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Attention Windows 95/98 & ME Users!

It's Your Turn!

A couple weeks ago, we featured Professor Teaches Windows XP. During the course of that promo, we had a ton of people ask if we had the CDs for Professor Teaches Windows 95, 98, and / or ME. Well, we did some digging and, sure enough, we found some!

If you want to run your Windows 95, 98, or ME computer better, then you're gonna love this! Each CD is crammed with explanations, tips, tricks, advice, and plenty of hands on, how-to material. Even if you've never used Win 95/98/ME (or never used it well :-), this will have you running it like a pro in no time. I am always pleasantly surprised with the number of tricks and ideas I pick up from this series!

The lessons are fantastic. They use audio, images, and interactive simulations to teach you what you need to know.

A typical lesson will go like this - First you get an overview of the topic, then as the lesson continues, you work in a simulated Windows environment trying the various steps.

Rather than just watching a video, you are actually using your mouse and keyboard to "try" the technique. You practice it first, so if you do something wrong you're not messing up your computer. It's like going to computer class and having Bill Gates right next to you! It's fantastic!

What does it cover? Everything from the very basics to advanced system management. I'd give you a full list, but there are hundreds of topics in the index of each program! Suffice to say, anything you'd want to do with Windows 95/98/ME is probably covered! Just pick a topic and go!

I love the technique this program uses to teach. In my opinion, the simulated Windows environment is genius and I don't know why more "how to" type CDs don't do it. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn Windows 95/98/ME.

The price on this is only $12.97 and US shipping is FREE! When you think about the expense of your computer and operating system, isn't it worth $12.97 to be able to make the most of your experience? Get rid of the frustration and make your computer fun again. Give it a try, you'll be glad you did :-)

For Windows 95/98, follow this link:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/professor-windows-98-95.htm

For Windows ME, follow this one:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/professor-windows-me.htm

PS - We've already had tons of positive feedback on the other Professor Teaches titles we've offered. People really seem to like them. These are fantastic programs - but hurry, quantities are limited.

Computers 101

Q:
I keep getting the same scum-mails with a nekkid lady on it even though I add them to my Blocked Senders List. How can I stop these?

A:
Well, if you look carefully (which you probably don't because you want that picture off your computer immediately), you will notice that one day it's from Suzy, the next day from Lolita, and today's is from Candy. Every time, though, it is the same domain.

So, all you need to do is block the domain name of the sender (everything after @).

In Outlook Express, go to your Blocked Sender's List (Tools menu, Message Rules, Blocked Senders List). Scan the list for any common domain names. When you find one, click to highlight, then choose "Modify". In the address window, delete the name@, leaving just the domain; click OK.

Be careful not to do this to any major ISP domains that your friends might have like Yahoo, Hotmail, or AOL.

You could also do this by creating a message rule to delete all email from that domain. See today's tip on email filtering for instructions.

Netscape Mail is a little trickier because you do not have a block sender option, you must create message filters. Select the email you want to block, go to Messages, then "Create Filter from Message".

This will open a window where you can create the filter rules.

• Give the filter a name.
• Click "Match any of the following" and make sure you have "Sender, contains" and delete the sender name, leaving just the domain name.
• Under "Perform this action", choose "Delete the message".
• Click OK

The method for Web-based email is, of course, unique to each brand. Here are some basic instructions, but you may need to go to your Help screen to get specific instructions.

If you use AOL, go to your main screen name, Preferences, Parental Controls then set the options regarding incoming mail to delete anything with that domain name in it..

For Hotmail and Yahoo, go to Tools, Internet Options, Content and set the message preferences to delete all mail with that domain name in it.

Since many web-based email providers (such as Hotmail) give you a limited number of senders you can block, you will save space by blocking all mail from that domain rather than individuals.

There you go. Now it doesn't matter if Rhonda, Bonita, or Cookie at noodybaybz.com sends you dirty spam—you got it covered!

~ David

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Tip of the Day

Filtering Your E-Mail

So, you want to filter the "bad stuff" out of your e-mail huh? I don't blame you!

You can set up "message rules" or "message filters" in most e-mail clients. These can grab an incoming message and make it history before you ever lay eyes on it. You can have the message rules set up to check for certain subject lines, e-mail addresses, or even words.

I'll show you how to do this using Outlook Express. Please note that most e-mail clients work in a similar way (in Netscape Mail, you set this up as I mentioned above, same goes for web-based).

Here are the steps—it's not at bad as it looks:

1. Click the Tools menu, Message Rules, Mail.

2. On the screen that pops up, click the New button (for newer versions of Outlook Express, you don't have to hit the New button - the screen you need pops up automatically).

3. At this point, there should be a screen that lets you set up your rules. Check the options you want to filter. As soon as you check them, you'll get a new item under the Rules Description section. Click the underlined area to set the actual stuff you're filtering for.

For instance, if you're trying to filter out porn e-mail, click the checkbox in the first section, "Where the message body contains specific words".

Now, click the link in the Rules Description box for "Contains specific words" (this looks just like a regular web page link).

On the window that opens, type in the words you want to filter. I'll leave the selection of those words to you since this is a G-rated newsletter :-)

A word of caution though. Pick your words very carefully. If you choose a word like "naked", you'll never get an e-mail that contains that word, even if it was used in a harmless way like "the naked baby streaked through the yard" or something similar.

A few clicks of the OK button and you should be back to the message rules screen.

4. Now, you'll need to decide what you want done to the message once it gets filtered. This is done in the second section of the screen, "Select the actions you want to rule."

In this case, you're probably best to scroll down to the Delete From Server checkbox. That should prevent it from downloading. Or you can just send it to the Deleted Items folder, that works too.

That should help you keep the porn spam out of your inbox, but keep in mind that you can also use message filters to send stuff to specific folders you create. For example, if you have 3 e-mail accounts, you can set up a filter that sends each address to a different folder.

The possibilities are endless.

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Earth Day Network

Today is Earth Day! I remember Earth Day as "tree day", because at schools throughout my childhood we always planted trees outside (yikes even if it was raining) and then we got to take home a little pine tree sapling to plant in our yard.

This site has heaps upon tons of information on how to make the earth a better place to live.

Find out what’s in the water you’re drinking. Check out the Earth Day Event Calendar. Learn how to plant a tree and lots more. Enjoy!

http://www.earthday.net/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com