<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846</id><updated>2011-11-27T01:38:59.890+01:00</updated><title type='text'>MAILBUSTERS log</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>102</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-113347906725138280</id><published>2005-12-02T00:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T00:17:47.253+01:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail beheerst werkdag</title><content type='html'>De e-mail domineert de werkdag. Meer dan de helft van de werknemers besteedt dagelijks meer dan twee uur aan het lezen en reageren op e-mail. Voor 15 procent is het gebruik van e-mail toegenomen tot vier uur, een halve werkdag. Dit blijkt uit een enquête van computerbeveiliger Symantec. De steekproef is gehouden onder 1700 werknemers van grote bedrijven in Europa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Driekwart vindt e-mail verslavend en 21 procent zegt daadwerkelijk verslaafd te zijn. "Zij zoeken dwangmatig contact met hun e-mail en raken lichtelijk in paniek als ze geen toegang krijgen tot hun inbox", aldus Erik van Veen, medewerker bij Symantec.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De e-mailverslaving verlengt bovendien de werkdag. De meeste werknemers controleren voor 09.00 uur 's ochtends en na 17.00 uur 's middags hun zakelijke e-mail. Bovendien loopt nog eens 34 procent bij het opstaan en 30 procent voor het naar bed gaan zijn inbox langs. Bijna driekwart kijkt ook buiten kantoor en buiten werksituaties naar zijn zakelijke elektronische post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit het woensdag gepubliceerde onderzoek van Symantec blijkt dat het digitale postverkeer sterk groeit. Het aantal e-mails van de ondervraagden is in de afgelopen twaalf maanden met gemiddeld 47 procent toegenomen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-113347906725138280?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/113347906725138280/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=113347906725138280' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113347906725138280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113347906725138280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/12/e-mail-beheerst-werkdag.html' title='E-mail beheerst werkdag'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-113347893944134895</id><published>2005-12-02T00:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T00:15:41.953+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Veel werknemers verslaafd aan e-mail</title><content type='html'>"Europa wordt een continent van e-mailverslaafden"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een op vijf werknemers is verslaafd aan e-mail. Ze controleren dwangmatig op nieuwe berichten en raken in paniek als ze niet onmiddellijk toegang krijgen tot hun mailbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Europa wordt een continent van e-mailverslaafden, waarschuwt beveiligingsbedrijf Symantec bij de presentatie van een onderzoek van Dynamic Markets naar het e-mailgebruik bij 1.700 Europese computergebruikers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negen op tien van de ondervraagde IT-managers zag in een jaar tijd het aantal e-mailberichten stijgen met gemiddeld 47 procent. Het beheren van de stroom berichten vraagt steeds meer tijd. Iets meer dan de helft besteedt minstens twee uur per dag aan het verzenden en ontvangen van e-mail, 15 procent is zelfs vier uur per dag kwijt aan het beheren van zijn mailbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar niet iedereen kan even goed overweg met het dagelijkse bombardement aan e-mailberichten. "Bijna veertig procent van de groep hanteert een ongezonde aanpak met betrekking tot e-mail," licht Lindsey Arlmstron van Symantec toe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het onderzoek onderscheidt vier categoriën van e-mailgebruikers. Bijna de helft van de ondervraagden zijn gedesciplineerde gebruikers. Frankrijk profileert zich als de meest verantwoorde groep e-mailgebruikers: maar liefst 82 procent zegt zijn e-mailverkeer goed in de hand te hebben. In de Benelux-landen is dit 62 procent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een op vijf e-mailgebruikers geven toe dat ze dwangmatig hun mailbox controleren en in paniek raken als ze er geen toegang tot krijgen. In de Benelux is zelfs een op vijf werknemers een "verslaafde" gebruiker. Een op tien van de ondervraagden is technofoob als het op e-mail aankomt: ze gebruiken alleen de meest elementaire functies en geven de voorkeur aan verbale communicatie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zes procent van de ondervraagden behoren volgens het onderzoek tot de "overspoelde gebruikers". Ze vluchten als het ware weg voor de eindeloze e-mailstroom: berichten bljven ongelezen en ze zijn met moeite nog online te krijgen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit het onderzoek blijkt verder dat de opkomst van mobiele e-mail zijn sporen nalaat. Een op drie gebruikt zijn laptop van het bedrijf om toegang te krijgen tot e-mail; 34 procent hiervan controleert meteen op nieuwe berichten het opstaan en 30 procent vlak voor het slapengaan. Ook op vakantie of aan tafel kunnen veel mobiele e-mailers er niet aan weerstaan om toch maar eventjes de mailbox van het werk te controleren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nico Vandenabeele&lt;br /&gt;01 december 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-113347893944134895?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/113347893944134895/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=113347893944134895' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113347893944134895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113347893944134895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/12/veel-werknemers-verslaafd-aan-e-mail.html' title='Veel werknemers verslaafd aan e-mail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-113053679473290631</id><published>2005-10-28T23:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-28T23:59:54.746+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail en sms bieden nieuwe kansen om te pesten</title><content type='html'>Pesten zou al lang de wereld uit moeten zijn, liet minister Van der Hoeven (Onderwijs) woensdag in Zoetermeer weten. Maar door achter de computer plaats te nemen en een vernieuwde pesttest in te vullen, maakte de minister duidelijk dat dat niet het geval is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Met de komst van de e-mail en chatten heeft pesten een nieuwe dimensie gekregen, legden leerlingen van het Oranje Nassau College de minister uit. Moderne communicatiemiddelen bieden evenzeer nieuwe mogelijkheden om te pesten. Met e-mail en sms kun je iemand behoorlijk treiteren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Achter de computer kunnen leerlingen de nieuwe test, een cd-rom met vragen over pesten, invullen. Soms twijfelt een leerling. Want een beetje plagen is niet erg, pesten daarentegen kan behoorlijk verstrekkende gevolgen hebben.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De vernieuwde test is een initiatief van de Vereniging Openbaar Onderwijs (VOO). Een oudere versie wordt volgens de VOO op driekwart van de scholen gebruikt, zowel in het basis- als voortgezet onderwijs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ouders kunnen een week lang informatie over pesten op school kwijt bij onderwijsvraagbaak: 0800-5010, een actie van onder meer vier ouderorganisaties. De organisaties vragen zich af of de scholen wel voldoende doen om pesten te bestrijden. "Vaak krijgen ouders van een leraar te horen dat het wel meevalt", zegt een woordvoerder van de VOO. "Terwijl dan duidelijk is dat er spake is van pestgedrag."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De VOO kan niet zeggen of pesten door de nieuwe "technische mogelijkheden" een groter probleem is dan pakweg tien, twintig jaar geleden. Uit een onderzoek onder brugklassers bleek begin dit jaar dat 7 procent van de leerlingen vindt dat hij of zij wordt gepest. De VOO ziet de pesttest als een middel om pesten in de klas bespreekbaar te maken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-113053679473290631?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/113053679473290631/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=113053679473290631' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113053679473290631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/113053679473290631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/10/e-mail-en-sms-bieden-nieuwe-kansen-om.html' title='E-mail en sms bieden nieuwe kansen om te pesten'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112990281794410935</id><published>2005-10-21T15:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T15:53:37.950+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Gmail verandert naam in Engeland</title><content type='html'>Gmail verandert naam in Engeland&lt;br /&gt;Gmail, de gratis e-maildienst van Google, zal in Groot-Brittannië voortaan Google Mail heten. Het in Londen gevestigde bedrijf Independent International Investment Research had namelijk al twee jaar voor Google de maildienst lanceerde de naam Gmail in gebruik. Google en Independent International Investment Research konden het niet eens worden en omdat het Londense bedrijf in zijn recht staat heeft het zoekbedrijf ervoor gekozen op de naam Google Mail over te gaan voor Engelse gebruikers. Het adres van Engelse gebruikers ziet er voortaan zo uit: gebruikersnaam@googlemail.com in plaats van gebruikersnaam@gmail.com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112990281794410935?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112990281794410935/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112990281794410935' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112990281794410935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112990281794410935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/10/gmail-verandert-naam-in-engeland.html' title='Gmail verandert naam in Engeland'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112971802038501372</id><published>2005-10-19T12:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-19T12:33:40.393+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mailen is ongezond</title><content type='html'>Minder typen, meer lopen&lt;br /&gt;De gewoonte om in bedrijven steeds meer via e-mail met collega's te communiceren is een potentieel gezondheidsrisico, meent een Britse hartspecialist. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Werknemers zitten steeds langer en vaker aan hun bureau gekluisterd, terwijl ze volgens dokter Dorian Dugmore ook een gezond wandelingetje kunnen maken. De opmerkelijke waarschuwing lijkt vooral bedoeld om de aandacht te vestigen op een nieuwe gezondheidscampagne van organisatie Sport England. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Vrijdag 21 oktober aanstaande verklaart Sport England tot 'e-mailvrije werkdag'. Volgens Dugmore zou het 6000 sterfgevallen en 500 miljoen pond in uitbetaalde ziektedagen schelen indien tien procent van de werknemers actiever wordt. Ook zou het aantal mensen dat hartproblemen krijgt en type 2 suikerziekte ontwikkelt met tienduizenden tegelijk afnemen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cijfers voor de Nederlandse situatie zijn niet beschikbaar, al kampen in Engeland procentueel gezien meer mensen met overgewicht. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor 21 oktober hoopt Sport England dat interne e-mails worden verboden en dat collega's naar elkaars bureau lopen om mededelingen te doen. Tegenover Sky News verklaart Roger Draper, voorzitter van de gezondheidsorganisatie, dat "we de aanzienlijke taak hebben meer mensen actief te laten worden. We willen dat mensen in kantoren, fabrieken, supermarkten en ziekenhuizen gaan bewegen en dat tot een vast onderdeel van hun dagelijks leven maken." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dugmore: "Mensen mailen collega's die naast hen zitten, om nog maar te zwijgen over degenen die aan de andere kant van het gebouw werken. Door de explosie van het e-mailgebruik gaan miljoenen uren fysieke inspanning verloren, een trend die moet worden omgebogen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lars Pasveer&lt;br /&gt;18 oktober 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112971802038501372?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112971802038501372/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112971802038501372' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112971802038501372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112971802038501372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/10/e-mailen-is-ongezond.html' title='E-mailen is ongezond'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112957965980953325</id><published>2005-10-17T22:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T22:07:39.816+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tiener lijdt aan sms- en e-mailverslaving</title><content type='html'>GLASGOW - Een Schotse tiener wordt behandeld voor een sms- en e-mailverslaving. De 19-jarige jongen besteedde in een jaar bijna 7000 euro aan tekstboodschapjes via zijn mobieltje. Hij nam ontslag nadat zijn bazen hadden ontdekt dat hij op zijn werk 8000 e-mails per maand verstuurde. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Britse omroep BBC meldde vrijdagavond dat het waarschijnlijk gaat om het eerste geval van dien aard in Schotland. De jongen schreef ongeveer zevenhonderd sms'jes per week, de meeste aan zijn vriendin met wie de relatie inmiddels is verbroken. Hij bestempelde het sms'en en e-mailen als een spelletje pingpong. Een vakbond verwees hem door naar een specialist. &lt;br /&gt;Bron: nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112957965980953325?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112957965980953325/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112957965980953325' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112957965980953325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112957965980953325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/10/tiener-lijdt-aan-sms-en-e.html' title='Tiener lijdt aan sms- en e-mailverslaving'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112950500518042524</id><published>2005-10-17T01:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T01:23:25.190+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'E-mails maken dik'</title><content type='html'>LONDEN - Mensen die willen afvallen, hoeven zich volgens artsen niet te verlaten op allerlei modegevoelige diëten. Door simpelweg te stoppen met e-mailen zouden volgens hen de rondingen al behoorlijk afnemen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In de Britse zondagskrant The Observer bepleitten de artsen dat miljoenen uren aan lichaamsbeweging verloren gaan door het explosief gestegen e-mailverkeer. Liepen werknemers ooit naar hun collega's toe om ze voor de lunch uit te nodigen of de laatste roddel over de baas uit te wisselen, tegenwoordig volstaat een elektronisch berichtje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een Britse organisatie die lichaamsbeweging probeert te bevorderen, Sport England, heeft aanstaande vrijdag daarom uitgeroepen tot 'e-mailvrije vrijdag'. Werkgevers moeten op die dag e-mailverkeer verbieden en ervoor zorgen dat mensen weer door het kantoor lopen, in plaats van steeds naar hun beeldscherm te turen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mensen e-mailen collega's die pal naast hen zitten en zeker degenen die aan de andere kant van het kantoor werken. We moeten hun luie gedrag veranderen", zei de arts Dorian Dugmore, die verbonden is aan Sport England. Wanneer mensen 10 procent meer zouden bewegen, zou dat jaarlijks 6000 Britse levens redden en 500 miljoen pond (755 miljoen euro) besparen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bron nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112950500518042524?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112950500518042524/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112950500518042524' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112950500518042524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112950500518042524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/10/e-mails-maken-dik.html' title='&apos;E-mails maken dik&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112759900150968204</id><published>2005-09-24T23:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-24T23:56:41.516+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail verslaving</title><content type='html'>E-mail is niet meer weg te denken uit ons leven. Het is geevolueerd van een loutere zaken-tool naar een evenwaardige manier om te communiceren.&lt;br /&gt;America Online deed onlangs onderzoek bij meer dan 4000 respondenten ouder dan 18, in de twintig grootste steden in de USA.&lt;br /&gt;E-mail gebruikers vertrouwen evenzeer op e-mail om te communiceren als op telefoon. Ze spenderen ruim een uur per dag aan e-mail. 77% heeft zelfs meer dan een e-mail account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nog een aantal opvallende cijfers :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- 41% bekijkt zijn e-mail 's morgens vroeg, nog vooraleer de tanden te poetsen of koffie te zetten;&lt;br /&gt;- 40% van de gebruikers beweert zijn e-mail al 's nachts gelezen te hebben;&lt;br /&gt;- 26% van de e-mail gebruikers zegt maximum twee a drie dagen zonder e-mail te zitten;&lt;br /&gt;- 56% heeft twee of drie accounts; de gemiddelde gebruiker heeft 2.8 accounts;&lt;br /&gt;- gebruikers bekijken hun mail overal : in bed in pyama (23%), op school (12%), in business meetings (8%), op WiFi hotspots zoals Starbucks of McDonald's (6%), op het strand of bij het zwembad (6%), op het toilet (4%), tijdens het rijden (4%), of in de kerk (1%);&lt;br /&gt;- 60% bekijkt zijn e-mail op vakantie, meer persoonlijk dan voor het werk; meer dan de helft vindt het belangrijk om op vakantie e-mail beschikbaar te hebben.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;61% checkt zijn persoonlijke e-mail minstens drie keer per dag op het werk. Vrouwen doen dat meestal in de loop van de dag, mannen als eerste ding als ze aankomen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112759900150968204?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112759900150968204/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112759900150968204' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112759900150968204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112759900150968204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/09/e-mail-verslaving.html' title='E-mail verslaving'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112685986294783635</id><published>2005-09-16T10:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T10:37:46.106+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail Remains A Point Of Vulnerability</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/988/1004/1600/NUM-chart1-%5BConverted%5D.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/988/1004/320/NUM-chart1-%5BConverted%5D.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total cost to protect E-messaging systems ranges from $117.34 per user per year for companies with fewer than 2,500 employees to $62.87 per user per year for companies with 2,500 or more employees. This translates into a monthly cost per user of $9.78 and $5.24, respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Messaging Woes, bar chartSpam filtering is the major focus of any messaging security strategy. While small companies on average spend 29.5 hours per week per 1,000 users to manage E-mail security, 9.1 hours per week per 1,000 users are spent combating unsolicited messages. Larger companies on average spend 15.2 hours per week per 1,000 users on messaging security, with 4.1 hours per week devoted to anti-spam management, according to Osterman Research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, effective administration of messaging systems requires more than anti-spam management. The research firm's Messaging Security Market Trends 2005-2008 study finds that businesses face a myriad of messaging problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of the 115 companies surveyed, two-thirds struggle to provide adequate storage for E-messages. An equal number have inadequate E-mail archiving. Two in five say large E-mail attachments are taxing their messaging capability. Most alarming, nearly all surveyed companies have had their networks successfully penetrated by a virus, worm, or other form of malware through E-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies also have employee-related problems. Half the sites report employees sending or receiving inappropriate content electronically, while 40% have had staff view inappropriate content. E-mail bandwidth has been clogged at a third of sites because of employees oversubscribing to E-newsletters or mailing lists. Nearly half of all companies say employees have E-mailed or instant messaged confidential data, while nearly 20% have been infiltrated by a virus or related threat via IM.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112685986294783635?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112685986294783635/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112685986294783635' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112685986294783635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112685986294783635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/09/e-mail-remains-point-of-vulnerability.html' title='E-Mail Remains A Point Of Vulnerability'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112685820466688767</id><published>2005-09-16T10:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T10:10:04.666+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nokia delivers mobile email for business</title><content type='html'>Nokia has launched a corporate email system to allow business users to send and receive mail from their mobiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Scandinavian firm already has an alliance with RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry email device, but claimed that its Nokia Business Center (NBC) will make mobile email cheaper and more widely available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia's email system comes in two modes. A standard version gives office staff basic read/write access to email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A professional version integrates directly into a company's corporate network directory, giving direct access to email on a mobile device in the same way as on the user's office PC. It also allows users to download attachments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The standard version will be offered free when a company purchases a server licence, which covers 400 people and costs £1,200.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The professional version requires an additional one-time fee per user of £32, providing a perpetual licence for each office worker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovum analyst Elsa Lion told vnunet.com: "Nokia is not so well represented in the business sector so this gives it a route into that market. But a lot depends on how well it markets this solution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If it is too disconnected it risks the danger of being just another service. I do not think it will dent BlackBerry until next year at least."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia's server software will be 20 to 30 per cent cheaper than RIM's and users will be charged a one off seat fee rather than RIM's ongoing charges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Considering that 70 per cent of people who use popular email devices also carry a mobile phone, the opportunity for us to provide one device and solution that perfectly addresses the voice and data experiences is tremendous," said Mary McDowell, executive vice president of Nokia Enterprise Solutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an email statement to clients, Ovum noted that Nokia's technology has yet to be locked down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"While Nokia is happy to make price and architecture comparisons with RIM, it is relatively quiet on how its client server communications protocol measures up," the analyst said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"RIM's design optimises transmission by using some hefty compression, thereby reducing the data that is actually carried over the air interface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This is one reason why its BlackBerry solution works so well over relatively limited GPRS networks, and why it is in no rush to introduce a UMTS version of its devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nokia is unwilling to say much about how well its own protocol works, but admits that it is still working on compression."