.

I read somewhere that one of the leading causes of burnout and depression is the failure to tackle simple tasks on time. As tasks pile up one after another, we end up having to work overtime and sometimes overnight; pushing our body to limits it was not designed to go.

Goals help us re-think and re-prioritize.

Finally we need to re-think our strategy to increase consistency. Strategies help us achieve our goals in a more efficient manner. Being a work at home based mom, obstacles are bound to get in the way such as life situations. When this happens we must redefine or tweak them a little. They must also line up with our desired goals. Discarding old ones and inventing new ones if necessary. Goals helps us to set up priority tasks, making the journey easier, one step at a time.

CHOOSING A WEALTHY MINDSET

Choosing Wealth as a mindset is something that one is going to need in order to become prosperous. In other words, there is no wealth with a poverty mindset. One will remain in poverty until their mindset is changed into a wealth consciousness. Get rich and business ideas are a great starting point, but without the foundation of having a wealth consciousness, one will remain poor. Think about it for a moment. Over Eighty percent of the population is living in poverty or just above. Even the ones that are in the rat race to keep up with the Joneses while the Joneses are trying to keep up with the rockefellers. The way in which they think will either keep them in debt, and continually overworking for their money.

One must concentrate on passive or residual income. This is money that works while your not. To start, you must utilize the earned income to move you towards passive income. Starting a business is a good way of moving in the right direction. However, there is no magic button in starting a business my friend. It takes planning, development and most of all persistence. This is where most of us fall to the waste side. The quickest way to start a home base business is to first think about what you want to do and how much value will it contribute to the world. For example, if you want to make Two Hundred Thousand dollars a year, find out who's doing it. Mimic what they are doing. That in itself will cut a lot of time and wasted energy from your learning curve. Next, what value will it bring. Will what ever you want to do bring enough value that will warrant Two Hundred Thousand a year? For example, when I go to pay my electric bill. Think about all the people who need electricity and are willing to exchange money for it. Reasons, They are providing you with lights so that you may see, electricity for your stereo so that you may listen to music, and other devices that need this service. That's value. One must learn that there is no free lunch, and even with a free lunch, you must take action to eat it.

Your work is cut out for you in developing your business, but you must be in the right mindset. Your creator can only do for you what he can do through you. Let's say one wants to start a shoe store and he only has a budget for a shoe shine stand. He or she must work that shoe shine stand until it produces enough to expand into a shoe department that sells shoes. Remember the old saying "You must crawl before you can walk". You must grow in everything you do. There is no such thing in not having enough. It is enough for everyone. When one is looking for Prosperity, it is like a fish in the Atlantic ocean looking for water. It is all around you. But you must be open to receive it.(by Randy Gage author of Prosperity). Learn how he went flat broke and was in debt and is now a multi-millionaire within three years. This is what I did when I got sick of being in poverty. I watch The Secret, then it led me to research on prosperity. All other things were attracted to me just from changing my thoughts. I got rid of the lack thinking of poverty mindset and adopted prosperity thinking into my everyday life. It is not quick fix. It takes time to undo what you have been doing for years. Start looking at your bills as blessings you have already received. Because that's all they are. Now, once your mindset has changed, you can go into business giving value and not trying to make a quick buck that you won't be able to keep anyway. That's why the laws of chances don't work. Gambling, winning the lottery. If winnings are made and that money is not producing anything of value, one will loose it all. That is not true prosperity. So there is the light switch. It is up to you to turn it on!