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Exchange 2010 disclaimers: What’s new?
January 21st, 2010With each new version of Exchange Server, Microsoft introduces more advanced email disclaimer options. In Exchange 2010, the following new disclaimer features have been added:
Active Directory fields: Email disclaimers can now include Active Directory merge fields. This allows you to include merge fields within your disclaimer text , such as Sender name, Email, Address, Phone […]
Forrester study reveals workers not ready to give up email any time soon
December 23rd, 2009A recent Forrester study held among 3700 knowledge workers reveals that 77% of workers use email for collaborative work and only 5% use social media such as wikis, blogs and social networks. When asked whether they would like to see any improvement in the way they communicate, they responded that they prefer to keep using […]
Are companies unknowingly exposing themselves to the potentially harmful effects of cc mass mailings?
December 7th, 2009This could happen to you: Your new sales rep is eager to get results and fast. He decides to contact his 200 customers with your latest promotional offer. In order to get the message across in the minimum amount of time, he creates one email, pastes all the email addresses in the Cc: field and […]
How to Configure an Email Disclaimer in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
October 1st, 2009In this article we will show you how you can configure an email disclaimer in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 by creating a Transport Rule, and discuss the various disclaimer options that are available to you.
Why worry about image spam if you have greylisting?
September 21st, 2009MessageLabs recently reported an image spam déjà vu with image spam reaching a new peak in May 2009, and warned that users with outdated spam filters might be the victim of this new wave. Image spam is where spammers place their spam message in an embedded image within the email, therefore bypassing filtering solutions based […]
Phishing scams getting more and more sophisticated
June 3rd, 2009Phishing scams have been around for some time. Consumers have been warned numerous times not to click on links in emails and give out personal information or passwords. But what if the phishing email really looks genuine, without the usual telltale signs? In the last few days, a number of Bank of America phishing scams […]
E-discovery evidence can win or lose a case
September 14th, 2008The Los Angeles Business Journal recently posted an interesting article about how today’s lawyers not only need to be experts in their field of law, but increasingly also need to be eDiscovery experts. More and more e-mails, instant messages and other electronically stored documents are being used as evidence in disputes ranging from corporate law […]
10 things you should be doing to protect your company against email risks
November 2nd, 2007Last week we discussed the top 6 email risks that companies face. So what can we do to protect ourselves against these risks? Here are 10 things that you should be doing to protect your company:
#1: Write an email policy. If you do not already have one in place, the first thing you must do […]
The top six corporate email risks
October 27th, 2007We all know that email is a great business tool. It’s fast, cheap, universal and easy to deploy. However, companies that make use of email are confronted with a number of risks. So what are the email risks that companies face? Red Earth Software has identified the following top 6 email risks:
#1 Legal liability; In […]
Email footers now required by EU
March 1st, 2007A European Union Directive has recently come into effect requiring companies to add their company address, registration number and VAT number to all business emails or risk a fine. In the UK and Germany this law came into effect on January 1, 2007 but in other countries such as the Netherlands this law was already […]