Do you need secure email processing & spam protection?

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Feb 052008
 

This is probably a little high tech for the “average” home user as opposed to businesses… but given the fact that the line is continually blurring between “home” and “work” … especially for those in the ministry… we may need secure email processing even more than we realized.

AppRiver offers a fabulous Linux spam filter and secure hosting on Microsoft Exchange. They also offer a top of the line “Message Sniffing” service. With all the worms, viruses, trojans, and other malware that gets transmitted via email, it’s nice to know that an option is available to sort that mess out!

AppRiver makes a staggering claim… their service, which uses 60 separate filtering techniques, will filter out at least 99% of spam before it gets to your mailbox. They also run both incoming and outgoing email through four (!!) virus checkers. That’s an amazing amount of checking – and redundancy. Redundancy when it comes to spam and viruses is not bad. What one filter misses because some goofball making trojans changed the pattern, another filter will pick up.

Another fabulous feature is that AppRiver’s secure MS Exchange server has no quotas. You can send and receive as much email as you need to … gazillions of emails won’t bog the server down or make the IT guy rip his hair out.

So… if you’re looking for good email security with spam and virus protection, AppRiver’s the place to go.

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Google hollers about Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Yahoo

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Feb 042008
 

Read the other day that Big Bill wants to buy out Yahoo. I choked back a bad word, and silently prayed that someone would step in to prevent this.

Saw a follow-up article in FoxBiz that says, in part:

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft has been trying to depict a Yahoo! takeover as a boon for both advertisers and consumers because the two companies together would be able to compete against Google more effectively.

Right… um… Microsoft owning a bigger chunk of the world would be a boon for consumers HOW? That’s sort of like allowing a Wal-Mart on every street corner (rather than a $tarbuck$… heheheh)

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Graduate Riche! Nouveau Riche University

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Feb 042008
 

Worth looking into: Graduate Riche.

Nouveau Riche University was featured in the January 2008 edition of Your Business at Home Magazine (on sale now in Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings, Books-A-Million, B. Dalton, and Staples). Having a daughter in college (read: the whole family is broke), I was intrigued by the picture of a delighted (and, in theory, rich) graduate. So I investigated further.

Nouveau Riche offers a wide range of services, from coaching sessions to formal classes. The purpose of the school is to teach adults how to create and sustain wealth through real estate investing. Their class list doesn’t read like the typical get-rich quick scheme… this looks to be solid information that, with hard work, one can use to grow their wealth.

I’ve been intrigued for a long time about the possibility of local churches purchasing real estate as both an investment and a benefit to the community. What if our church purchased ten area homes which are in fixable, but currently sorry, conditions (there’s a LOT of homes like that in my community, what about yours?)… and then the church, using volunteer labor and donated materials, fixed those homes up to be in excellent condition, and then sold them… either at a significant profit benefiting missions, or perhaps at zero profit as a way to enable the working poor to enjoy the benefits of home ownership?

What if God’s people, as individuals, did the same?

Even if the church doesn’t elect to do that, NRU’s classes are sure to benefit anyone in pastoral or missional leadership. Several classes center on choosing the right piece of real estate… something many of us will have to face at least once as a leader. You should know when you buy property that you’re using the Lord’s money wisely. You should also know that when your church or ministry has outgrown it, that you will get a sound return on your investment.

NRU’s source materials come from folks like Suze Orzman, Tom Hopkins, and Steven Covey… names people know and trust as financial gurus. You can check out actual customer testimonials at Nouveaurized.com.

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Cool new blog feature

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Feb 042008
 

With my new affiliation with Pay Per Post comes some interesting perks.

For starters, you can get paid to blog too! (I’m estimating approximately $100 over the last five days, with just about three hours spent writing. Over $30 an hour? Sweet. So why not sign up?)

But secondly – and also VERY neat for both of us – you can review my posts, and get paid for doing it! (be nice now!) All you have to do is click the “review this post” button at the bottom of any post, and follow the simple instructions to review it. Then you get paid, and I get paid. What can be better?

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How do you handle it ?

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Jul 122007
 

Word’s gotten out at work that I’m not only a Christian, but also that I’m ordained and preparing to plant a church someday. It’s not that I tried to hide it or anything … I just don’t feel the need to announce myself. Self-aggrandizement is silly; it also sets you up for people to make snap judgments about you that perhaps are untrue.

No one’s really said anything to me about it directly, but suddenly people’s attitudes have changed. It’s not in a bad way, I guess, and it may lead to some more direct conversations… it’s almost funny, but in an uncomfortable sense of the word.

For example, a couple of people there swear prolifically. It’s just part of their normal vocabulary (like it was once a part of mine). Since they’ve found out more about me, they’ll start to say something and then hush themselves – “can’t say that in front of Kathi!” Or Person A will say a bad word, and Person B will tell them they can’t use that sort of language in front of me.

There’s a couple of other folks who are living in blatant sin (sex/drugs/drinking/etc. mostly) who have started to curb what they say about their personal lives around me. One guy explained that he didn’t want to talk about a guy he’d met and liked because he didn’t want to offend me.

How much is not wanting to offend – and how much is fear that I’m going to judge them, even reject them? Is any of it conviction, I wonder? Do they have an understanding of what sin is?

Much to ponder and pray about.  If anyone’s got insights into how to handle this effectively, I’m all ears.

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I'm a laid-down lover of Jesus Christ. I write about my King and His Kingdom, the Bible, revival, healing, prophecy, faith, and more... plus I throw in recipes, tips, news and politics items, reviews, and all sorts of random things just for fun. Until recently, I was known as "Kathi"... but my name is now Kay. It's a good, God thing... :) The opinions expressed in this blog are mine and mine only - not necessarily shared by my husband, our church, my employers, or anyone else.

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