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112685820466688767?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112685820466688767/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112685820466688767' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112685820466688767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112685820466688767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/09/nokia-delivers-mobile-email-for.html' title='Nokia delivers mobile email for business'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112677957248654939</id><published>2005-09-15T12:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T12:19:32.490+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Internetgedrag op werk risicovoller dan thuis</title><content type='html'>Mensen klikken op hun werk eerder op verdachte links dan op hun computer thuis. Ook openen ze op de computer van de baas eerder dubieuze websites en e-mails dan op hun eigen computer. Ze zijn op kantoor eerder geneigd online risico's te nemen omdat ze vertrouwen hebben in de it-afdeling. Dit concludeert beveiligingsbedrijf Trend Micro uit de antwoorden van een online enquête die werd gehouden onder 1200 werknemers uit Duitsland, de Verenigde Staten en Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het bedrijf ziet een duidelijk verband tussen de aanwezigheid van een it-afdeling en het vertrouwen dat consumenten hebben in de beveiliging tegen virussen, wormen, spyware, spam en phishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Van de ondervraagden zegt 63 procent met een geruster gevoel op verdachte links te klikken of dubieuze websites te bezoeken, omdat de it-afdeling beveiligingssoftware op de kantoor-pc heeft geïnstalleerd. Ruim een kwart van de ondervraagden opent eerder verdachte e-mails op het werk omdat de computerapparatuur niet van hen is. Daarnaast zegt 40 procent meer risico te nemen omdat de it-afdeling support kan bieden bij problemen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit leidt tot een interessante tegenstelling, zegt Max Cheng van Trend Micro. Doordat de computergebruikers verwachten dat de it-afdeling hen informeert en beschermt, nemen ze meer risico's waardoor ze de beveiliging juist lastiger maken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112677957248654939?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112677957248654939/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112677957248654939' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112677957248654939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112677957248654939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/09/internetgedrag-op-werk-risicovoller.html' title='Internetgedrag op werk risicovoller dan thuis'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112506613136295453</id><published>2005-08-26T16:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T16:28:39.560+02:00</updated><title type='text'>GMail verliest zijn exclusiviteit</title><content type='html'>Maildienst nu beschikbaar voor alle Amerikanen&lt;br /&gt;Vrienden en kennissen om een uitnodiging voor GMail smeken is straks niet meer nodig. Voortaan kunnen Amerikaanse internetgebruikers zich gewoon inschrijven voor Google's veelbesproken e-maildienst. Anderen landen volgen later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Om toegang te krijgen tot GMail moeten geïnteresseerden hun mobiele telefoonnummer invullen. Google stuurt hen vervolgens een sms-bericht met een toegangscode, waarmee gebruikers zich kunnen aanmelden. Inschrijven kan voorlopig alleen aan de hand van met een Amerikaans mobiel telefoonnummer, maar binnenkort zou GMail ook opengesteld worden voor andere landen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google kiest voor deze omslachtige inschrijvingsprocedure om te vermijden dat de dienst misbruikt wordt door spammers, die met geautomatiseerde scripts massaal e-mailaccounts aanmaken om spam te versturen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We willen onze dienst zo spamvrij mogelijk houden. Een manier om dit te bereiken is ervoor zorgen dat alleen 'echte mensen' zich kunnen inschrijven," zo staat er in het blogbericht te lezen. Bovendien werkt Google aan de integratie van enkele mobiele diensten in GMail, zoals sms-alerts en het achterhalen van vergeten wachtwoorden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google zorgde begin 2004 voor een kleine revolutie op de online mailmarkt met de lancering van GMail. Meest in het oogspringend was de 1 GB aan opslagruimte. Een gigantisch verschil met bijvoorbeeld Hotmail, dat destijds een schamele 2 MB aanbood. Sindsdien heeft Hotmail evenals Yahoo zijn opslagcapaciteit fors verhoogd, maar GMail biedt met 2,3 GB nog altijd de meeste opslagruimte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bij aanvang konden gebruikers zich alleen op uitnodigiging laten registreren, wat de dienst een exclusief karakter gaf. Al gauw ontstond er een heuse handel in accounts, die minder werd toen Google geleidelijk het aantal uitnodigingen opvoerde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nico Vandenabeele&lt;br /&gt;25 augustus 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112506613136295453?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112506613136295453/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112506613136295453' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112506613136295453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112506613136295453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/gmail-verliest-zijn-exclusiviteit.html' title='GMail verliest zijn exclusiviteit'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112461745401722131</id><published>2005-08-21T11:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T11:44:14.023+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mannen lekken sneller geheimen via e-mail, vrouwen bewaren meer op het werk</title><content type='html'>Mannen lekken vijfmaal vaker vertrouwelijke bedrijfsinformatie via e-mail dan hun vrouwelijke collega's. Tot deze opmerkelijke constatering komt contentfilteringspecialist Clearswift na een onderzoek onder tweeduizend Britten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vijf procent van de ondervraagde mannelijke werknemers geeft toe dat ze al eens bewust belangrijke bedrijfsgegevens hebben verstuurd naar een e-mailadres buiten het bedrijf. Bij vrouwen was dit maar één procent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit lekken gebeurd niet noodzakelijk met kwade opzet; soms is het om informatie door te sturen naar een freelancer of consultant die van thuis uit werkt. Maar goed bedoeld of niet, bedrijven lopen in beide gevallen het gevaar dat concurrenten bedrijfsgevoelige informatie in handen krijgen, waarschuwt Clearswift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het bedrijf constateert dat veel ondernemingen geen duidelijke afspraken met hun werknemers maken over de informatie die ze via e-mail mogen versturen. Een duidelijk e-mailbeleid is echter onontbeerlijk, aldus Clearswift. Het bedrijf adviseert - niet geheel onverwacht - om het e-mailverkeer te filteren op gevoelige informatie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit een andere studie, van Centennial Software, blijkt dat vrouwelijke werknemers sneller geneigd zijn om 'bedrijfsvreemde' apparaten als iPods, usb-sticks of geheugenkaartjes van digitale fototoestellen op hun bedrijfscomputer aan te sluiten. Dit verhoogt het risico op virussen en dataverlies. Zowat de helft van de ondervraagde vrouwen bewaren privébestanden op de pc van het bedrijf, tegenover een kwart van de mannen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nico Vandenabeele&lt;br /&gt;19 augustus 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112461745401722131?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112461745401722131/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112461745401722131' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112461745401722131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112461745401722131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/mannen-lekken-sneller-geheimen-via-e.html' title='Mannen lekken sneller geheimen via e-mail, vrouwen bewaren meer op het werk'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112409186362815538</id><published>2005-08-15T09:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T09:44:23.630+02:00</updated><title type='text'>When E-Mail Isn't Monitored</title><content type='html'>Tech employees sending out trade secrets to competitors. Government workers e-mailing hate mail and pornography. Private financial and health information routinely sent out over the Web unencrypted and unprotected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are but a few of the startling assertions in the new book, The Insider: A True Story Reveals the Threat to Intellectual Property From High-Tech Industry Insiders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Identity theft is a hot buzz phrase and a real concern, but after writing this book I came to the conclusion the actual theft of identity is a symptom of a much worse cancer growing inside organizations," said author Dan Verton in an interview with internetnews.com. "The mishandling of information on the inside is enabling identity theft to happen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verton said most of the cases of abuse involved employees unwittingly sending sensitive, private and proprietary information unprotected over the Internet, typically using Web e-mail services like Hotmail or Gmail. The next worm or virus, he said, starts by harvesting these e-mails."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But intentional abuses are also a huge problem. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft estimated in October that intellectual property theft costs U.S. companies about $250 billion a year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silicon Valley-based Reconnex assisted Verton in his research. The company's iGuard Content Analyzer functions as a high-speed enterprise security appliance designed to monitor all information flowing over an organization's network. The system registers all sensitive or proprietary data created in any type of electronic format, such as images, text-based files or database records.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It provides real-time alerts on exact matches of content registered by the Reconnex iController. For example, the system can look for specific keywords in any electronic communication sent on a company's network, or it can look for number formats that resemble a credit card or Social Security card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We have the most comprehensive database in terms of what is leaking from companies and governmental agencies," said Don Massaro, founder and CEO of Reconnex. "Up to now what's been available have been estimates based on surveys. We have the first hard data."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of its sales pitch to large companies and government agencies, Reconnex conducts a 48-hour risk assessment where it attaches the iGuard to a company's network gathering data at 1 gigabyte per second speeds onto a petabyte storage device.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company allowed Verton to view abstracts of the results at over 50 sites at the same time they were presented to the potential customers (companies and government agencies). "There wasn't one assessment where someone didn't lose their job after the data was presented," said Verton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verton, a former Marine intelligence officer, doesn't name names as part of his confidentiality agreement with Reconnex, which is also helping to market the book. Yet some of the examples leave little to the imagination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In one case, he described a company as "one of the largest technology developers in the country whose products everyone uses." The results of the 48-hour assessment showed that this company had 50 different employees all looking for a job, and one of these sent out proprietary documents on a new product to a direct competitor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At one government agency, Verton said the results included thousands of pornographic images, hate mail and gambling bets sent over a 48-hour period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Some of the content was so horrible that when some of the government employees saw it they turned their heads down or left the room," said Verton. "The porno sites are a major security problem because they can install spyware and spam proxies on the user's machine."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Employees can be prosecuted for misuse of a company's e-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There is a basic problem with privacy laws in that telephone use has formed the basis of employer surveillance," said Chris Hoofnagel, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interest research group. "You are not supposed to monitor purely personal messages. That's in the federal statutes. But it's one thing to stop listening to a phone call; with e-mail it's impossible to stop."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the details in Verton's book aren't likely to leave any managers calling for more privacy controls. In one case, Verton claims the monitoring unveiled an Al Qaeda operative working at a government agency. "A counter-intelligence department in the government [used iGuard] and found an individual who was e-mailing to a private address back and forth discussing how to [exploit] a government agency's network," said Verton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In another 48 hour assessment a financial institution told Massaro that it had a Web-mail blocker in place. But one of the first results in the filter of keywords was an e-mail by an employee to a private address on the outside that said, "I just found out a way to get around the Web-mail blocking."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112409186362815538?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112409186362815538/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112409186362815538' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409186362815538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409186362815538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/when-e-mail-isnt-monitored.html' title='When E-Mail Isn&apos;t Monitored'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112409168230337787</id><published>2005-08-15T09:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T09:41:22.306+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail Archiving Growing in Importance</title><content type='html'>By Paul Korzeniowski&lt;br /&gt;TechNewsWorld&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whereas most data tends to have a set shelf life, the value of e-mail messages ranges dramatically. One may delete a note about a lunch meeting on a given day, but he or she might need a note a customer sent about a product's warranty months or even years later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 2 billion people around the world own or use mobile phones. And increasingly, people are using their mobile phones for multimedia -- not just for communication, but also for entertainment, news, and information services. Click here to find out more about Nokia's developments with Mobile TV!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corporations' reliance on e-mail systems to circulate information has grown exponentially, but their ability to sort, retain, and locate e-mail messages has not evolved as quickly. "In many organizations, few procedures are in place that outline how to manage e-mail correspondences, and often companies can not quickly locate important messages," noted Dan Blum, group research director at market research firm Burton Group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, National Association of Security Dealers 3010, Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities and Exchange Commission 17a-4, are forcing corporations to put checks in place so they can locate messages quickly. A raft of vendors, including Aftermail, AmeriVault, EMC (NYSE: EMC) Latest News about EMC, Hewlett Packard, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Latest News about IBM, ILumin Software Services, Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) Latest News about Iron Mountain, Mobius Management Technologies, OpenText , Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) Latest News about Sun Microsystems, Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) Latest News about Symantec and Zantaz, have built products that deliver those functions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Right now, a handful of companies are perched at the top of the market, but no definitive leader has emerged," noted Masha Khmartseva, a senior analyst at market research firm The Radicati Group.&lt;br /&gt;Competing for Share&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vendors are frantically vying to grab that top spot because sales of these products, dubbed messaging archiving systems, are rapidly rising. The Radicati Group expects revenue to reach US$465 million in 2005 and increase to over $4.4 billion in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firms need these tools because managing e-mail messages is more difficult than tracking information generated by other applications. Whereas most data tends to have a set shelf life, the value of e-mail messages ranges dramatically. One may delete a note about a lunch meeting on a given day, but he or she might need a note a customer sent about a product's warranty months or even years later. Many companies have handed the responsibility of determining when to delete e-mail messages over to employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This can create problems because employees may not understand the impact of their decisions. In 1999, the U.S. District Court ordered PhilipMorrisUSA to preserve "all documents and other records" that might contain information about a government case pending against the company. Three years later, a few employees deleted messages that were a few months old. Once the deletions were discovered, the company notified the court, which fined the firm $2.7 million for the mistake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similar problems arose in the financial market. "When regulators first began to subpoena e-mails from large broker/dealers, there was little response as these banks had not thought about archiving e-mail to meet compliance regulations," explained Brian Babineau, an industry analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. "In late 2001, five banks were fined $8.25 million, which forced all financial institutions to pay more attention to e-mail archiving."&lt;br /&gt;Backup Creates New Problems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To avoid having to pay such fines, companies have been developing corporate e-mail backup policies. One option is to simply copy all of the messages sitting on their e-mail servers. "Backing up e-mail messages every day is not very efficient because a company will generate multiple copies of messages that sit on their servers seemingly forever," Burton Group's Blum told TechNewsWorld. Messaging archiving systems intelligently back up messages and thereby eliminate duplication.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retrieval has been another problem. A large company could generate millions of messages. Finding a needed document represents a laborious manual task that could take a number of employees days, weeks, or even months. Among the new e-mail archiving products available is a catalog, which enables companies to organize their messages by name, date, and content so users can quickly retrieve important information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently, users find a wide range of features now in these products. "Pricing for messaging archiving systems is as little as $20 per user and as high as $100 per user," the Radicati Group's Khmartseva told TechNewsWorld.&lt;br /&gt;Price Drops to Come&lt;br /&gt;How long vendors will be able to maintain the high-end pricing is unclear. To date, suppliers have been in a high growth market segment, one where corporations and financial institutions are willing to make investments without requiring an immediate return. Eventually suppliers will need to turn a profit in order to stay in business Sprint has the infrastructure in place to meet all your business communications needs. From one company. Today. Click here and see how Sprint helps business., and as this pressure builds, some will cut pricing in order to grow their business, and such movements could force their competitors to follow suit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another change has already taken place: An ever-widening array of vendors is delivering these systems. Because messaging archiving represents a high growth opportunity, firms, such as iLumin Software Services and Zantaz, were specifically formed to take advantage of it. Document management vendors such as Iron Mountain; enterprise content management Latest News about content management firms such as OpenText; security Security, strength, a lower TCO: find out about all the advantages of IBM Middleware on Linux. vendors like Symantec; and storage vendors such as EMC and IBM, have also sauntered into this product niche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long term, the storage suppliers may be in the best position to emerge as the market leaders. "Messaging archiving is backing up a specific type of data and the storage suppliers have the most experience with backup technology," noted Burton Group's Blum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As messaging archiving products have been evolving, yet another new challenge has arisen to invite future applications: keeping tabs of instant messaging Latest News about instant messaging notes. "Both e-mail and instant messages are viewed as official business records and must be monitored and archived appropriately," Enterprise Storage Group's Babineau told TechNewsWorld.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few of the messaging archiving offer that capability now, and the others are busily working to add it, understanding that offering such a feature might be one way to bring them closer to grabbing a share of this fast-moving market.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112409168230337787?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112409168230337787/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112409168230337787' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409168230337787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409168230337787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/e-mail-archiving-growing-in-importance.html' title='E-Mail Archiving Growing in Importance'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112409153728346670</id><published>2005-08-15T09:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T09:38:57.290+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail outage a major concern for businesses</title><content type='html'>Companies have become so reliant on e-mail that 85% of firms admit that e-mail downtime would severely affect their business, according to research from analyst firm Quocirca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result, companies expect a high level of support from their IT departments, and 70% of organisations said they would expect IT to respond to...&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;"The majority of respondents see e-mail as an integral part of key business processes such as sales and customer service. A rock-solid infrastructure is the key to a successful business continuity strategy and this must extend to mobile and home-workers," said Clive Longbottom, service director, business process facilitation, at Quocirca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The survey also found that 50% of the businesses surveyed believed they would not be able to maintain e-mail service levels if they migrated from one e-mail system to another, and that this was one of the main barriers to migration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The importance of maintaining service levels is confirmed by the reluctance of organisations to accept any interruption in service during the upgrade process itself," said Longbottom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greater use of laptops and PDAs has made e-mail business-critical, making respondents more aware of e-mail downtime.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112409153728346670?