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Earthquake in Christchurch

Hi everyone,

 

As you may already know, Christchurch has been hit by a large earthquake, most of the city centre has been very badly damaged including our office.

All staff is safe, however we may be slower to reply to any emails or queries until next week, and no phone enquires sorry.

Some details on the quake here:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/news/headlines.cfm?c_i...

 

We'll try to get back into things properly in the week starting the 28th February.

 

Thanks

How do I hide emails

One of the features currently missing in MailWasher 2010 is the ability to hide emails, and as it turns out, this wasn't such a good idea on our part and we have been suitably chastised.

However when people are made aware of another new feature in MailWasher, they tend to find it a more elegant solution to quickly making emails 'appear' and 'disappear'. This new feature is called Grouping.

Winter in Christchurch

I usually wouldn't spend company time writing about something completely irrelevant to Firetrust, but as I'm paid by the hour I figured why the hell not.


Geography lesson, we live all the way down in Christchurch, New Zealand. For those who need it, here's a map.

 

MailWasher Piracy Numbers

It’s been far too long since a blog has been posted here, but now that I’m out of rehab things can finally return to normal.

MailWasher Pro.....now the MOST PIRATED ANTI SPAM PROGRAM IN NEW ZEALAND, IN THE WORLD, IN THE UNIVERSE, IN THE MULTIVERSE.....

Please run the MailWasher Pro Statistics Collector

If you aren’t aware we are rewriting MailWasher from scratch, we are about 8 months into development and things are really shaping up well.

Scams Target You - Protect Yourself

It’s Fraud Awareness Week here until the 9th of March, so plenty is going on in regards to helping people educate themselves, and report scams to protect others.

ScamWatch New Zealand has provided some useful examples of people being scammed which is always worth reading.

If you aren’t much of a reader, here’s the short version.

There are no guaranteed get-rich-quick schemes – the only people who get rich are the scammers.

MailWasher Pro needs testers

Let’s face it, beta testing software is not very sexy, especially with the kinds of qualities that work well when dealing with software companies directly, providing them feedback and thoughts on aspects that can be improved.

 

Hotmail now with free POP3 access

Hotmail has finally moved out of the Age of Stupid and entered the Age of Last Century by allowing free POP3 and SMTP access. It has been available for some time already for Hotmail Plus subscribers, but as Hotmail Plus was a paid service and competitors such as GMail offered free POP3, IMAP and SMTP access it was not widely adopted.

If you're asking yourself what is POP3 how does it relate to my Hotmail and why do I care, then let's break it down.

Intelligence Not Included

Throughout November 2008 we received some 30 odd purchases of our Benign software through a single affiliate. Affiliate programs like ours give sellers a percentage of each sale, so people with their own website can promote products and earn a commission.

The proof is in the chocolate

We've been getting really great responses since we said we would again take trade for MailWasher Pro

 

So as I have a holiday tomorrow, giving that nice long weekend and a stomach full of chocolate I thought I'd share some things we've seen this week.

 

Very special thanks to Dane from Switzerland, yummy chocolate as well as being the first person to send something in.