NEW!
9/15/2003 Automatic
Server-Side, Automatic Spam Filtering
Cpunet Customer Spam and VIRUS Filters Available
Here
To access the New Spam and
VIRUS filters, read about the SPAM Filters below and then select the link
below to set your account filters.
About the New SPAM Filters:
CPUnet Internet has discovered a new way to help reduce spam and
virus's from reaching your customers' email boxes. Until
recently there has been no way to stop an email from arriving in a
users mailbox that was mis-addressed to a different domain on our
system. Now, we are happy to report that we have developed a
custom way to restrict mail so only mail bound specifically for your
user@yourdomain.com will successfully arrive in their mailbox.
All other misaddressed email will be rejected and sent back to the
sender/spammer as an invalid email address.
For instance, since we run large redundant servers for multiple ISPs
and you have user with username "john". Since there
can be hundreds of domains on our servers, it gives a spammer a much
more likely chance of hitting your user "john" with spam
because it can arrive to john@domain1.com and john@domain2.com, etc.
Also, some spammers use tactics of sending email to john@everydomainontheplanet.com,
using common usernames. In cases like this your users may have
received many copies all at once of the same spam email. This
will no longer happen. This new system will also reduce the
chances of the "brute force" spammers reaching your
mailbox (ie.. spammers who try aaad@yourdomain.com, aaae@yourdomain.com,
aaaf@yourdomain.com, etc).
We are excited and confident that this new spam fighting system will
help supplement our new spam filters and reduce spam again by up to
80% per user (up to 100% for customers include the service discussed
below and uses the new spam filter link below). This new
update is completely server-side and requires no configuration from
you. Read on to hear about the new, improved, customizable
spam filtering systems also available to you!!
The new spam filter gives you multiple levels of control
(thresholds) on how sensitive it will be towards detecting SPAM.
We would recommend a level between 5-10 for normal usage. The
extremely sensitive settings (1 through 4) will create many false
positives and should be used with care. We would also
recommend to that you select to "Tag message subject"
rather than delete the message until you know you are using the
right threshold setting and not getting any false positives.
For more information you can also click the
(help) buttons next to each item for more detailed
information. These new filters have been tested multiple times
and a few select customers and the bugs do appear to be worked out;
however, if you feel they are doing anything wrong, please do not
hesitate to let us know at: support@cpunet.net.
We will be taking all the input and using it to further enhance the
filters during this beta stage.
You
will need your Cpunet Internet Account User login and
Password. Enter your Cpunet Username (
your Username is the first part of your Email address before
the @ )
in the Login box and your account password in the password
box. You will be taken to the main control panel where
you can maintain your Cpunet email account Spam filter
settings.
Spam Filter Setup
We have implemented an
extremely configurable spam filtering system to help you manage the
ever-growing problem with unsolicited commercial email.
This spam filtering system works by
attaching a points value to specific spam-like characteristics of email,
and tagging the message as spam once the message's points value exceeds a
specific threshold, configurable by you. This allows you to set your spam
filtering preferences to meet your specific needs, The filter also
supports management of "white lists" - lists of addresses which will always
be allowed through - and "blacklists" - lists of addresses which will
always be tagged as spam. Messages can be either immediately deleted, or
have the subject modified to mark the message as spam (which can then be
processed and filtered in your mail program).
As no spam filter is perfect, we
recommend that you configure the filter to deliver all messages while just
marking them as spam, and set up a separate folder in your mail program
and filter the mail there - where it can be checked for "false positives"
which may be important messages. You can also configure the filter to drop
messages tagged as spam, but this can be very dangerous, as
potentially important email could be lost! Use this feature with extreme
caution! Also, no spam filter will eliminate 100% of spam. You can come
back to this page at any time to adjust the spam filter threshold for
your mailbox to fine-tune the filtering results, as well.
To begin configuring your spam
filter, please enter your Cpunet Account username and password in the fields below and
click on "Next".
Spam Filter
Login
Use the form below to login to
the new Spam and VIRUS Filter page. If the form does not take you
there try the link below.
New Spam & VIRUS
Filter Login
Welcome to our New Spam and VIRUS Filter Login where you can enable your virus filter and configure your spam control preferences. Please use your full email address and password to login. Cookies must be enabled to save your password. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is available
here.