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112409153728346670/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112409153728346670' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409153728346670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112409153728346670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/e-mail-outage-major-concern-for.html' title='E-mail outage a major concern for businesses'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112361141901809065</id><published>2005-08-09T20:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T20:16:59.020+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'Amerikaanse overheid tipt terroristen per e-mail'</title><content type='html'>Een nieuwe dienst om het vliegen binnen de Verenigde Staten iets vriendelijker te maken, heeft de bijwerking dat de overheid potentiële terroristen tipt dat hun gedrag opvalt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het probleem zit in de dienst met de naam Clear, dat bedoeld is het leven van de zakenreiziger eenvoudiger te maken. In het systeem geeft de reiziger vrijwillig toestemming voor een uitgebreidere controle van de achtergrond van de passagier uit te voeren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een particulier bedrijf laat de reiziger een formulier invullen en slaat biometrische gegevens (een vingerafdruk en een irisscan) op. Nadat de informatie is doorgestuurd aan de Transport Security Authority (TSA) en de aanvraag wordt goedgekeurd, betaalt de reiziger tachtig dollar en kan hij deelnemen aan het programma.&lt;br /&gt;Klik Hier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De voordelen die aan de kaart zitten zijn een kortere wachtrij voor de beveiliging en een minder rigide controle. Met behulp van de vingerafdruk of irisscan wordt vervolgens bepaald of het echt de kaarthouder is die wil reizen. Hierdoor kan de reiziger veel tijd besparen.&lt;br /&gt;Voer voor terroristen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De TSA monitort passagiers en stopt bij een eventueel wantrouwen de dienst. Dit is niet alleen merkbaar door een niet werkende kaart, maar ook omdat een evenredig deel van de bijdrage wordt terugbetaald. Ook stuurt het bedrijf achter Clear een e-mail om de klant op de hoogte te stellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens beveiligingsexpert Bruce Schneier is de dienst voor een terrorist een goedkope methode om te ontdekken of de overheid lucht heeft gekregen van eventuele snode plannen. 'Denk er eens over na: voor tachtig dollar wordt een potentiële terrorist ingelicht als het Department of Homeland Security hem door heeft. Wat een deal!'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het systeem doet sterk denken aan het Nederlandse Privium, dat een snelle grenspassage biedt op basis van een irisscan. Toch worden op Schiphol alle reizigers goed gecontroleerd en worden de biometrische gegevens niet centraal opgeslagen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112361141901809065?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112361141901809065/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112361141901809065' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112361141901809065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112361141901809065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/amerikaanse-overheid-tipt-terroristen.html' title='&apos;Amerikaanse overheid tipt terroristen per e-mail&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112358351260797553</id><published>2005-08-09T12:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T20:16:06.926+02:00</updated><title type='text'>University for Writers (UFW) Launches Email Writing School</title><content type='html'>The University for Writers (UFW) has launched its website for email writing courses. The school provides writers with the much need flexibility of taking courses strictly by email. With a one on one rapport with their instructor, it makes it easier to get a clearer understanding of what areas in a writer’s prose needs work. This ultimately translates into a writer who is better equipped to do basic editing of their work and thereby turning in a more polished transcript to potential agents and publishers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes UFW’s services efficient and effective is the use of email, rather than an online forum or blackboard. Most people must log into a website to grab their syllabus, post comments or ask questions. UFW makes it easy by communicating through email, the one place most people go daily. Instructors are always on hand and ready to engage and challenge students, affording future authors the opportunity to gain a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. And solidify their knowledge of various aspects of writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UFW has courses that allow writers to create better outlines, gather novel ideas, learn about self-publishing, as well as courses for those who need assistance with basic grammar and story structure. UFW wants all writers to be successful, and we trust that this method of teaching will lend itself to higher productivity and more active participation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112358351260797553?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112358351260797553/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112358351260797553' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358351260797553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358351260797553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/university-for-writers-ufw-launches.html' title='University for Writers (UFW) Launches Email Writing School'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112358342251170109</id><published>2005-08-09T12:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T12:30:22.513+02:00</updated><title type='text'>You Have To Have An Email Policy</title><content type='html'>If your company uses email, provides email service for your employees, or allows your employees to use email for business purposes, you have to have a written email policy. To not have one opens you up to all manner of headache and potential liability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why Should I Be Concerned&lt;br /&gt;Not convinced that it's necessary? Look at any recent court case. Opposing attorneys now ask for email the way they used to demand inter-office memos. Microsoft's prolonged anti-trust case is a prime example of the effect of company email on a trial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyond legal ramifications, consider the negative publicity and damage to your company's reputation that could be caused by the wrong email getting out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or what about the possibility of company secrets being inadvertently or deliberately passed to a competitor. There are allegations that spies in the US nuclear industry used email to send secret material to China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn't This A New Problem?&lt;br /&gt;The central issues in a corporate email policy are not new. Issues of business purpose, privacy, restricted material, retention policies, even freedom of speech issues, have all been addressed before. Email is simply a new technology for communicating and an effective email policy will recognize that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your company probably has policies and procedures for archiving and retaining written business communications, letter, memos, etc. The policy may address what needs to be kept and for how long. An email policy needs to address the same issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A harassment policy exists for your company (or it had better) stipulating actions that are prohibited. Do you prohibit sexually explicit photos in the work areas, but not have an email policy that prohibits transmitting sexually oriented images.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than the technology involved, these aren't new issues. They simply need to be addressed in light of the new technology, and a policy developed, published, and enforced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who Writes The Policy?&lt;br /&gt;An email policy needs input from many groups within the company. Upper management must direct the policy development so that it supports the company's overall mission. The legal department can tell you what must be included and what should be excluded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT (the computer department) can tell you their recommendations and what is technologically possible. Get the HR department input because this will effect virtually every employee. Although not absolutely required, I recommend getting the PR department involved up front. It is easier for them to cogently defend the policy if they were involved in its development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, get the employees involved. Select representatives from the various user groups, up and down the org chart, and of various skill levels. If you have employee stakeholder groups, like a union, include them too. You want people with opinions, not necessarily answers, but mostly you want their input to increase the chances of the policy ultimately being workable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From F. John Reh,&lt;br /&gt;Your Guide to Management.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112358342251170109?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112358342251170109/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112358342251170109' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358342251170109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358342251170109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/you-have-to-have-email-policy.html' title='You Have To Have An Email Policy'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112358323200145159</id><published>2005-08-09T12:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T12:27:12.006+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Motorola unveils a Razr for e-mail addicts</title><content type='html'>Motorola Inc, the world’s second biggest mobile phone maker, has unveiled an ultra thin mobile phone with a keyboard, aimed at people who have become addicted to Blackberry e-mail and messaging devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motorola said the latest handset, dubbed the “Q”, was inspired by the ultra-thin design of its popular Razr phone – which has become a design icon and status symbol. The “Q” is slimmer than the Razr and about 50 percent thinner than top rival phones that have tiny keyboards built-in, it said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The phone pits Motorola, which trails only Finland’s Nokia in the mobile phone market, directly against Research In Motion Ltd and Palm Inc, which make some of the most popular keyboard phones. Rim’s Blackberry is viewed as the leading mobile e-mail device. “The biggest question is whether they can chip away against the Blackberry dominance,” said RBC analyst Mark Sue, adding that he was “encouraged” by the latest phone’s shape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motorola’s “Q” is based on software from Microsoft Corp and can support e-mail from a variety of third party applications, including Microsoft’s, Motorola said. It expects the device to go on sale in the first quarter of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he believed the companies would sell “a heck of a lot” of the new phones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chief Executive Ed Zander said the “Q” was one of many upcoming products that would help Motorola beat its rivals. “I don’t think there’s another company that can put together a product line like that,” Zander said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said Motorola’s long-awaited music phone that can play and store music from Apple Computer Inc’s iTunes music service would sell at major operators by the end of the current quarter. The phone is expected to include elements of the Razr’s design and sell under the brand name ROKR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motorola has delayed showing off its iTunes phone amid rumors it was unable to convince operators to sell the phones. Cingular Wireless, a venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, has had talks about selling the iTunes phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cingular said it would sell sunglasses from Oakley Inc that include a short-range wireless chip from Motorola. The chip connect wirelessly to the wearer’s phone, letting the user answer calls by tapping their shades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motorola also said it would build network gear based on WiMax, a technology being developed to cover entire cities with high-speed wireless Internet access to home computers and eventually mobile phones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motorola, which said recently it would work with No 3 US wireless operator Sprint on the development of WiMax, said it would have products based on WiMax around the second quarter next year. It plans to increase the amount of research and development resources devoted to the technology, it said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WiMax, which is expected to have a much wider reach than WiFi, a technology that is in most new laptops and provides wireless Internet access in small venues such as coffee shops. Motorola also laid out plans for a phone that could swap from a wide-area cellular network to WiFi in a consumer’s home. reuters&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112358323200145159?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112358323200145159/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112358323200145159' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358323200145159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112358323200145159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/motorola-unveils-razr-for-e-mail.html' title='Motorola unveils a Razr for e-mail addicts'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112340926750068711</id><published>2005-08-07T12:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-07T12:07:47.506+02:00</updated><title type='text'>British top cop bans e-mail on Wednesdays</title><content type='html'>The new head of the police in an English county has declared e-mail free Wednesdays in an effort to get his staff to talk to each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roger Baker, chief constable in Essex northeast of London, said members of the department can still communicate electronically when they believe it is really necessary, the Telegraph reported. But he wants them to think about that and whether a telephone call or face-to-face chat would be better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The order took effect Aug. 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baker, who took command in Essex in July, has already made waves. He ordered his officers to make 600 arrests in his first week on the job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also had a warning for criminals who decide to come to Essex in his first public statement: Bring your toothbrush because you will not be going home.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112340926750068711?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112340926750068711/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112340926750068711' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112340926750068711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112340926750068711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/british-top-cop-bans-e-mail-on.html' title='British top cop bans e-mail on Wednesdays'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112333269886841643</id><published>2005-08-06T14:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-06T14:51:38.880+02:00</updated><title type='text'>UK businesses threatened by email melt-down as employees send holiday photos and videos</title><content type='html'>Thousands of small businesses are in danger of their email systems collapsing as employees heading off on summer breaks send and receive holiday photographs and even videos as huge email attachments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;British messaging and collaboration software company Softalk says that small and medium sized businesses are particularly vulnerable as they don't have large IT departments to manage and monitor their email systems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For many small and medium sized businesses email is now as important if not more important than phone calls and traditional post," said Simon Bates, director of Softalk. "Yet many businesses are relying on old email systems that they first implemented when email first became widely available and before it became a business critical system."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Softalk says that businesses can take some simple steps to ensure the integrity of their email systems:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Use the email server to set limits for maximum size of attachments that can be sent and received&lt;br /&gt;• Set quotas for individual users mailboxes to prevent employees using the email server for storing hundreds of megabytes of personal photographs and videos&lt;br /&gt;• Use the email server to prevent users from sending or receiving certain types of attachment&lt;br /&gt;• Install up to date anti-virus filters to prevent viruses slipping through disguised as holiday pictures&lt;br /&gt;• Install anti-spam filters to cut down on the amount of unproductive email clogging up users in-boxes&lt;br /&gt;• Implement anti-virus and anti-spam security at the email server level so that you can always ensure that filters are up to date without the need to update every individual user’s PC&lt;br /&gt;• Have clear policies in place so that employees understand how they are allowed the company email system for personal use&lt;br /&gt;• Ensure that policies include rules to ensure that employees don’t send or receive inappropriate images&lt;br /&gt;• Check that your email server is robust enough and has the capacity to cope with the demands of today’s email traffic which has increased from an average of 15 billion emails a day in 2001 to an average of 132 billion a day in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;• Ensure that you are backing up and archiving your email database on a frequent and regular basis&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112333269886841643?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112333269886841643/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112333269886841643' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112333269886841643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112333269886841643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/uk-businesses-threatened-by-email-melt.html' title='UK businesses threatened by email melt-down as employees send holiday photos and videos'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112289534937411185</id><published>2005-08-01T13:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T13:22:29.376+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Research shows top five email gripes</title><content type='html'>THIS IS VERY ANNOYING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Research into the UK's email habits has revealed that people's biggest complaint is the overuse of capital letters in messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study of 3,000 email users by peripherals firm i.Tech Dynamic has revealed the top five email gripes as:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Overusing capitals&lt;br /&gt;    * Too many abbreviations&lt;br /&gt;    * Blank subject box&lt;br /&gt;    * Being copied on every email&lt;br /&gt;    * People being 'over friendly'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The research also threw up some interesting views on fonts. Two thirds of bosses indicated that they would not interview a candidate if they did not like the font of their CV, and 80 per cent of bosses would confront a co-worker if they used a font they did not like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Email is such a massive part of our lives nowadays and we do get set in our ways when it comes to things like fonts and the etiquette of writing at work," said a spokesman for i.Tech, which conducted the research as part of its development of a Bluetooth keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"People should be aware that some fonts are too elaborate for professional documents, not to mention hard to read. If you stick to the basic fonts and in a reasonable size and colour you should be pretty safe and not offend anyone."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Britain's most popular font is Arial 12 point in black, although five per cent of people type in purple or pink. Eighty per cent of those questioned think it is inappropriate to use elaborate fonts in work emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nearly three quarters of those questioned found 'kisses' at the end of emails annoying, but a quarter of the women questioned used them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three quarters of women said they would type in a different font if they were writing a love letter, but only half of men would bother.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112289534937411185?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112289534937411185/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112289534937411185' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289534937411185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289534937411185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/research-shows-top-five-email-gripes.html' title='Research shows top five email gripes'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112289480762738844</id><published>2005-08-01T13:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T13:13:27.626+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail is for older people, teens say in survey</title><content type='html'>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - E-mail is for grown-ups and U.S. teenagers now prefer instant messaging to communicate with each other online, according to a survey released on Wednesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Internet users from 12 to 17 years old say e-mail is best for talking to parents or institutions, but they are more likely to fire up IM when talking with each other, the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E-mail is still used by 90 percent of online teens. But the survey found greater enthusiasm for instant messaging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three-quarters of teen Internet users use instant messaging, compared with 42 percent of adults, Pew said. Nearly half of teens said they exchanged IMs daily, and some said they spent more than two hours each day using instant-messenger programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Half or nearly half of the 1,100 teenagers surveyed said they used IM to send Web links or photos to each other, while nearly one-third said they had sent music or video clips over IM. Adults were much less likely to do any of those things, the survey found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nearly nine out of 10 teenagers say they use the Internet, up from 74 percent in 2000. Those are who still not online are likely to be so poor that they have limited access to technology, the survey found, and are disproportionately black.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The survey, conducted in October and November 2004, has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112289480762738844?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112289480762738844/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112289480762738844' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289480762738844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289480762738844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/e-mail-is-for-older-people-teens-say.html' title='E-mail is for older people, teens say in survey'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112289464433071949</id><published>2005-08-01T13:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T13:10:44.330+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cybercops hebben geen tijd voor computercriminaliteit</title><content type='html'>De zwaardere aanpak die minister Donner hackers in het vooruitzicht stelt, lijken vooral een papieren tijger. Digitale rechercheurs hebben geen tijd voor onderzoek.