This Month's E-mail Virus or Hoax Alert! Beware of E-mail Charity Scams Ask the Help Desk Sound Alert When Receiving An Incoming E-mail Sites of the Month Great Sites To Check Out In November! Short Tutorial Reading Web Pages With Dark Backgrounds Made Easy!

Dear Netlink Customer, Happy November everyone! Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner? It's a great time of the year to hop on the Internet to surf, shop and chat with friends. And, of course to keep up with what's happening around the world... Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States and their families. We encourage our subscribers to also continue to remember and support our armed forces both at home and abroad as they strive to defend our great nation and the liberties guaranteed to us by the Constitution. May God continue to bless the United States of America. We hope you'll enjoy this month's newsletter. We think you'll find the information contained in this newsletter to be a valuable tool for enhancing your Internet experience. If, however, you'd prefer not to receive these bulletins on a monthly basis, click HERE and make sure "Remove" is typed in the subject line. To see what's inside this issue, take a look at the index to the left and thanks for reading! - The Netlink Team

E-Mail Hoax - Beware of E-mail Charity Scams

Charity scams are without a doubt the most repugnant forms of dishonesty circulating online in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States. These unsolicited bulk e-mail scams attempt to take advantage of the public's desire to help the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks and their families. Typical fraudulent messages often times claim to be part of a "Victims Survivor Fund" or an "Express Relief Fund." Here's a few helpful tips for your protection:

• Remember, it's highly unlikely that any legitimate relief organization would make requests for donations through unsolicited bulk e-mail.
  
• If you want to go online to give to a relief organization, go directly to the organization's website, i.e. http://www.redcross.org.
  
• If you've never heard of the organization or the person who sent you the solicitation e-mail, delete the e-mail.
  
• If you click on a link within a solicitation e-mail message, examine the URL (web address) shown on your browser to make sure it goes where you think it should take you. If the domain name of the URL is unfamiliar, hidden or doesn't match the link's text, the request for a donation is probably fraudulent.

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Ask The Help Desk - Sound Alert When Receiving An Incoming E-mail

Question: Is there a way to be automatically notified by a sound from my computer when I've received an incoming e-mail? If so, please advise me regarding how this works.

Answer: Yes, there's an easy method to set this up. Click your cursor arrow on the Windows "Start," then on "Settings" and click on "Control Panel." Next, double click the "Sounds" icon. In the "Sounds Properties" window, scroll down the "Events" pane until you find the "New Mail Notification" item and then click the "Browse" button to locate a sound file you would like to use. Clicking on the various sound files will give you a demonstration of the "noise" made by the file. Hit "OK" when you've found the sound you'd like to use. Click "Apply" and then "OK" to exit the "Sounds Properties" window. Next time you have mail, your special e-mail sound will play.

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Great Sites to Check Out This Month

The Harry Potter Movie
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com - The Official Site of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Based on J. K. Rowling's wildly popular series of children's books, it's the most buzzed-about, sure-to-be-a-blockbuster movie in 2001. Turn up the sound on your computer ... the site has great sound effects.

Survivor Africa Television Show
http://cbs.com/primetime/survivor3/ - The Official Site of Survivor Africa. The site includes bios on participants and a review of the most recent show. Vote on your favorite Survivor and participate in Survivor Chat. Listen to comments by contestants right after they've been booted by the Tribal Council.

Michael Jordan Returns
http://jordan.sportsline.com - The greatest basketball player of all time has returned to the NBA. This is the Michael Jordan Official Website. Read the latest news, bios, career stats and information about his corporate involvement. View the Michael Jordan Photo Gallery and more. You can even get training tips from MJ's personal trainer!

Insect Zoo Cam
http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/ - Streaming video from Iowa State University's Insect Zoo. You control the zoom lens on the remote-controlled camera as well as moving the camera left, right or up and down. See giant walkingsticks, white-eyed assassin bugs and more.

Delicious Turkey Leftovers!
http://www.turkeyfed.org/consumer/thanks.html - Not only does the National Turkey Federation give you tips on how to buy, prepare and cook your holiday bird at this site, more importantly, it gives you delicious ideas for preparing turkey leftovers. Anyone for some Turkey Tortilla Pie?

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Short Tutorial - Reading Web Pages With Dark Backgrounds Made Easy!

Have you ever gone to a web page and found the text difficult to read because the page's background is black? To make matters worse, some websites use dark blue or dark red for their text colors. This seems to be especially true for many sci-fi related websites.

A simple trick next time you come to a web page like this is to hit CTRL-A on your keyboard. This will highlight (select) the entire page. The background color will most likely turn a light shade of blue and the text will show as white. The result is still not ideal but it's better than dark blue text on a black background, right? Make Captain Kirk happy and give it a try!

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Best regards

Mike Huggenberger
Director Netlink
Great Plains Communications Netlink

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