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Let No Limits Broadband Make Your Holidays More Enjoyable
Warning! - PayPal E-mail Scam
How Do I Know If I'm Connected To A Secure Server?
Spam And Virus Filters
Great Sites To Check Out This Month
Short Tutorial - E-Mailing Christmas Cards...Placing Images Into Christmas Letters

 

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800-223-1851

 

Offer requires one-year service agreement.  Broadband available in most areas.  Unlimited long distance calling for residential direct-dial voice service only.  See additional usage conditions online at www.gallatinriver.com  Federal Subscriber Line Charge included,in your Residential Access Line cost of $20.63.  Other regulatory fees, taxes, surcharges and Local Measured Service not included.

There are a couple of different versions of a "PayPal E-mail Scam" circulating around the Internet. (PayPal is an eBay owned company. It provides a method for any individual or business with an e-mail account to securely transfer funds to each other -- most notably when making purchases at eBay's online auction site.) Both PayPal e-mail scams fraudulently show PayPal as the sender of the e-mail messages.

In one version of the scam, the message within the fraudulent e-mail states that the recipient's PayPal account is going to close in five days if the recipient does not respond immediately. It urges the recipient to update his/her credit card information through an attached "secure application." When opening the attachment, a window (which includes a PayPal logo) appears and asks for credit card data and other financial information including the recipient's social security number, account password, bank account and PIN numbers, etc. Instead of going to PayPal, however, this information is sent to the scammers who then use the data for illegal activities.

In the other version of the scam, the e-mail message says that PayPal is doing routine online verification of information for security reasons and asks the recipient to click on a link to update the information. Again, the information goes to the scammers rather than PayPal.

For more information about this e-mail scam, details on how to protect yourself from the PayPal E-mail Scam or steps to take if you feel that you've been a victim of this e-mail scam, go to http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/email-security-outside

Question: When I provide credit card information to a retail merchant online, is it really secure? Also, how do I know if I'm connected to a "secure server" when using my credit card to buy something online?

Answer: Microsoft Internet Explorer's web browser uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt transaction data (i.e. credit card transactions) before the information is sent over the Internet. SSL scrambles personal and credit card data thereby keeping it private during its transmission. When you logon to a secure server at an online merchant's site, the secure server communicates with your browser by sending encrypted (coded) information that only the secure server and your browser can read. The communication between the web page and your browser is normal, except that all information coming or going is now coded.

Encryption technology makes it extremely difficult for any third party intercepting credit card related communication to decode or decipher the message. If you are buying something online, make sure to place orders online only from those retail sites that provide ordering access through a secure server. Encryption technology is not 100% foolproof, but you probably have a better chance of getting ripped off by a sales clerk copying your credit card number at a convenience store than getting your information stolen over the Internet.

Here are a few things to look for to ensure that the merchant is utilizing a secure server before you proceed with an online purchase:

If the online merchant does not have a secure server, it is recommended that you place your order over the telephone rather than transmitting your credit card information online. When ordering by phone, remember to always ask for the customer service representative's name and obtain a confirmation order number.

Two less hassles to worry about during the holiday season - email spam and viruses. Our filters are busy rejecting unsolicited bulk email and virus-infected email sent to your Gallatin River Communications email address.

The Gallatin River Communications web portal page (www.gallatinriver.net) shows how many virus infections and spam messages we have blocked this month for all of our customers. It is updated every four hours.

Thank you for choosing Gallatin River Communications for your communications services. We are committed to providing the best possible services to all of our valued customers.

Christmas Recipes - http://ChristmasRecipe.com/
Are you looking for some new recipe ideas for this holiday season? How about 845 recipe ideas? ChristmasRecipe.com contains over 845 Christmas recipes -- all categorized for easy searching. Each recipe also contains reviews by people who have tried the recipes along with resulting ratings. The site also includes a handy "Top Ten Recipes" section.

Holiday Craft Ideas - http://MarthaStewart.com/
Let's get serious. Nobody's got better holiday craft ideas than Martha Stewart. Head to her homepage and click on either the "holiday" link or the "craft" link for step-by-step instructions on making wreaths, wraps and bows, holiday candles and soaps, kids' activities and projects, crocheted snowflakes, sweater stockings, gift tags, Christmas cards and more.

Find Out What Any Acronym Stands For ASAP - http://AcronymSearch.com/
When someone uses an acronym at the next holiday dinner party that you attend and you don't know what the acronym means, do what you always do. Nod approvingly as if you know exactly what the person is talking about. Next, however, excuse yourself, slip into the den, hop online (never mind that it's not your house), and head to AcronymSearch.com. The site provides the meanings to over 48,000 acronyms. Now you can head back to the party armed with a few ambiguous acronyms of your own to use.

New Movie Release This Month - "Peter Pan" - http://PeterPanMovie.net/
The much anticipated release of the new "Peter Pan" movie is scheduled for December 25th. Are you looking for a sneak preview? The official movie site includes a video theatrical trailer and a teaser trailer. You'll need to have either Quicktime or Windows Media Player on your computer to view the videos. "Peter Pan" is rated PG because of adventure action sequences and peril.

Mushers -- Get Your Sled Dogs Ready! - http://DogSled.com/
If you haven't registered your sled dog team for the upcoming Iditarod, it's already too late. (Registration was due December 1st for the March 04 event.) But it's not too late to either participate or watch a variety of sled dog events across North America -- and the globe. This site, subtitled "All the adventure, none of the frostbite," provides race schedules, results, video clips, audio clips and photos. The "Kidzone" section includes a Musher Dictionary so you'll know when to "Gee" and when to "Haw" during the next race.

Sending Christmas greetings via e-mail is an easy (and inexpensive) method of spreading holiday cheer to family and friends. Attaching a family photo to the e-mail is a great idea; however, some recipients may be hesitant about opening e-mail attachments, even from friends, because of the viruses and worms floating around the Web. What to do? Why not create your own e-mail Christmas card by pasting images (family vacation photos, for instance) into the actual message pane of your e-mail message rather than as an attachment? It's easy to do but try to use pictures with a small file size as using large picture files will result in slow download times for dial-up connections. When using Outlook Express on a Windows operating system, follow the steps below:

  1. Open Outlook Express.

  2. Create a new message and prepare it for sending by addressing it, giving it a title (subject) and composing a message.

  3. Click your cursor arrow at the location where you'd like to place the photo within your message. Click on "Insert" which is located on the Message Menu Bar. Select "Picture" from the resulting drop-down menu.

  4. When the Picture Dialog Box appears, click the "Browse" button to locate the picture you want to send.

  5. Click on the picture's location to select it. Click "Open" to return to the Picture Dialog Box.

  6. Select from various options to alter the attributes on your photo, i.e. layout, alignment, border thickness, etc. You do not need to select them all.

  7. Describe the picture by typing text into the "Alternative Text" field. This will allow the e-mail recipient to at least see a description of the photograph if he/she has a "text only" e-mail program.

  8. Click "OK" once you've completed your settings.

  9. Complete your message and click "Send."

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