&lt;br /&gt;Dit blijkt uit een gefilmd interview dat bezoekers van het hackersevent What The Hack met Frans Kolkman van de Unit Computercriminaliteit Noord Oost Nederland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Kolkman is het in de dagelijkse praktijk zo, dat andere zaken een hogere prioriteit hebben. De rechercheurs besteden hun tijd aan het leveren van expertise voor politieonderzoeken naar zaken als afpersingen, ontvoeringen en kinderporno.&lt;br /&gt;Geen prioriteit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De oorzaak hiervan is het stellen van prioriteiten. Geweld op straat, verkrachting of woninginbraken gaan altijd voor de digitale bromsnor. 'In de meeste gevallen betekent dat betekent eigenlijk dat hacking gewoon van het prioriteitenlijstje afvalt en er gebeurt eigenlijk gewoon nooit wat aan, omdat andere prioriteiten altijd voorgaan', bekent Kolkman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wel komen de cybercops in actie als de rechtsorde ernstig geschokt is en politie, justitie of de gemeenteraad besluiten dat wat er gebeurd is echt niet door de beugel kan. Kolkman herinnert zich dan ook maar een paar zaken waar dat het geval was en volgens hem 'zijn dat geen schokkende dingen geweest'.&lt;br /&gt;Politie-inzet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat de cybercops wel groots hebben uitgepakt op What The Hack is op zich niet zo vreemd, omdat de politie volgens Kolkman daar wilde laten zien dat niet alles maar kan in Nederland. Als er meldingen op de internationale desk zouden komen dat er rottigheid werd uitgehaald, dan waren de rechercheurs beschikbaar om snel te kunnen ingrijpen. 'Dat is wel van belang om aan het buitenland te laten zien dat we maatregelen kunnen nemen als het misgegaan', legt de voorman in het interview uit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een opmerkelijk detail is wel dat de cybercops iedere avond om 23:00 uur stopten met werken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: Webwereld&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112289464433071949?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112289464433071949/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112289464433071949' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289464433071949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289464433071949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/cybercops-hebben-geen-tijd-voor.html' title='Cybercops hebben geen tijd voor computercriminaliteit'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112289455634691810</id><published>2005-08-01T13:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T13:09:16.346+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Verkoop pda’s daalt met 20 procent</title><content type='html'>Toestand is zorgwekkend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De wereldwijde verkoop van pda's daalde in het tweede kwartaal van 2005 met meer dan 20 procent in vergelijking met dezelfde periode vorig jaar. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van het marktonderzoeksbureau IDC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het afgelopen kwartaal werden wereldwijd slechts 1,7 miljoen pda's verkocht. HP kreeg het grootste verlies te verwerken: het bedrijf zag de verkoop kelderen met maar liefst 39 procent. Ook Palm (PalmOne) zat in de hoek waar de klappen vielen en incasseerde een daling van 31 procent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alleen pda's met gps-mogelijkheden blijven populair, vooral in Europa. Acer zag zijn pda-verkoop zelfs verzesvoudigen, dankzij het succes van de n35-series, een pda met ingebouwde gps-ontvanger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De vrije val van de pda staat in schril contrast met het succes van de smartphone, waarvan de verkoop jaarlijks verdubbelt. Een smartphone is een huwelijk tussen de mogelijkheden van een (geavanceerde) mobiele telefoon en klassieke pda-functies als agendabeheer, e-mail en het draaien van applicaties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IDC omschrijft de situatie van de klassieke pda als ‘aflopend’. Als fabrikanten er niet in slagen om nieuwe producten te ontwikkelen die inspelen op de unieke kenmerken van een zakcomputer, dan ziet de toekomst van de pda-markt er bijzonder slecht uit, waarschuwt het onderzoeksbureau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nico Vandenabeele&lt;br /&gt;01 augustus 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112289455634691810?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112289455634691810/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112289455634691810' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289455634691810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289455634691810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/verkoop-pdas-daalt-met-20-procent.html' title='Verkoop pda’s daalt met 20 procent'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112289447567385405</id><published>2005-08-01T13:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T13:07:55.683+02:00</updated><title type='text'>AIVD wil op grote schaal e-mail aftappen</title><content type='html'>Wet ligt vooralsnog dwars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) wil in samenwerking met de Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD) op grote schaal e-mail gaan aftappen. De organisaties hebben daartoe een overeenkomst gesloten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het onderscheppen van e-mail wordt een taak van de Nationale Sigint Organisatie (NSO); een in 2003 opgerichte projectorganisatie van AIVD en MIVD die ook het satellietverkeer afluistert. Burgerrechtenorganisatie Bits of Freedom stelt dat echter niet duidelijk is wat de geheime diensten precies onder 'e-mail' verstaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waar het gaat om ongericht en grootschalig afluisteren, zijn de veiligheidsdiensten uitsluitend gemachtigd om draadloze communicatie te onderscheppen. Ze mogen dus e-mail aftappen die wordt verzonden via satelliet, umts, Wifi en dergelijke; verkeer dat gewoon via telefoonlijnen, kabels en internet backbones verloopt, moet ongemoeid worden gelaten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De veiligheidsdiensten hebben het in hun overeenkomst echter over de noodzaak om eerst, naast de aanleg van schotels voor het afluisteren van satelliet-communicatie, "interceptiecapaciteiten" te bouwen. Waar deze extra capaciteit voor bedoeld is, is niet helemaal duidelijk. Toch verzekerde een woordvoerder van het ministerie van defensie na vragen van Bits of Freedom dat de NSO alleen e-mail over satelliet zal afluisteren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Data mining&lt;br /&gt;Als het aan de AIVD ligt, wordt er in de toekomst echter veel intensiever internetverkeer afgeluisterd. Een woordvoerder liet het blad FEM Business weten dat de geheime dienst vrij wil kunnen zoeken in opgeslagen verkeersgegevens, wanneer het Europese plan voor de bewaarplicht werkelijkheid wordt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De AIVD wil daarvoor data-mining-software inzetten; programma's die zelf op zoek gaan naar steekwoorden en patronen in grote hoeveelheden data. "Nu is de invalshoek dat we een aanwijzing hebben en dan gaan zoeken. Met data-mining kunnen we gericht zoeken naar aanwijzingen", aldus de woordvoerder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bits of Freedom wijst erop dat de AIVD dus een heel ander gebruik van de bewaarplicht nastreeft dan Minister Donner van justitie de Tweede Kamer tot nu toe heeft voorgehouden. De minister stelt dat de gegevens alleen door opsporingsinstanties zullen worden gebruikt voor het gericht zoeken naar informatie over een bepaald persoon. De privacy van burgers zou daarom niet in gevaar komen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"De AIVD wil echter gecompliceerde zoekopdrachten uitvoeren binnen de opgeslagen gegevens zonder dat zij een bepaald persoon op het oog heeft. De dienst kan in dat geval intensief zoeken naar gedragspatronen, vooral dankzij de locatiegegevens van mobieltjes", aldus Bits of Freedom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over de bewaarplicht wordt overigens nog steeds onderhandeld in Europa. De Europese ministers van justitie zullen op 8 september de plannen verder gaan bespreken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits&lt;br /&gt;22 juli 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112289447567385405?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112289447567385405/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112289447567385405' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289447567385405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112289447567385405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/08/aivd-wil-op-grote-schaal-e-mail.html' title='AIVD wil op grote schaal e-mail aftappen'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112238739731772217</id><published>2005-07-26T16:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T16:16:37.323+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mobiele e-mail ontsluit de markt</title><content type='html'>'Het handheld-tijdperk is aangebroken'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Good Technology maakt software waarmee handhelds draadloos zakelijke e-mail kunnen ontvangen, net zoals met de populaire BlackBerry handheld mogelijk is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Topman van Good is Danny Shader, die voorheen werkzaam was in het management van Amazon.com en Netscape Communications. Wij praten met hem over de complexiteit van mobiele e-mail en het succes van handhelds in de zakelijke markt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat voor marktontwikkeling ziet u en wat zijn daarbij de mogelijkheden voor uw bedrijf?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"De zakelijke IT-markt staat aan het begin van een nieuwe periode. Eerst was er het mainframe-tijdperk, toen het miniframe-tijdperk, gevolgd door de dominantie van pc's en laptops. Volgens mij staan we nu aan het begin van het handheld-tijdperk. De eerste 'killer application' voor handhelds is e-mail. Maar het is duidelijk dat mensen steeds meer verwachten van handhelds. Ze willen allerlei bedrijfsgegevens kunnen opvragen en andere zakelijke applicaties mobiel kunnen bedienen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Als e-mail de eerste killer-app voor zakelijke handhelds is, wat wordt dan volgens u de tweede, en wat de derde?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Customer relationship management-oplossingen worden steeds beter toegankelijk vanaf handhelds. Ook 'trouble ticketing', het automatisch attenderen op problemen in het bedrijfsnetwerk, groeit in populariteit. Ondertussen besteedt de industrie echter nog altijd veel tijd en geld aan het doorontwikkelen van e-mail op handhelds. Veilig, draadloos mailverkeer tussen bedrijfsservers en honderden over het land verspreidde werknemers is geen sinecure."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Momenteel lijkt BlackBerry bijna synoniem te zijn voor e-mail op handhelds. Hoe staat uw bedrijf, als concurrent van RIM's BlackBerry, daar tegenover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"RIM gebruikt bedrijfseigen hardware voor de BlackBerry-handhelds. Ik denk dat uiteindelijk standaard hardware met standaard besturingssystemen de klant meer zullen aanspreken, met name oplossingen van Motorola, Nokia, Microsoft en Palm. Consumenten willen graag producten die algemeen geaccepteerde standaarden gebruiken. Wij werken daarom samen met onder andere Nokia en Symbol. Wij willen dat klanten elke gewenste combinatie van hardware en software kunnen krijgen. Een Palm Treo met Microsoft Office, in combinatie met een operator naar keuze? Moet kunnen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits&lt;br /&gt;22 juli 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112238739731772217?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112238739731772217/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112238739731772217' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112238739731772217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112238739731772217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/mobiele-e-mail-ontsluit-de-markt.html' title='Mobiele e-mail ontsluit de markt'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112171940024948790</id><published>2005-07-18T22:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T22:43:20.253+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Email jams hospital computer system</title><content type='html'>An investigation was under way after a health authority office worker threw a spanner into an NHS computer network by inadvertently sending an email to thousands of people.&lt;br /&gt;The woman sent an email asking if she could have a chair and filing cabinet which were not being used. She thought the message had been sent to colleagues in her office.&lt;br /&gt;But it found its way onto the computers of health workers across Cambridgeshire. Recipients then sent jokey replies and computer staff had to be called in to ensure the network was not choked by email traffic.&lt;br /&gt;Health authority officials said "no critical patient care systems were affected" but it had taken "hours" for the email log jam to be cleared.&lt;br /&gt;Officials have not named the woman and would not say where she works or what she does. But they said in her email she had been asking whether she could have a chair and filing cabinet that were not being used.&lt;br /&gt;Health authorities across Cambridgeshire - including the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership, the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trusts, East Cambridgeshire and Fenland Primary Care Trust and the Huntingdon Primary Care Trust - issued a joint statement about the episode after details were leaked to a local newspaper.&lt;br /&gt;"On Wednesday an NHS worker inadvertently sent an email intended for colleagues in a local team to around 5,000 email accounts on the Cambridgeshire NHS network.&lt;br /&gt;"The email was a simple request to inquire about redundant office equipment," said the statement.&lt;br /&gt;"The email resulted in some light-hearted responses from a small number of NHS staff across Cambridgeshire.  Although the responses were harmless, they nevertheless did result in an unnecessary increase in network traffic.&lt;br /&gt;"Information Technology (IT) staff took prompt action in asking staff to refrain from responding and the situation quickly returned to normal. No critical patient care systems were adversely affected."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112171940024948790?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112171940024948790/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112171940024948790' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112171940024948790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112171940024948790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/email-jams-hospital-computer-system.html' title='Email jams hospital computer system'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112141848974810416</id><published>2005-07-15T11:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T11:08:58.006+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Corel Says Managing E-mail Is All About the Search</title><content type='html'>When Corel CEO Amish Methta talked to SmallBusinessComputing.com this spring about why WordPerfect Mail was a valuable addition to WordPerfect Office 12 — Small Business Edition, he asked the rhetorical question, "Ever try to do a search in Outlook?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Focusing on its claim to complete e-mail searches in seconds, Corel today announced that it will offer WordPerfect Mail as a standalone product. Recognizing that small businesses receive far more e-mail than they can easily manage, the search capabilities are designed to let you look for keywords in the body and subject lines. You can also fine tune your search using "any of," "all of" and other criteria. You can search the "to" and "from" fields as well as look in specific folders and within specific date ranges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FileMaker Task 2.0&lt;br /&gt;Click to view image at full size&lt;br /&gt;One of the objectives of WordPerfect Mail is to make searching large in-boxes, folders, calendars, contacts and attachments comparable in speed to searching the Web using a search engine. In fact, Corel claims that a search that takes four -to-six  minutes in Outlook takes only five seconds in WordPerfect Mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To produce WordPerfect Mail, Corel teamed with Yahoo and the Bloomba technology it acquired from Strata Labs. Corel reports that it has licensed that technology from Yahoo and that it will be the sole distributor. Corel said using its worldwide distribution channels, WordPerfect Mail will become the most widely available alternative to Microsoft Outlook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the goal of taking a bite out of Outlook's user base,  WordPerfect Mail is designed to make it easy for you to import e-mails, folders and contacts from Outlook (as well as Eudora and other e-mail programs).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to its claims of faster search, WordPerfect Mail features familiar-looking tools for composing, managing and viewing e-mail messages as well as multiple accounts. While its look doesn't mimic Outlook, there is a resemblance (which many people will likely find comforting). A main window lists incoming e-mail, a preview window to view e-mail contents in the lower-right corner and a list of folders in a left-hand column (see screen shot).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also file and share RSS information through WordPerfect Mail, use the calendar to schedule events, create, edit and manage contacts, import contacts from other e-mail programs and create distribution lists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any e-mail program these days has to address the issue of spam. To protect you from junk e-mail, WordPerfect Mail incorporates anti-spam software SA Proxy Pro. Corel said that SA Proxy Pro uses a five-point protection system to block spam. The software, Corel said, learns from your stored e-mail  how to scan and filter incoming e-mail to minimize the amount of spam reaching your inbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WordPerfect Mail costs $69 as a standalone product. However, you may be able to purchase it or for $29 in conjunction with other WordPerfect Office products, the company said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112141848974810416?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112141848974810416/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112141848974810416' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141848974810416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141848974810416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/corel-says-managing-e-mail-is-all.html' title='Corel Says Managing E-mail Is All About the Search'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112141762117421916</id><published>2005-07-15T10:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T10:53:41.176+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail Users Losing Money to Online Scams</title><content type='html'>A surprisingly high percentage of people have become victims, new study reveals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nine percent of U.S. Internet users have lost money on e-mail scams, according to a survey of 791 users conducted by market research firm The Radicati Group.&lt;br /&gt;The study was conducted online in April and commissioned by Mirapoint, a vendor of e-mail appliances that block spam and viruses.&lt;br /&gt;"We didn't expect it to be nine percent, we expected it to be a lot lower than that," says Marcel Nienhuis, a senior analyst with Radicati.&lt;br /&gt;Nienhuis defines an e-mail scam as "any e-mail whose intent is to trick somebody out of money."&lt;br /&gt;The survey, however, left it up to respondents to define a scam, just asking: "Have you ever lost money to an e-mail scam?"&lt;br /&gt;When the respondents were asked which three kind of scams and spams they receive most often, the marketing of prescription drugs, financing services, pornography, and Nigerian fraud and phishing scams were on the top of the list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Surprises?&lt;br /&gt;Analyst firm Ferris Research also studies consequences of online fraud. The company was not involved in Radicati's online survey but says the results are in line with their own findings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The results are reasonable, maybe slightly at the high side," says Richi Jennings, a U.K.-based practice leader for spam and boundary services at Ferris Research and an independent consultant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Up to recently, the user education has been really, really poor," Jennings says. "I watched CNN not long ago where one of the top three advices to protect yourself from scams was, 'Don't open e-mail from people you don't know.' The power of branding and recognition is exactly what spammers and scammers make use of."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jennings and his colleagues at Ferris Research predict that spam and phishing will be gone in a couple of years thanks to antispam software, education, and legislation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"But the online scams will stay. We already see spam and scams moving to other media such as blogs, Wikis, and distorted search engine queries."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason is, not surprisingly, money, says Jennings. "Fundamentally, people are greedy. You get fooled because you want to make money."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Ferris Research's estimates based on mathematical models, the worldwide cost of e-mail spam and scams in the world is $50 billion a year, and $17 billion a year in the U.S. alone. "It includes wasted time, cost of putting in and maintaining antispam software, clogged servers, and so on," Jennings says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Radicati's Nienhuis believes that most people will only be victim of an online scam once. "Until it happens to you, you have the impression that it is a danger but that it doesn't really apply to you. Once you're tricked, from that point forward on, you're probably going to be pretty cautious to what's coming in your in-box."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of the survey's respondents, 523 were consumers and 268 were corporate e-mail users, according to the Radicati Group.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112141762117421916?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112141762117421916/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112141762117421916' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141762117421916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141762117421916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/e-mail-users-losing-money-to-online.html' title='E-Mail Users Losing Money to Online Scams'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112141709649647554</id><published>2005-07-15T10:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T10:44:56.503+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Europarlement kritisch over e-mailopslag</title><content type='html'>BRUSSEL - Het Britse plan om snel alle Europese e-mails, internet- en telefoongegevens langdurig te bewaren, stuit op grote kritiek van de commissie burgerlijke vrijheden van het Europees Parlement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat bleek woensdag bij een commissievergadering. De meeste parlementariërs vinden de massale opslag te ver gaan. Velen zijn ook niet overtuigd hoe de politie met al deze oude verkeersgegevens terroristen kan aanpakken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De bestanden bevatten miljoenen gegevens. Het gaat bij e-mails dan echter niet om de inhoud van e-mails, maar om de adressen en tijdstippen wie met wie mailde. De verdachten van de aanslagen in Londen zijn inmiddels ontdekt via een bewakingscamera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PvdA'ster Mastenbroek vroeg de Britse minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Clarke woensdag uitdrukkelijk om de noodzaak aan te tonen. De minister zegde daarop een rapport toe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snel besluit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groot-Brittannië had vrijdag, daags na de aanslagen in Londen, aangedrongen op een snel besluit van de EU-landen. De Britten liepen daarmee vooruit op een verwacht voorstel van de Europese Commissie dit najaar, waarbij het Europees Parlement wellicht mocht meebeslissen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door het Britse voorstel mag het europarlement alleen adviseren, tot woede van PvdA'ster Mastenbroek. "Een eventueel besluit is dus niet echt democratisch. Waarschijnlijk moeten we via de rechter onze inbreng afdwingen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ook GroenLinks-leidster Buitenweg eist medezeggenschap van het Europees Parlement. Ze vindt eveneens dat de noodzaak van het plan niet is aangetoond: "Dit terwijl de bewaarplicht een forse inbreuk vormt op de privacy en kostbaar uitpakken voor telecombedrijven en internetproviders. Deze zullen de hogere kosten ongetwijfeld doorberekenen aan hun klanten."