This service is for Cpunet Internet
email accounts only! If you have Cookies turned on, you
may select to save your password.
Use your browsers BACK
button to return to this page
Use
the link below to access your Cpunet Internet Email
Account On-line from any Internet service, and any
computer, anywhere. This
is Only for Cpunet Internet email accounts!
Spy
Hunter
- The best Trojan Virus and registry
filter, Spyware detector we have
found. Also installs a verry goord
pop-op Stopper.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader
- In order to view and print
many web publications from your
computer, you will need the Adobe
Acrobat Reader, available for
Windows, Macintosh, and many UNIX
workstations.
Flash
-
Flash is used on this site and many
others throughout the world wide
web. Flash makes your web experience
much more interesting by enabling
exciting animations and multimedia.
Windows
Media-
The Windows player is our preferred method
of delivering video, slide, and audio
presentations from an Internet web page.
The Windows Media player works well on both
Windows and newer Mac OS computers.
Real
Media -
The Real Media player enables you to
hear audio and see video
presentation from an Internet web
page.
QuickTime
Digital Video -
QuickTime
is a common digital video format
used both in CD-ROM and web based
video. Here is a link to the
QuickTime download site.
Microsoft
Internet Explorer -
Microsoft's
Internet Explorer browser has
an excellent user interface and
performance. Can't decide between
Netscape and Internet Explorer? Try
them both out!
Netscape
Navigator
- Netscape's browsers have made
the term "surf the web" a
household phrase. It comes with all
sorts of goodies to make the Web a
fun experience. Can't decide between
Netscape and Internet Explorer? Try
them both out!
VIRUS,
BUGS and Information to protect your Computer
2/27/2004
Microsoft Windows critical flaw
Dear Cpunet Customer,
Below
are important recommendations on how to protect your
computer from malicious attack.
Recently,
Microsoft identified a critical flaw in its operating
system that could allow an attacker to gain remote
access to users' computers. To help protect against such
attacks, Microsoft has developed a patch and made it
available.
Because your
protection is of paramount importance to us, Cpunet
wants to make sure all of our customers are aware of the
availability of this patch. We strongly recommend that
you download the Microsoft patch to protect your
computer from malicious attack.
If you have any
questions, please click
here to send us an e-mail
Thank you for
taking the time to protect your computer.
New!
Internet Explorer
Problems with Auto Updates
New!
Microsoft Bugs with Internet Explorer
Mozilla
/ Firebird Browser
can be used with Microsoft Internet
Explorer installed on your computer. It is a very FAST Browser
and can be Downloaded here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
Download the zip file and un-zip to a new directory that you can
find. To use the browser just make a shortcut to the file
named: MozillaFirebird.exe
or find the file in the un-zipped directory and double click to run.
This is a fast, nice browser.
If
your Internet Explorer starts working weird read this below.
################ New!
Microsoft Bugs with Internet Explorer
###########
Department: support@cpunet.net
Description: IE Security Update Removes Important
Functionality
In a nutshell they have removed the ability to put http_auth
username and password within the URL. So no longer can you
click a link http://user:pass@www.website.com
as IE will display an error now. In order to secure access to
your online invoices we use have used http_auth for years and it has
worked great within IE until now.
We don't believe MS knew the impact of removing important features
from IE with little to no notice to their customers as there are
many websites which relied on these features. They may reverse
this patch or find a way to fix the security issue without removing
the feature in a future patch. In the meantime, the fixes
above will gain you access to any password protected site that has
the un/pw inside the URL. All future invoice emails will go
out with alternate instructions for IE users as well.
Alternatively, all other browsers still support http_auth inside the
URL. Mozilla/Firebird is working
very well in tests we have run. It can be Downloaded to try
here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
Mozilla
/ Firebird Browser can be
used with Microsoft Internet Explorer installed on your
computer. It is a very FAST Browser and can be Downloaded
here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
Download the zip file and un-zip to a new directory that you can
find. To use the browser just make a shortcut to the file
named: MozillaFirebird.exe
or find the file in the un-zipped directory and double click to run.
This is a fast, nice browser.
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