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buitenweg: "Ook een recent onderzoek door de Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam heeft de noodzaak van een bewaarplicht niet kunnen aantonen. Dit voorstel lijkt me nogal spierballenvertoon van politici."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112141709649647554?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112141709649647554/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112141709649647554' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141709649647554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112141709649647554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/europarlement-kritisch-over-e.html' title='Europarlement kritisch over e-mailopslag'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112106557166226161</id><published>2005-07-11T09:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T09:06:11.666+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts</title><content type='html'>Concerned emailers asking 'are you OK?'&lt;br /&gt;Email traffic has doubled in Europe today after four bombs exploded in central London.&lt;br /&gt;A snapshot of email activity from security company MessageLabs found the number of customer emails it monitored grew from the average of 500,000 to one million an hour after terrorist attacks began.&lt;br /&gt;Alex Shipp, senior antivirus technologist for MessageLabs, said: "Sometime after 09:00(BST) we saw email traffic rise. That's ignoring spam - that's half a million legitimate emails an hour up to one million.&lt;br /&gt;"We don't know what the traffic is but we're guessing that it's 'are you OK?' and 'have you seen the news?' messages. But that's based on the emails we've been getting."&lt;br /&gt;Vodafone, the UK's largest mobile operator, is asking customers to avoid using their phones following the attacks. All the UK's mobile phone networks were intermittently crippled by the sudden rise in concern calls and texts earlier today.&lt;br /&gt;An unknown group dubbed 'the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe' is reported to have posted a message on a website claiming responsibility for the attacks. London police said no groups have contacted them claiming responsibility.&lt;br /&gt;Sky News has reported that 45 people were killed this morning after three bombs exploded on the London Underground train network and a fourth detonated on a double-decker bus. As many as 300 casualties have been reported so far.&lt;br /&gt;Tony Blair has condemned the attacks while other leaders of the G8 countries, who are currently meeting in Scotland, supported the Prime Minister.&lt;br /&gt;London mayor Ken Livingstone has described the attacks as an "indiscriminate attempt at mass murder".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112106557166226161?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112106557166226161/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112106557166226161' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112106557166226161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112106557166226161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/email-traffic-doubled-after-london.html' title='Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112106316142155470</id><published>2005-07-11T08:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T08:26:01.426+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving the mail</title><content type='html'>Moving the mail&lt;br /&gt;Internet-based email accounts used to be most attractive to teens, students and travellers but seldom used for "serious emailing", daily use or for business purposes. Things are changing - the bar has been lifted on web mail with better offerings and more features that make it easier and smarter to use.&lt;br /&gt;The web delivery model makes good sense, too. Tools such as email, delivered over the web, aren't confined to software installed on a particular computer so they offer the flexibility to use them whenever and wherever you want.&lt;br /&gt;A few years ago, Hotmail wrote the book on free web-based email accounts. Other services such as Yahoo and AOL followed and, recently, Gmail from Google has shaken up the industry some more.&lt;br /&gt;It used to be that you continually had to delete incoming email to ensure you stayed below the storage limit. Google has increased the online storage on its Gmail service to the point where you don't have to worry about deleting old messages.&lt;br /&gt;Free or a fee&lt;br /&gt;Many web mail services remain free but provide the option to buy more advanced features such as extra storage space and the ability to access your messages using POP3-compliant email software if you wish.&lt;br /&gt;Whether shelling out the extra cash makes sense depends on what you're using web mail for, how often you use it and if the extra features are tools you'd use.&lt;br /&gt;Yahoo's basic and free service () offers 1GB of storage and a huge 10MB-per-message allowance that lets you receive really big attachments. For a few extra dollars, you can double the storage.&lt;br /&gt;At Hotmail, you'll find the basic account has a comparatively small Inbox, but there's a competent junk-mail filter and the ability to maintain an online contact list that can be linked to your MSN Messenger contact list. You'll have to shell out more, however, to get around the 30-day limit that disables your account if you don't use it on a regular basis.&lt;br /&gt;If you're planning a permanent move to a Hotmail account, take your contacts with you from either Outlook or Outlook Express. You can also add them to your MSN Messenger contact list from your Hotmail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To import contacts from Outlook Express, first export them to a file. In Outlook Express, choose File, Export, Address Book and then select Text File (Comma Separated Values) and click Export. Choose a location to save the file to and the fields to export and click Finish.&lt;br /&gt;In Hotmail, select Options, Contacts and choose Import, Contacts, Outlook Express 6 and press Next. Open the file in which you saved your contacts and Hotmail will import the details automatically.&lt;br /&gt;Keeping Contact details online in a Hotmail account ensures that wherever you are, provided you can access the internet, you'll have your contact list handy.&lt;br /&gt;Big newcomer&lt;br /&gt;The most recent entry into the web mail business is Gmail from Google. You can visit the site at gmail.google.com but don't be surprised if you can't sign up.&lt;br /&gt;Gmail is in beta development stage right now and the only way you can get an account is by invitation. Existing Gmail account holders, from time to time, get invitations that they can send to their friends. So, if you know someone using Gmail put the bite on them to invite you next time they get a chance.&lt;br /&gt;Gmail is touted as one of the most advanced web mail offerings and includes 2GB of disk space for your email storage. This is sufficient to store emails received over a long period of time. Gmail encourages you not to delete your messages and, instead, to store them on its servers. Included in the Gmail service is a search tool that lets you search for messages by their contents - a handy tool given the number of messages that will pile up in your inbox.&lt;br /&gt;You can apply labels to Gmail messages by clicking the message and choosing New Label from the More Actions list. You can apply multiple labels to a message to make it easier to filter them later on. The ability to add multiple labels to a message offers more flexibility than simply filing a message in a particular folder.&lt;br /&gt;Given the advent of larger email inboxes, good spam filtering tools and configuration-free access to email from just about anywhere, you might find that web-based email is your next best choice in email software.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112106316142155470?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112106316142155470/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112106316142155470' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112106316142155470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112106316142155470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/moving-mail.html' title='Moving the mail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112072375179392075</id><published>2005-07-07T10:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T10:09:11.793+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nokia laat mail automatisch binnenkomen op mobieltje</title><content type='html'>Nokia zet zwaar in op de mobiele mailfunctie van zijn handsets en gaat hiermee frontaal de concurrentie aan met de populaire BlackBerry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Werknemers die via hun mobiele telefoon zakelijke mail binnenhalen, moeten dit nu veelal nog noodgedwongen handmatig doen via de zogenoemde pull-technologie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia is nu voornemens dit te veranderen door zijn toestellen gratis te voorzien van push-technologie, waardoor mail automatisch kan worden binnengehaald – een technologie die overigens al langer in de BlackBerry wordt gebruikt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De mobiele-telefoonfabrikant gaat hiervoor software gebruiken van fabrikant Seven. Dit heeft Paul Hedman, Europees managing director bij Seven, bekendgemaakt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Hedman zal Nokia de markt op een haast agressieve manier proberen te veroveren door de push-functionaliteit voor pop- en imap-gebruikers een jaar lang gratis ter beschikking te stellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deze gratis dienst zorgt er dan voor dat mail bij binnenkomst ook op de mobiele telefoon wordt afgeleverd. Indien dit aanslaat, zal dit een aanzienlijke prikkel voor de telco's zijn. Dit omdat gebruikers wel gewoon moeten betalen voor het mobiele dataverkeer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na een jaar zullen gebruikers voor de software moeten gaan betalen. Hedman schat dat dit bedrag tussen de 30 en 40 euro per jaar zal liggen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112072375179392075?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112072375179392075/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112072375179392075' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072375179392075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072375179392075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/nokia-laat-mail-automatisch.html' title='Nokia laat mail automatisch binnenkomen op mobieltje'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112072359851780831</id><published>2005-07-07T10:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T10:06:38.526+02:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Time Saving E Mail Tips!</title><content type='html'>E-Mail is still the most widely used Internet tool available today. Virtually everyone who has Internet access has an email account, and for the Internet Marketer this opens up a huge possibility for more business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, over the past few years lots of people have abused this amazing marketing tool with their unacceptable spam. Fortunately, more and more people worldwide are taking action against spam, and so the amount of spammers has drastically reduced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this article I'll explain how you can use this fantastic technology to your advantage, by simply following a few easy steps. The result is a powerful marketing system that will save lots of time and enable you to spend more time promoting and advertising your online business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first step - Get to know your email program!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although all email programs basically do the same thing, there is still a lot of variety between them, and so it's very useful to get to know your email program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spending 30 minutes playing around with your email program is definitely worthwhile, and will enable you to familiarize yourself with all the individual features that your email program offers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you've spent time playing around with the features of your email program, you can move onto step 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second step - Automation is the key to an organized business!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You aim should be to spend at least 90% of your time promoting and advertising your online business, and that's very difficult to do if you're spending lots of your time answering emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's why an automated system is needed. Most email programs have a feature known as a 'filter' which basically looks at the email messages, and does certain actions based on the criteria of the message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For instance, you can use a filter to automatically separate orders from general enquires. Using filters will save you time and effort, and will automatically separate your email messages into the right folders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They even allow you to create your own desktop-based autoresponders. (A very efficient and time-saving tool)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third step - Make your signature NOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A signature is a little message you attach to all outgoing mail that can contain sales info, special offers or contact info.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The greatest thing about a signature is that it gives you the chance to advertise your product or service to literally thousands of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually it comes in the form of a 4-8 line message attached to the end of an email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On an average day I process up to 200 emails from people worldwide. If I attach the above signature to 200 emails every single day, that's 200 more prospects who get my sales message!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It really surprises me that many Internet Marketers still don't use signatures with their email messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Virtually every email program allows you to attach a signature. Now you don't have any excuses, so go ahead and start making some email signatures today, and generating more profits tomorrow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The forth step - Create templates to save even more time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're processing more than 10 emails a day, chances are you'll find that you're continuously replying to the same questions every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why waste your time typing out the same text over and over again? With template files, you can call up a pre-made email template, and just fill in the bits that require personalization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instant replies without continuous typing! With a click of a button, you can call up a ready-made template. And best of all, you can use dozens of them to save lots of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each email program works slightly different with template files, so I'd suggest looking through the program's help file for full information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you follow the above four tips, you'll find that you're able to spend less time answering emails and more time promoting your business.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112072359851780831?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112072359851780831/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112072359851780831' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072359851780831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072359851780831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/4-time-saving-e-mail-tips.html' title='4 Time Saving E Mail Tips!'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112072323333118967</id><published>2005-07-07T10:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T10:02:31.676+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal Web-Based Email Puts Enterprise at Risk</title><content type='html'>Personal Web-Based Email Puts Enterprise at Risk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT managers who allow their users to access personal email accounts via Web-based sites are putting their companies at risk, according to experts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''If companies are allowing employees to use personal email tools, but not retaining those messages, they could be facing serious legal and regulatory trouble,'' says Nancy Flynn, executive director of the ePolicy Institute in Columbus, Ohio. ''Email today is the electronic equivalent of DNA evidence. If there is a lawsuit, you can take it to the bank that email will be subpoenaed.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, a 2004 Workplace Email and Instant Messaging Study, co-sponsored by the ePolicy Institute and the American Management Association, found 21 percent of the 840 U.S. businesses surveyed had employee email and instant messages subpoenaed in the course of a lawsuit or regulatory investigation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flynn says courts are not discriminating about whether the emails were sent via personal email accounts or business email accounts. ''They want all business-related emails that are being transmitted by employees,'' she says. Not producing these emails could result in a ''five-to-six-figure fine''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This puts companies that allow access to popular Web-based services like Google's Gmail, Microsoft's HotMail, AOL and Yahoo Mail on the hot seat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''How many legitimate business records are escaping the company system via these services, and won't be available if the company gets involved in a lawsuit,'' she says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Web and security experts agree the use of personal Web-based accounts is a problem for companies under strict compliance and regulatory rules, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as those trying to protect intellectual property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''It's about risk minimization,'' says Mark Gibbs, founder of Gibbs &amp;amp; Co., a Web and network consultancy in Ventura, Calif. ''Can you fully defend your compliance? If you are allowing the use of personal Web mail, you are introducing a whole new realm of risks.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Policy and Enforcement&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gibbs says companies must decide if they're going to take a soft or hard approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''If you go for the hard approach, then you've decided you are not going to let them access those accounts and you have to make your network bulletproof,'' he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This requires a two-pronged approach that includes clearly stated policies and advanced monitoring, blocking and filtering technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, he says, you should develop and articulate a policy to all employees regarding the use of personal email. You should have a written statement that clearly says employees cannot use Web-based email from inside the corporate envelope, Gibbs says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel Snyder, senior partner at Opus One security consultancy in Tucson, Ariz., agrees. ''Make sure you not only have a policy, but that you explain to employees why you have a policy,'' he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the 2004 ePolicy Institute/AMA study, 37 percent of organizations surveyed were unclear about the difference between an electronic business record and an insignificant message. Flynn says this indicates that companies need to clearly understand what information is important to them and would pose a risk if it were to get out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She says it's critical for companies to make employees aware of the risks involved in everyday communications, adding that companies have to put muscle behind their policies. In the survey, although 79 percent of companies have a written email policy in place, only 25 percent terminated employees for violating that policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flynn says companies often are unclear about what constitutes personal use. Executives must set guidelines about how much time users can spend on personal messaging, via what systems, and with whom they can communicate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make sure these rules are being enforced, she recommends companies put in place sophisticated monitoring and filtering tools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gibbs suggests employing software to block popular mail service Web sites. He also says IT managers can use tools that perform on-the-fly keyword monitoring to ensure that messages do not contain sensitive information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some IT groups employ virus scanners to keep an eye on personal messaging, but Snyder warns that ''most, if not all'' of these tools don't handle Web-based email very well. Instead, he says some of the free tools, like Snort, might be better suited to examine these packets. He adds that companies could force all outbound HTTP/HTTPS traffic through a proxy as a safeguard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flynn says organizations that can't afford the risks associated with any kind of personal email use should ban it altogether.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''The risk, in terms of lost business records and lost productivity and lost intellectual property, far outweigh any argument anyone would give in terms of giving employees flexibility. There is just no reason for employees to have to access personal email tools in the office,'' she says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112072323333118967?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112072323333118967/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112072323333118967' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072323333118967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112072323333118967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/personal-web-based-email-puts.html' title='Personal Web-Based Email Puts Enterprise at Risk'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112068857103419325</id><published>2005-07-07T00:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T00:22:51.040+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nokia to offer free Blackberry-style push e-mail</title><content type='html'>Attempt to take over market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia is planning to offer free "push" e-mail on all its handsets, according to software vendor Seven, in a bid to boost the use of mobile e-mail.&lt;br /&gt;"It's a market grab," said Paul Hedman, Seven's European MD and the former CEO of Seven's acquisition Smartner, whose software is involved in the deal. "Nokia is going out very aggressively offering one year's free push email for POP and IMAP users on Nokia phones."&lt;br /&gt;The free service will forward email to the phone as it arrives, making POP and IMAP email easier to use on a mobile phone. If it takes off, it will be a useful revenue boost for mobile operators - only the application service is free, and users will pay normal GPRS rates for the data sent and received. "It's a good way to stimulate usage of GPRS," said Hedman, in an interview with Techworld.&lt;br /&gt;"After a year, the users will get an SMS message inviting them to pay a low fee to continue the service," said Hedman. He expects the fee to be around 30 or 40 euros per year - roughly the current level for the service where it is available.&lt;br /&gt;"The interesting thing will be how large a take-up rate we will have on consumers," said Hedman. In the US, last month Seven got very fast download rates for the client it launched to deliver Yahoo! e-mail on phones using the Sprint service: "In the first week we had tens of thousands of downloads," Hedman said.&lt;br /&gt;Explosive growth of BlackBerry devices has made push e-mail a hot topic, since Microsoft hastily added it to Windows Mobile and Exchange after its latest verion of Windows Mobile was criticised for lacking push.&lt;br /&gt;The BlackBerry device, from Research in Motion (RIM) still has a commanding lead, with three million customers, but there is a potential user base of 650 million enterprise email customers, and many more consumers, said Hedman. RIM's solution is still effectively tied to specialist hardware, and Microsoft's is currently limited to the combination of Exchange and Windows Mobile, said Hedman.&lt;br /&gt;Hedman believes that, with the Nokia and Yahoo! deals, Seven can overtake RIM, but would not put a date on when he expects this to happen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112068857103419325?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112068857103419325/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112068857103419325' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112068857103419325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112068857103419325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/nokia-to-offer-free-blackberry-style.html' title='Nokia to offer free Blackberry-style push e-mail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112059741312160901</id><published>2005-07-05T23:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-05T23:03:33.126+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'Screensaver effectiever dan e-mail'</title><content type='html'>Bedrijven die werknemers op de hoogte willen houden, gebruiken hier veelal e-mail of intranet voor. Werknemers prefereren echter een speciale screensaver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit onderzoek van de Universiteit Twente blijkt namelijk dat een aangepaste schermbeveiliging een van de meest effectieve manieren is om werknemers snel te informeren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;80 Procent van de ondervraagden zegt intern nieuws makkelijker tot zich te kunnen nemen en beter te kunnen onthouden als dit wordt aangeboden via een screensaver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor het onderzoek zijn bijna 700 werknemers van De Amersfoortse, gemeente Breda en Eastman Chemicals ondervraagd, alwaar het bedrijfsnieuws per screensaver wordt aangeboden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"De kracht zit in het herhalen van de informatie", zegt Corine van Iersel, woordvoerster bij Eastman Chemicals. "Het aardige is dat de screensaver een technische oplossing biedt, zonder werknemers te storen tijdens het werk."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit laatste kan mogelijk een drempel zijn voor andere bedrijven. Om het interne bedrijfsnieuws tot zich te kunnen nemen, moet een werknemers namelijk de schermbeveiliging zelf activeren of al een aantal minuten niet productief zijn. De onderzoekers hebben niet onderzocht in hoeverre een dergelijke bedrijfsscreensaver ten koste gaat van de productiviteit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112059741312160901?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112059741312160901/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112059741312160901' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112059741312160901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112059741312160901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/screensaver-effectiever-dan-e-mail.html' title='&apos;Screensaver effectiever dan e-mail&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-112031364127531546</id><published>2005-07-02T16:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T16:14:01.280+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail zomaar foetsie?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/988/1004/1600/corrie.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/988/1004/200/corrie.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HCCnet, Corrie Gerritsma - vrijdag, 1 juli 2005&lt;br /&gt;Het is een rare gewaarwording om je mailbox te openen en daar in plaats van tientallen berichten geen enkel mailtje te zien staan. Tientallen berichten die ik graag wilde bewaren en nog niet had beantwoord bleken zomaar in het niets te zijn opgelost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nou ja zomaar, ik had wel net een account verwijderd uit mijn mailprogramma maar omdat die mailtjes gewoon in mijn programma stonden ging ik ervan uit dat ze lokaal waren opgeslagen op mijn computer, een Mac in dit geval. Het erge is dat ik na een aantal paniekerige telefoontjes naar bevriende Mac-gebruikers maar één iemand de schuld kan geven, mezelf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik maak gebruik van een stuk of vijf e-mailadressen. Twee voor mijn werk, een voor familie en allerlei mailinglisten, een voor mijn website en een mac-mailadres verbonden aan een .Mac-account. Om nog enigszins overzicht te houden in de wereld van mijn elektronische post, heb ik enige ordening in mijn mailprogramma aangebracht. De mailtjes van het ene adres komen in het mapje 'privé', andere mailtjes in 'werk' of 'website'. De privé-mails haal ik thuis van de server af, de werk-mails ontvang ik ook thuis, maar worden pas van de server gehaald als ik ze in het e-mailprogramma op mijn werk binnenhaal. Alles werkt precies zoals ik het wil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wegens algehele bezuinigingen zegde ik mijn mac-mailadres onlangs op, scheelt weer 99 dollar per jaar. Inmiddels klinkt er nu een geniepig stemmetje in mijn hoofd dat zegt 'had nu maar niet zo krenterig gedaan, dan had je al je e-mail nog gehad'. Omdat mijn adres niet meer werkte, verwijderde ik de gegevens uit het lijstje accounts in mijn mailprogramma. Kan geen kwaad dacht ik, maar helaas, een van mijn postbussen bevatte onmiddellijk nog maar 0 berichten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na zoeken op hulpforums van Apple en met Google en telefoontjes naar drie verschillende mac-gebruikers weet ik eindelijk hoe het zit. Al mijn e-mailadressen haal ik binnen via POP, behalve mijn mac-account, dat ging via IMAP. Ik wist niet eens van het bestaan van IMAP, maar dat blijkt een protocol te zijn waarbij je je mail direct op de server leest in plaats van lokaal, zoals bij POP3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het is een beetje te laat, maar ondertussen begrijp ik ook de waarschuwingsmailtjes die ik bij herhaling twee weken, een week en één dag voor het beëindigen van mijn mailadres van Apple ontving. Steeds weer meldden ze dat alle e-mail die ik niet lokaal zou opslaan verloren zou gaan. Steeds weer dacht ik dat de mails die ik in mijn mailprogramma zag wel lokaal móesten staan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of mijn mails echt hierdoor zijn verdwenen, daarvan ben ik niet 100 procent overtuigd. Had ik dan ook geen lege mailbox moeten zien als ik geen internetverbinding had? Nu heb ik zelden géén internetverbinding, en dus gaat verificatie op deze manier ook niet op.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik heb de hoop inmiddels opgegeven dat de inhoud van mijn mailbox ooit nog boven water komt. Accepteren levert onverwachte voordelen op. Ik hoef mij niet meer schuldig te voelen dat sommige e-mails al weken op antwoord wachtten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-112031364127531546?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/112031364127531546/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=112031364127531546' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112031364127531546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/112031364127531546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/07/e-mail-zomaar-foetsie.html' title='E-mail zomaar foetsie?'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111990714902486225</id><published>2005-06-27T23:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T23:19:09.030+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Klanten ABN Amro nieuw doelwit phishers</title><content type='html'>Een nieuwe phishingmail doet de ronde. Na de Postbank wordt er nu geprobeerd om gegevens van klanten van ABN Amro afhandig te maken.&lt;br /&gt;De mail is opgemaakt in de stijl van de bank en rept over een softwareupdate, waardoor klanten online hun gegevens moeten checken. De mail is zogenaamd afkomstig van de LaSalle Bank, een dochteronderneming van ABN Amro.&lt;br /&gt;De mail lijkt in vele varianten te komen, gezien het overzicht van de website Doshelp. Vreemd genoeg wijst de website van de LaSallebank niet op de circulerende mail en het gevaar er van.&lt;br /&gt;Begin juni werden klanten van de Postbank onaangenaam verrast door een Engelstalig mailtje waarin gevraagd werd hun gegevens te checken. Wie op de link klikte werd gevraagd om de gebruikersnaam, het wachtwoord en de zogeheten TAN-codes. Met deze gegevens kan de crimineel geld overboeken, transacties doen, et cetera.&lt;br /&gt;De mails waren waarschijnlijk afkomstig vanuit Rusland. De Postbank verklaart dat er geen slachtoffers bekend zijn van de phishingmail en heeft inmiddels aangifte gedaan.&lt;br /&gt;Internetbankieren onveilig&lt;br /&gt;Klanten van banken worden steeds vaker het doelwit van phishingmails en ook de websites van de banken komen er op het gebied van veiligheid niet goed vanaf, zo bleek uit onderzoek van Comsec Security Consulting. Dat rapport stelt dat banken nog altijd te weinig doen aan het goed beveiligen van hun internetbankierdiensten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111990714902486225?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111990714902486225/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111990714902486225' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111990714902486225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111990714902486225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/klanten-abn-amro-nieuw-doelwit.html' title='Klanten ABN Amro nieuw doelwit phishers'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111959612651684209</id><published>2005-06-24T08:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-24T08:55:26.520+02:00</updated><title type='text'>London Top cop bans email</title><content type='html'>POLICE officers have been banned from emailing each other - and told to sort things out face-to-face instead.&lt;br /&gt;Lambeth's commander, Chief Superintendent Martin Bridger, has told his 1,300-strong force to leave cyberspace and get back to the real world.&lt;br /&gt;Chief Supt Bridger, who insists on meeting all contacts in person, fears huge numbers of internal emails are creating a "corporate culture".&lt;br /&gt;A police source told The Post's sister paper, the South London Press: "Martin Bridger has had enough of officers wasting time on endless emails.&lt;br /&gt;"He knows the value of face-to-face communication. He wants his officers to do the same."&lt;br /&gt;Chief Supt Bridger, who took the reins at Lambeth in January, has embarked on a gruelling schedule of meeting every member of staff.&lt;br /&gt;In the past few weeks he has spelt out his vision for the borough with everyone from senior detectives to canteen staff.&lt;br /&gt;The no-nonsense cop has already spoken with more than 120 community activists over menaces such as guns, drugs and antisocial behaviour.&lt;br /&gt;His spokesman said: "The feeling of staff was that the corporate use of emails was on the increase, reducing face-to-face communication."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111959612651684209?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111959612651684209/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111959612651684209' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111959612651684209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111959612651684209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/london-top-cop-bans-email.html' title='London Top cop bans email'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111953105284726519</id><published>2005-06-23T14:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-23T14:50:52.853+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Football Association secretary 'boasted of her conquests by e-mail'</title><content type='html'>A secretary at the centre of a sex scandal at the Football Association was accused yesterday of boasting to "all and sundry" about her affairs in a number of "salacious" e-mails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faria Alam, 39, who had flings with Sven Goran Eriksson, the England coach, and Mark Palios, the former FA chief executive, "couldn't resist" telling family, friends and colleagues about the two relationships, it was alleged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the e-mails, in which she referred to Mr Eriksson as Sugar because he was so "sweet", and to Palios as PP, short for Pretty Polly, she went into detail about the state of her relationships and her sex life, it was said.&lt;br /&gt;She is also said to have boasted about how one day she would be "very, very rich" and that her potential lay with "high fliers and big shots".&lt;br /&gt;In another she told a friend that sex with Mr Eriksson, 57, "was fantastic" and that "he had a great body and was a generous lover".&lt;br /&gt;"He performed a particular sex act in a very satisfactory way," she added.&lt;br /&gt;Her inability to keep quiet about her affairs was blamed yesterday for the scandal hitting the newspapers and plunging the FA into turmoil last July.&lt;br /&gt;Jeffrey Bacon, for the FA, said at the employment tribunal in central London that he had records of her e-mailing 11 people in one month alone about the affair with Mr Eriksson.&lt;br /&gt;He said: "I want to put it to you that you were talking to all and sundry about it, you couldn't resist it.&lt;br /&gt;"You weren't shy in using your FA e-mail account, do you accept that? You described sexual practices in some detail in those e-mails.&lt;br /&gt;"I suggest to you that it was the liberal way that you boasted to your friends and colleagues that led to the story exploding."&lt;br /&gt;Miss Alam, who is claiming constructive unfair dismissal and sex discrimination, denied the assertions and said that "FA sources" had leaked the story.&lt;br /&gt;The former fashion model, who also claimed that David Davies, her immediate manager, sexually harassed her, maintained that she was forced to resign from her £35,000 job after the scandal because she felt "betrayed" by the FA and that her position was "untenable".&lt;br /&gt;She also claimed that she was bullied into sacrificing herself and Mr Eriksson in order to protect the organisation's image and that of Mr Palios, 52, a divorced father of four. But Mr Bacon, in cross-examination on the second day of the hearing, said that she resigned in order to sell her story for £300,000.&lt;br /&gt;He said that Miss Alam had waited for the FA to dismiss her but when they failed to do so, she resigned because she had two newspaper contracts sitting on her desk waiting for her to sign.&lt;br /&gt;Miss Alam admitted that she had faxed the resignation letter from the offices of the publicity agent Max Clifford, who had brokered the deal with two newspapers. Mr Bacon said: "The FA say that you resigned in order to sell your story and make money. That's right, isn't it?"&lt;br /&gt;Miss Alam replied: "That is not true. My resignation coincided with me selling the story." She said that had she wanted to sell it she could have done so much earlier.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Bacon persisted: "For you, what you say and what gets written depends on how many noughts there are on the end of the cheque, doesn't it?"&lt;br /&gt;"No, that is not true," Miss Alam replied. I didn't think I had any choice but to resign."&lt;br /&gt;Mr Bacon countered: "Because sitting in front of you were two agreements both with the indication that you were being paid £150,000?&lt;br /&gt;"Having learnt that you were not going to be dismissed you resigned and signed both these agreements. You resigned to sell your story didn't you?"&lt;br /&gt;"I resigned because I had no choice," she replied.&lt;br /&gt;He said that the allegations against Mr Davies, 57, which included suggestions that he tried to kiss her in the lift and in his office, had only come to light last week and were a "gun" being held to the FA's head.&lt;br /&gt;"It's give me more money or I will name another person, isn't it," he said. Miss Alam denied this. "It was a very difficult situation", she said.&lt;br /&gt;She has admitted that on July 17 last year Mr Davies did ask her about rumours that she had been "running around with Sven" but said she had never been asked straight out whether they were having an affair.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Bacon asked: "Assuming he used the words 'running around with Sven' what an earth did you think he was talking about - going jogging?"&lt;br /&gt;Miss Alam replied: "That there was something going on with Sven" and admitted she did not own up to having an affair, saying she felt she was being "cornered" and grilled about her private life.&lt;br /&gt;She claimed that Mr Eriksson instructed her that if she was quizzed by the FA she should deny any relationship with him and he would do the same.&lt;br /&gt;She recalled: "I said to him, 'How do you want to play this?' He said, 'You cannot say anything.' I said, 'I won't say anything. You know I won't say anything."&lt;br /&gt;She went on to say that she had discussed her failed marriage and conservative Muslim family background with Colin Gibson, the former director of communications, who resigned over the scandal.&lt;br /&gt;She claims that he and others at the FA bullied and intimidated her. They claim they were only looking out for her interests.&lt;br /&gt;The FA strongly denies Miss Alam's allegations and Mr Davies, who also denies all the claims, is due to give evidence later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hearing continues.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111953105284726519?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111953105284726519/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111953105284726519' title='27 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111953105284726519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111953105284726519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/football-association-secretary-boasted.html' title='Football Association secretary &apos;boasted of her conquests by e-mail&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111929189842898713</id><published>2005-06-20T20:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-20T20:24:58.433+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students</title><content type='html'>More than 100 students who failed their classes at the University of Kansas last semester found out who shared their misfortune. The school's Office of Student Financial Aid sent an e-mail to 119 students Monday notifying them that they were in jeopardy of having their aid revoked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the names of the students were included on the e-mail address list — meaning everyone who got the e-mail could see the names of all the other recipients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It was a completely inadvertent, unintentional mistake," university spokesman Todd Cohen said Thursday. "It was our error, our mistake and we deeply regret it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancy George, a student on the list, said the mistake was tantamount to releasing the grades of students without their permission, which the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nobody should have known that I failed a class or that I even had a student loan," said George, who says she failed because her daughter had developed pneumonia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cohen said the university is contacting students to apologize. She also said the incident had been reported to the Department of Education so it could determine if there was a violation of the federal law.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111929189842898713?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111929189842898713/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111929189842898713' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111929189842898713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111929189842898713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/e-mail-embarrasses-119-failing.html' title='E-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111929151410301624</id><published>2005-06-20T20:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-20T20:18:34.106+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tomato sauce email leaves lawyer red-faced</title><content type='html'>20 June 2005 LONDON: An email between a highly paid lawyer and a secretary over a tomato sauce stain has become the talk of legal circles in London, leaving the sender distinctly red-faced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Media reported with glee the tale of Richard Phillips who emailed the secretary to ask her to pay a four pound dry-cleaning bill after she accidentally spilt tomato sauce on his trousers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The secretary, who had just returned to work after her mother died, was so irate she forwarded the email to several colleagues at the firm of Baker &amp; McKenzie, who in turn passed it on to others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The emails quickly appeared on the internet and in the press.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Dear Jenny," the lawyer wrote, "I went to the dry-cleaners at lunch and they said it would cost four pounds to remove the (tomato sauce) stains. If you could let me have the cash today that would be much appreciated."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secretary Jenny Amner replied: "With reference to the email, I must apologise for not getting back to you straight away but due to my mother's sudden illness, death and funeral I have had more pressing issues than your four pounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Obviously your financial need as a senior associate is greater than mine as a mere secretary."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colleagues had offered to hold a collection to cover the bill but Amner paid it herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The law firm were not impressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I can confirm we are aware of the incident," a spokeswoman said. "This is a private matter between two members of staff that clearly got out of hand. We are investigating."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Newspapers also printed several emails sent to Phillips in response. One investment banker said he was deeply saddened to hear about the ketchup stain tragedy while another suggested he emigrate.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111929151410301624?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111929151410301624/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111929151410301624' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111929151410301624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111929151410301624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/tomato-sauce-email-leaves-lawyer-red.html' title='Tomato sauce email leaves lawyer red-faced'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111869528991177474</id><published>2005-06-13T22:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T22:41:29.913+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Werkgevers lezen e-mail medewerkers</title><content type='html'>Uit een Amerikaans onderzoek blijkt dat 63 procent van de bedrijven met meer dan duizend mensen in dienst uitgaande e-mail van de medewerkers laat scannen op bedrijfsgevoelige informatie. Hiervoor heeft 36 procent van de bedrijven personeel in dienst genomen en is 27 procent van de bedrijven dit van plan te doen, aldus het rapport van beveiligingsbedrijf Proofpoint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In grotere organisaties, waar meer dan 20.000 mensen werken, komt het analyseren van uitgaande e-mail nog vaker voor. Veertig procent van de ondervraagde bedrijven geeft aan het emailverkeer van zijn werknemers te controleren, 32 procent is dit van plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Behalve het controleren van mail op bedrijfsgevoelige informatie wordt in sommige gevallen ook het telefoonverkeer in de gaten gehouden. Meer dan de helft (51 procent) weet precies naar welke telefoonnummers gebeld wordt met de vaste telefoonlijnen en hoe lang de gesprekken duren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het onderzoek is gehouden onder 332 managers bij Amerikaanse bedrijven. Volgens Proofpoint heeft meer dan eenderde van de bedrijven het laatste jaar een verdacht e-maillek van vertrouwelijke informatie onderzocht. Een op de vier bedrijven zegt het afgelopen jaar een medewerker te hebben ontslagen, omdat deze zich niet aan de regels voor e-mailgebruik van het bedrijf zou hebben gehouden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111869528991177474?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111869528991177474/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111869528991177474' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111869528991177474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111869528991177474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/werkgevers-lezen-e-mail-medewerkers.html' title='Werkgevers lezen e-mail medewerkers'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111865519361739774</id><published>2005-06-13T11:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T11:33:13.620+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nog 3,8 miljoen Nederlanders zonder internetervaring</title><content type='html'>In 2004 hadden 3,8 miljoen volwassen Nederlanders nog nooit internet gebruikt. Dat komt neer op 30 procent van de meerderjarigen, aldus onderzoek dat het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek maandag publiceerde. In 2003 hadden 4,2 miljoen mensen geen internetervaring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Internetgebruik hangt sterk samen met leeftijd. Ruim anderhalf miljoen 65-plussers had in 2004 nog nooit internet gebruikt. Toch is de groei van het aantal senioren dat internet is gaan gebruiken beduidend hoger dan gemiddeld, constateren de onderzoekers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2002 had 14 procent van de 65-plussers ervaring op de digitale snelweg, in 2004 was dat 19 procent; een stijging van 36 procent tegen gemiddeld 9 procent onder de bevolking vanaf 12 jaar. Vrijwel alle jongeren (97 procent) waren in 2004 al eens op internet geweest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tweederde van de Nederlanders boven 12 jaar mag zich volgens de definitie van het CBS internetgebruiker noemen. Ongeveer een tiende van hen heeft geen aansluiting thuis en gebruikt internet op het werk, school, in buurthuis of bibliotheek. Het CBS: "De mogelijkheid om op andere locaties te internetten levert een substantiële bijdrage aan het internetgebruik in Nederland."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111865519361739774?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111865519361739774/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111865519361739774' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111865519361739774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111865519361739774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/nog-38-miljoen-nederlanders-zonder.html' title='Nog 3,8 miljoen Nederlanders zonder internetervaring'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111838248150673792</id><published>2005-06-10T07:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T07:48:01.510+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Office e-mail is as private as a public-address system</title><content type='html'>If you doubt that the e-mails you send on your office personal computer might be open to scrutiny by your boss, think again:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Almost 33 percent of 140 North American businesses nationwide report they conduct regular audits of outbound e-mail content," according to a 2004 study by Proofpoint, a messaging security technical firm in Cupertino, Calif., and Forrester Research, based in Cambridge, Mass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study also shows that 43 percent of the companies "employ staff that monitors outbound mail" — even if reviews are not done regularly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My advice: Don't write anything in an e-mail that you wouldn't want to see on your office bulletin board — or announced over your company's loudspeaker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Carol Kleiman&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111838248150673792?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111838248150673792/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111838248150673792' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838248150673792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838248150673792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/office-e-mail-is-as-private-as-public.html' title='Office e-mail is as private as a public-address system'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111838222397035016</id><published>2005-06-10T07:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T07:43:43.973+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Email Exceeds Phone As Favored Communication Tool</title><content type='html'>Email Exceeds Phone As Favored Communication Tool According To Study &lt;br /&gt;According to a study by Reachon.com Permission-Based Email Marketing Service for small and large businesses, email has exceeded the phone as a favored communication tool for work and play. Findings show, 20% stated that checking emails first thing in the morning delayed them taking kids to school on time, 26% stated that they made it to work late, 15% stated that they checked emails via PDA in the bathroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -– According to a study by www.Reachon.com Permission-Based Email Marketing Service for small and large businesses, email has exceeded the phone as a favored communication tool for work and play. Findings show, 20% stated that checking emails first thing in the morning delayed them taking kids to school on time, 26% stated that they made it to work late, 15% stated that they checked emails via PDA in the bathroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The final study conducted over a 12 month period found that more than 32% of email users in the study used email as a primary source to conduct business, communicate with friends, make purchases, and have exchanges with family members. This is a strong indicator that email is quickly becoming the leading communication tool by email users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Usage of email as the main communication tool at home and business is increasing by the second,” says William Peraza, President of Reachon.com. “New PDAs that enable individuals to stay connected 24 hours a day and the ease of sending text messages has made the email as important as the cell phone as the key form of communication.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some of the findings of a new study conducted by Reachon.com, the leading permission-based email marketing service:&lt;br /&gt;When interviewed, 45% of respondents stated that the first thing they did when they woke up in the morning was check their email, even before going to brush their teeth. 20% stated that checking emails first thing in the morning delayed them taking kids to school on time, 26% stated that they made it to work late. Further, 35% of individuals stated that they spent the entire day reviewing their emails via their cell phones, on an average every five minutes. 80% percent stated upon returning from lunch the first thing they did after going back to work was check emails before checking voice mails. 15% stated that they checked emails via PDA in the bathroom. Overall, 85% stated that they preferred communicating via email than via phone, main reason was the ability to be straight to the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We are becoming a society that is more to the point,” says Peraza. Having a long conversation on the phone with more widespread use of Blackberries/PDAs to communicate, where with only a few words the individual on the other end can get the message across and even close a major deal.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 10,000 individuals were surveyed for the www.Reachon.com Email Marketing Study.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111838222397035016?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111838222397035016/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111838222397035016' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838222397035016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838222397035016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/email-exceeds-phone-as-favored.html' title='Email Exceeds Phone As Favored Communication Tool'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111838172815302428</id><published>2005-06-10T07:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T07:35:28.156+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft unveiled the push e-mail service</title><content type='html'>And a more secure Windows Mobile 5.0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the TechEd 2005 event, Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive at Microsoft, has talked about a new messaging system and a new set of security services for Windows&lt;br /&gt;Mobile 5.0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The software is based on new wireless functions which will be included in the next Service Pack for Exchange Server 2003. From the statements made by Ballmer, these functions are also aimed at improving the security and scalability management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One will be able to transmit e-mails, calendar and contacts included in Outlook through a direct connection established between an Exchange Server and a Windows Mobile device, without having to install a supplementary server infrastructure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The messaging and security implementations will focus on improving the efficiency of IT departments by changing the security management methods. Administrators will be able to control the Windows Mobile devices similarly to the way they control PCs and servers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such a function will offer administrators the possibility to apply the IT departments' internal sets of rules through the wireless networks. In this way, it will be possible to assign a password to each mobile device and grant general or special accessing rights.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111838172815302428?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111838172815302428/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111838172815302428' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838172815302428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838172815302428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/microsoft-unveiled-push-e-mail-service.html' title='Microsoft unveiled the push e-mail service'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111838084457264506</id><published>2005-06-10T07:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T07:20:44.576+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The boss is getting serious about e-mail snooping.</title><content type='html'>Companies ramping up e-mail monitoring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new study has found that 63 percent of corporations with 1,000 or more employees either employ or plan to employ staff to read or otherwise analyze outbound e-mail. The report, released Monday by e-mail security specialist Proofpoint, said 36.1 percent of companies employ staff to monitor e-mail today, with another 26.5 percent saying they intend to employ such staff in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In companies with more than 20,000 employees, this practice is even more common, according to the survey, which involved 332 technology decision-makers at large U.S. companies. Forty percent of those large companies employ staff to monitor e-mail today, and an additional 32 percent plan to employ such staff in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the study, companies are concerned about making sure e-mail isn't used to leak company trade secrets or other intellectual property, and about complying with financial disclosure regulations. Another factor is preventing confidential internal memos from getting zapped outside the company, according to the report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study comes amid a rise in workplace monitoring. The number of employers who monitor the amount of time employees spend on the phone and track the numbers called has jumped to 51 percent, up from 9 percent in 2001, according to a study released last month by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That earlier study also found that 51 percent of the companies surveyed use video monitoring to counter theft, violence and sabotage, up from 33 percent in 2001. In addition, it said companies "also keep an eye on e-mail, with 55 percent retaining and reviewing messages."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though liability and regulatory issues may be convincing companies to peek in on their employees, such surveillance raises privacy concerns. Employers can monitor workers to a greater degree these days, thanks to newer technologies such as keystroke-logging software and satellite global positioning systems that can track a cell phone user's whereabouts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the new Proofpoint survey, more than one in three companies investigated a suspected e-mail leak of confidential information in the last 12 months. And, it said, more than one in four companies have fired an employee for violating e-mail policies in the last 12 months.&lt;br /&gt;By Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com&lt;br /&gt;Published on ZDNet News: June 8, 2005, 6:08 PM PT&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111838084457264506?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111838084457264506/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111838084457264506' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838084457264506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111838084457264506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/boss-is-getting-serious-about-e-mail.html' title='The boss is getting serious about e-mail snooping.'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111830268532606336</id><published>2005-06-09T09:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-09T09:38:05.330+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweederde werknemers gebruikt computer</title><content type='html'>Twee op de drie werknemers maakt gebruik van computers bij de uitoefening van hun vak. Gemiddeld zitten ze zeventien uur per week achter de pc en 35 procent van die tijd wordt doorgebracht op internet. Dat staat in het rapport 'Verzonken technologie. ICT en Arbeidsmarkt' van het Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het SCP heeft tijdens het onderzoek samengewerkt met onderzoeksinstituut TNO, de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam en de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Het rapport geeft een beeld van het ICT-gebruik op het werk en de gevolgen die dit heeft voor onder meer de kwaliteit van de arbeid, de betrokkenheid bij het werk en het risico op RSI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit het onderzoek blijkt onder meer dat mannen, leidinggevenden en flexwerkers minder kans hebben op RSI-klachten. Van de werknemers met RSI kampt 10 tot 20 procent met serieuze aandoeningen, zoals ontstoken aanhechtingen van pezen aan botten of ingeklemde zenuwen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De computer is volgens de opstellers van het rapport volledig geïntegreerd in het dagelijks werk en in de privé-sfeer. Zo zitten arbeidsongeschikten wekelijks gemiddeld zo'n acht uur achter de pc, waarvan vijf uur op internet. De gemiddelde huisvrouw of -man beroert het toetsenbord vijf uur per week en is dan drie uur op internet actief.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111830268532606336?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111830268532606336/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111830268532606336' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111830268532606336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111830268532606336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/tweederde-werknemers-gebruikt-computer.html' title='Tweederde werknemers gebruikt computer'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111800766243120964</id><published>2005-06-05T23:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-05T23:41:02.436+02:00</updated><title type='text'>IT-gedragscode voorkomt frustraties. Vijf problemen, één oplossing</title><content type='html'>De grootste grieven van werknemers zijn over het algemeen niet van technische aard. Wel zijn ze vaak IT-gerelateerd: slecht gebruik van communicatiemiddelen is een van de grootste bronnen van frustratie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wij geven de top-vijf van ergernissen van werknemers, en hoe u een begint kunt maken om de problemen op te lossen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Teveel vergaderingen (over niets). Deze vergaderingen hebben vaak een informeel karakter, waardoor van de aanwezigen niets anders wordt geëist dan: blijven ademen. Veel deelnemers vinden dat eigenlijk iemand anders in hun plaats had moeten komen opdraven - een leidinggevende of iemand met meer kennis van zaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Gebrek aan discipline bij vergaderingen. Vergaderingen starten vaak te laat omdat iemand niet op tijd is, mensen beantwoorden soms hun mobiele telefoon tijdens een vergadering of bekijken zelfs e-mail op een pda of notebook. En dan is er nog de verplichte, urenlange PowerPoint-presentatie die net zo goed in paar paragraafjes had kunnen worden afgehandeld.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Interne spam. Veel berichten die door collega's worden verzonden, zijn ongewenst. Naast kettingbrieven, moppen en dergelijke - die vaak eigenlijk verboden zijn - gaan er ook vele berichtjes rond over verjaardagen, inzamelingsacties, parkeergedrag, verloren voorwerpen, enzovoort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Instant messaging. Deze vorm van communicatie wordt steeds populairder. Het is een efficiënte methode om met iemand contact op te nemen, nu mailtjes vaak verloren gaan tussen tientallen spamberichten. En nu mensen niet meer lijken te weten hoe ze iemand moeten opbellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helaas lijkt IM maar al te vaak meer op: 'Hoe eenvoudig kunt u iemand uit zijn concentratie halen?'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. E-mail. Werknemers vinden vaak dat een hoop e-mailtjes - al zijn ze wel degelijk afkomstig van collega's - overbodig zijn en dus alleen maar tijd kosten. Deze problemen zijn niet goed op te lossen met extra hardware of software, maar het probleem is wel IT-gerelateerd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helaas concentreren IT-managers en systeembeheerders zich vaak volledig op de technologie en het draaiend houden van alle systemen. Hierdoor wordt weinig of geen aandacht besteed aan het informeren van het personeel over het correct gebruik van alle software en hardware.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We gaan er vanuit dat werknemers goed omgaan met e-mail, IM, handhelds, mobieltjes en dergelijke. In werkelijkheid kan het helemaal geen kwaad gedragsregels op te stellen waaraan het personeel geacht wordt zich te houden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Met een bijdrage van Ramon Padilla, ZDNet UK&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111800766243120964?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111800766243120964/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111800766243120964' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111800766243120964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111800766243120964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/it-gedragscode-voorkomt-frustraties.html' title='IT-gedragscode voorkomt frustraties. Vijf problemen, één oplossing'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111795793186357204</id><published>2005-06-05T09:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-05T09:52:11.866+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Email Addiction Index: How addicted are you</title><content type='html'>Email users rely on email as much as the telephone for communication and spend about an hour a day in their inbox. Are we a nation obsessed? America Online, Inc., reveals the results of its Email Addiction survey, which takes a look at the behaviors and routines that have formed among the millions of Americans who use email to communicate as a part of their every day lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Signs That We're Hooked on Email:&lt;br /&gt;▪ We wake up and check it. Forty one percent check email first thing in the morning, 18% check it right after dinner, 14% say they check email right when they get home from work, and 14% do so right before they go to bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ We can't make it through the night. Forty percent of email users have checked their email in the middle of the night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ We can't live without it! More than one in four (26%) say they haven't gone more than two to three days without checking their email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ We have multiple accounts. Most email users have two or three email accounts (56%). The average user has 2.8 accounts.&lt;br /&gt;    We Check it Anytime, Anywhere.&lt;br /&gt;Email users have checked their email in a variety of locations, including:&lt;br /&gt;▪ In bed in their pajamas (23%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ In class (12%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ In a business meeting (8%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ At a Wi-Fi hotspot, like Starbucks or McDonald's (6%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ At the beach or pool (6%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ In the bathroom (4%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ While driving (4%)&lt;br /&gt;▪ In church (1%)&lt;br /&gt;A New Dating Tool&lt;br /&gt;▪ When meeting someone new, email users are about as likely to give the other person their email address (32%) as their home phone number (37%) or cell phone number (28%).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email On the Job&lt;br /&gt;▪ The survey found that 61% of email users who are employed outside the home check their personal email at work, with three times a day the average.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ About half of those who check personal email at work (47%) check it sporadically throughout the day, while about one in four (25%) check it first thing when they arrive, 18% check it at lunchtime, 8% during an afternoon break and 2% right before they head home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who check personal email at work are slightly more likely to say they do so to take care of personal errands (26%) rather than to correspond with friends and family (20%).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ 20% feel guilty about checking personal email at work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;▪ About one in ten of those who check personal email at work (9%) have been busted for the boss for doing so.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111795793186357204?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111795793186357204/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111795793186357204' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111795793186357204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111795793186357204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/email-addiction-index-how-addicted-are.html' title='Email Addiction Index: How addicted are you'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111795748663526453</id><published>2005-06-05T09:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-05T09:44:46.640+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Breaking an E-mail Addiction</title><content type='html'>When business owner Kevin Kelly wakes up, it's the first thing on his mind. In the car on the way to work, at business meetings and even in the bathroom, Kelly's e-mail is never more than a click away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly is an admitted e-mail addict and says he compulsively checks his e-mail inbox at least every five minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I have to keep up with them, so I check them very, very frequently," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He ticks off all the places he checks his e-mail: "In movie theatres, in a dentist chair, on 'It's a Small World' [ride] at Walt Disney World."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PDA Sex?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to portable devices like Kevin's Palm One Trio, e-mail addicts have an even easier time getting their fix."I feel I have a very special relationship with my PDA," Kelly said. "It's been very faithful to me."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly and his PDA are so closely connected, he engages wife, Stacy, in a Friday night ritual — PDA sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"She has all the appointments for the weekend and we sit down and she shoots them over to me," Kelly explained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Kevin gets very excited by PDA sex," Stacy said. "That's his form of intimacy."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Millions of E-Mail 'Junkies' Out There?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Dave Greenfield, of the Center for Internet Studies, said that Kelly's level of e-mail dependence can't help but impact a relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What we'll usually see is a spouse who says, 'He's on the computer all the time, or checking [his] PDA 40 times a day, and I feel like they're not really attending to me,'" Greenfield said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly is certainly not alone. Experts estimate there are 190 million e-mail users worldwide, and Greenfield believes that 6 percent of them could have some form of e-mail addiction — that's roughly 11 million e-mail junkies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly's wife, Stacy, says his e-mail "addiction" definitely affects their family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Physically he's at all the school functions and he's at all the vacations, but sometimes I'd like him to be there in his mind more," she said. "He could sleep through our kids crying so loud, but if his phone says that he has a new message, he instantly wakes up."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even Kelly admits that he sometimes puts his digital gadgets over his family. He says his kids say things like, "Daddy, put that down. Let's play a game."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But he says the call of his e-mail is hard to ignore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I think it's a habit that's hard to break," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Can You Do to Break the E-Mail Habit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regina Lewis, an America Online consumer advisor, said that Kelly's level of engagement with e-mail, personal digital assistants and other parts of the wired world is extremely common for many reasons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lewis said that in our high-speed digital world, there is a blurring between home life and work life and the proliferation of fun gadgets makes it easy — and often necessary — to keep up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She offered some tips on "Good Morning America" on how to break an e-mail addiction:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set a virtual start time and curfew. Don't get online first thing in the morning or last thing at night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember the rule of three. If something takes more than three e-mail exchanges, pick up the phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't over reply. You don't need to send those short, one-word replies, such as "thanks" or "yes."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Store, don't hoard. People keep way too many old e-mails in their inbox and waste a lot of time scrolling through them all, says Lewis. Create folders to store important messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If all else fails, try going cold turkey. Take a weekend off; you might be surprised to find the world doesn't fall apart if you don't check your messages.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111795748663526453?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111795748663526453/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111795748663526453' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111795748663526453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111795748663526453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/breaking-e-mail-addiction.html' title='Breaking an E-mail Addiction'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111792017481827767</id><published>2005-06-04T23:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-04T23:22:54.823+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Postbank-phishing overspoelt Nederland</title><content type='html'>Nederland wordt momenteel overspoelt met nep-mailtjes die afkomstig lijken van de Postbank. In de e-mail worden rekeninghouders van de bank opgeroepen om in te loggen op de website die staat vermeld in de nep-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De e-mail heeft verschillende afzenders. Van AnnelieseByrd@postbank.nl tot DellyBennefeld@postbank.nl. De mails zijn zogenoemde phishingmails. Phishing-mails lokken internetgebruikers naar nagemaakte sites van bekende bedrijven of organisaties. Zij worden vervolgens gevraagd om vertrouwelijke gegevens als creditcardnummers of pincodes in te vullen. Met de gegevens kunnen criminele organisaties valse passen maken of andere fraude plegen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door een html-link op te nemen naar een goed gelijkende of professioneel ogende banksite zet men de lezer op het verkeerde been. Als de naam van de site ook nog lijkt op de echte bank is de verwarring optimaal en de kans van slagen het grootst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Postbank is inmiddels op de hoogte van de fraude en roept alle ontvangers op om niet in te gaan op de e-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hieronder de tekst van de valse mails:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Postbank Customer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This email was sent by the Postbank server to verify your e-mail address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your Postbank online access details. This is done for your protection - because some of our members no longer have access to their email addresses and we must verify it.To verify your e-mail address, click on the link below: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; (link verwijderd)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111792017481827767?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111792017481827767/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111792017481827767' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111792017481827767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111792017481827767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/postbank-phishing-overspoelt-nederland.html' title='Postbank-phishing overspoelt Nederland'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111765773371414517</id><published>2005-06-01T22:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T22:28:53.720+02:00</updated><title type='text'>It's your boss's e-mail</title><content type='html'>Every day, millions of employees send and receive e-mails on the job, but how often do they think about who owns the e-mails?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some might think that if the e-mail is not about company business, the employer cannot or will not monitor these messages, or that their e-mail is not considered their employer's property. Indeed, by the revealing nature of everyday e-mails, it seems that employees view the e-mail that they send and receive on their company's network as private and sacrosanct.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not, however, the case. In fact, it is a company's right to monitor e-mail and Internet traffic, to preserve the professional atmosphere in the workplace and ensure that the company's policies are adhered to by its employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies should be sure to have a policy clearly stated in their handbook that employees sending and receiving e-mail on the company's network should not consider the e-mail private. It is company property, and it may be monitored. Employees should consider all e-mails sent or received on company e-mail addresses to be accessible by the company's information-technologies department and subject to monitoring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monitoring may arise for several reasons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, the biggest threat to a harassment-free workplace these days is not a pin-up calendar but, rather, e-mails with inappropriate jokes and pictures circulating in the office. Companies should advise their employees not to send such e-mails, and if they receive them, to delete them immediately rather than forwarding them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the 2004 Workplace E-Mail and Instant Messaging Survey of the American Management Association and The ePolicy Institute, 79 percent of organizations have written e-mail policies prohibiting romantic and racy messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, companies regularly monitor the Web sites that employees visit through the company's network to ensure that the employees are not surfing inappropriate sites while at work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monitoring Internet traffic and e-mail content ensures that anti-harassment and equal-employment policies are strictly adhered to. According to the 2004 Workplace E-Mail and Instant Messaging Survey, 13 percent of organizations have battled lawsuits triggered by inappropriate e-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An employer's need to see an employee's e-mail also comes up when companies seek to protect their confidential and trade-secret information, or to enforce post-employment restrictive covenants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies have learned through monitoring that their employees are planning to compete with their current employer; that they are sending confidential material to their home e-mail accounts before their departure; or that they are sending these e-mails to their new employer. Monitoring of e-mail accounts and laptops for departing employees takes place to determine if there was any breach of fiduciary duty, or violation of trade-secret laws, confidentiality agreements or non-compete agreements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the hottest topic in courtroom battles these days is "electronic discovery." The rules of litigation have long required parties in a case to produce responsive documents in litigation, even if they are stored electronically (such as e-mail).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been only in the last few years that courts have made clear that they will enforce a company's obligation to turn over all information that may respond to another party's request _ including e-mails that employees have sent or received under the impression that they would not be preserved by the company, or that the company would not monitor the e-mails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this new reality requiring the forward-thinking company to create document retention-and-destruction policies to handle potential litigation, employees should know that potentially embarrassing e-mails sent or received behind a closed office door may someday be read in a courtroom. If employees thought of e-mail in this way, e-mail content would be drastically different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today's Internet-reliant workplace, e-mail has proven an effective communications tool. But to protect companies and employees alike, employers have a responsibility to monitor their networks, to promptly address any potentially harmful issues, and to be prepared to produce even the most embarrassing e-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(David Morrison is a lawyer based in Chicago.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111765773371414517?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111765773371414517/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111765773371414517' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111765773371414517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111765773371414517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/its-your-bosss-e-mail.html' title='It&apos;s your boss&apos;s e-mail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111763438542496295</id><published>2005-06-01T15:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T15:59:45.430+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nigeriaanse e-mailoplichters veranderen van tactiek</title><content type='html'>De 'Nigerian Money Scam' is een van de meest langlopende oplichtingszaken op het internet. Al jaren versturen Nigeriaanse bendes e-mails naar miljoenen willekeurige internetgebruikers met een verhaal dat ze iemand zoeken om miljoenen dollars door te sluizen. De bendes hebben inmiddels de chat en Skype ontdekt.   &lt;br /&gt;                   &lt;p&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/12/419ers_invade_skype/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Register&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ontdekte dat de oplichters nu ook via belprogramma Skype mensen proberen te benaderen. Met Skype kan er gratis gebeld worden via het internet naar iedere internetter die ook Skype heeft geinstalleerd. 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De oplichter 'handelt' namens een vooraanstaand persoon en vraagt aan de internetter of zij hun bankrekening beschikbaar willen stellen om miljoenen dollars veilig te stellen. Meewerken zal, volgens de oplichters, gul beloond worden.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  Op de website &lt;a href="http://www.419eater.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;419eater.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; probeert Mike de oplichters zelf op te lichten. Mike is een zogenoemde 'scambaiter' iemand die zijn tijd en energie wijdt aan het bestrijden van de beruchte 419 scam e-mails. Samen met een aantal vrijwilligers van de website probeert hij de oplichters te misleiden en hun acties te ontregelen. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111763438542496295?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111763438542496295/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111763438542496295' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111763438542496295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111763438542496295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/06/nigeriaanse-e-mailoplichters.html' title='Nigeriaanse e-mailoplichters veranderen van tactiek'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111731563612844338</id><published>2005-05-28T23:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-28T23:27:16.130+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Yahoo uitgebreid en verbeterd</title><content type='html'>Yahoo heeft zijn e-maildienst uitgebreid met een voorziening voor foto's en de beveiliging verbeterd. Donderdag lanceerde het bedrijf de bèta PhotoMail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gebruikers van Yahoo e-mail krijgen de beschikking over een onbeperkte opslagcapaciteit en kunnen tot 300 thumbnails in één e-mailbericht versturen naar meerdere personen tegelijk. Elke thumbnail afbeelding is slechts 3 tot 5 KB, dus zal niet snel geblokkeerd worden omdat het bestand te groot zou zijn. De mailbox kan via internet benaderd worden, terwijl de fotobestanden ergens op een Yahoo-computer staan. Als je op een thumbnail klikt, krijg je de grote foto te zien. Een foto invoegen in een bericht gaat eenvoudig via slepen met de muis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naast de fotodienst heeft Yahoo ook de beveiliging tegen spam verscherpt en zes nieuwe talen aan de internationale maildienst toegevoegd. Met de nieuwe functionaliteiten hoopt Yahoo marktaandeel af te snoepen van zijn grote concurrenten Hotmail en AOL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tegelijkertijd introduceert Microsoft een extra antispamtool gericht op zijn Hotmail-gebruikers: MSN Postmaster. De website bevat vooral informatie voor internetproviders, mailproviders en legale directmarketing mailers. Op die manier wil het bedrijf het verkeer van gewenste reclameberichten beter stroomlijnen en de ongewenste reclame aan Hotmail-klanten kunnen tegenhouden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111731563612844338?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111731563612844338/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111731563612844338' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111731563612844338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111731563612844338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/e-mail-yahoo-uitgebreid-en-verbeterd.html' title='E-mail Yahoo uitgebreid en verbeterd'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111710681813193943</id><published>2005-05-26T13:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T13:26:58.136+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nokia introduceert Internet Tablet</title><content type='html'>Telefoonmaker Nokia heeft voor het eerst een product op de markt gebracht waarmee niet kan worden gebeld, de Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Het draagbare apparaatje is bedoeld om thuis met een draadloze internetverbinding te gebruiken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Internet Tablet is gebaseerd op besturingssysteem Linux en is ontwikkeld om mee te e-mailen en internetten. De tablet heeft een breedbeeldscherm van 800 bij 480 pixels en kan inzoomen. Het toetsenbord is verwerkt in het touchscreen. De internet tablet kan ook via bluetooth gegevens met bijvoorbeeld een mobiele telefoon of computer uitwisselen. Daarnaast kan het apparaat buitenshuis zijn nut bewijzen in de buurt van een WiFi-hotspot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia geeft de broncode vrij, zodat softwareontwikkelaars programma's voor de tablet kunnen ontwikkelen. Het apparaat bevat al software voor internetradio, RSS nieuwslezer, een programma om foto's mee te bekijken en diverse mediaspelers voor het afdraaien van filmpjes en muziek.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Nokia 770 meet ongeveer 14 x 8 x 2 centimeter, het beeldscherm heeft een diagonaal van 4,1 inch. Prijs van het eerste product van deze tablet serie is 350 dollar (279 euro).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111710681813193943?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111710681813193943/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111710681813193943' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111710681813193943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111710681813193943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/nokia-introduceert-internet-tablet.html' title='Nokia introduceert Internet Tablet'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111640136236017157</id><published>2005-05-18T09:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T09:29:22.366+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Mistakes Highlight Need for Outbound Communications Security</title><content type='html'>The high number of e-mail gaffes which have hit the headlines in 2005 illustrate that many organizations have become so focused on stopping spam and e-mail-borne viruses but have overlooked the e-mail threat from within, Clearswift said today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only after four months, the media has already reported on the embarrassing resignation of a CEO; a Freedom of Information treasury document blunder; and the personal musings of a high-level U.K. political adviser, all due to the inappropriate use of e-mail. Just this month, an e-mail from an anonymous sender was widely distributed from a U.K. local council encouraging other council employees and constituents not to vote for the incumbent Labour candidate in the U.K. General Election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These high-profile and reputation-damaging blunders come at a time when sales of anti-spam technology is rising fast, with respected analyst IDC predicting that the market revenue for anti-spam solutions will experience a compound annual growth rate of 42% through 2008. IDC also expects the anti-virus market growth to reach $4.85 billion in 2008 as companies invest in protecting their e-mail gateways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"With organizations investing so much into anti-spam and anti-virus technology it is obvious that there is concern over e-mail-based threats but many may have overlooked the fact that the biggest e-mail-based threat to their company is actually from within," Clearswift technical director, Alyn Hockey, said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The number of high-profile mistakes we've seen reported in the media this year are perfect reminders as to why organizations must ensure they have a robust e-mail policy and outbound content security software in place to make sure that confidential information or offensive e-mails are not being circulated -- anti-spam and anti-virus measures are not enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sending an e-mail is pretty simple but it is still a complex method of communication. It's more permanent than a letter, yet often more informal than a telephone call. Organizations who ignore securing their outbound communications leave themselves wide open to financial- and reputation-damaging incidents -- not to mention potentially getting themselves into serious legal difficulties."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The gaffes reported in the media so far this year which could have been prevented with a combination of powerful content security software and a well-communicated e-mail policy include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher was forced to resign after inappropriate use of company e-mail systems was discovered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- The BBC were inadvertently e-mailed sensitive documents by a U.K. government department regarding the management of a contentious issue with a Financial Times journalist -- as part of a routine FOI inquiry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- U.K. government adviser Alistair Campbell accidentally sent an expletive-laden e-mail tirade against a BBC journalist to the wrong address -- to the BBC journalist in question&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- An e-mail sent from the Blackburn Council e-mail system urging council workers and other constituents to vote against the incumbent Labour MP, Jack Straw, in the U.K. General Election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Prevention is far better than cure, and with a well-communicated e-mail policy and intelligent, powerful content security software -- which secures both outbound and inbound messages -- organizations can dramatically reduce the chance of such blunders and avoid the damaging consequences," Hockey said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111640136236017157?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111640136236017157/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111640136236017157' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111640136236017157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111640136236017157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/e-mail-mistakes-highlight-need-for.html' title='E-mail Mistakes Highlight Need for Outbound Communications Security'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111624747452283015</id><published>2005-05-16T14:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T14:44:34.526+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ahem, careful how you use work e-mail</title><content type='html'>In prehistoric times, right after cave dwellers learned to mash berries together with animal blood and paint pictures on their walls, some tribal elders probably had a conversation that went like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grok: "Let's paint scenes of successful hunts!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Org: "Or victories in battle!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hef: "Or naked women!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every advancement of arts and letters - movable type, recorded sound, motion pictures, fax machines, videos - has been adapted that way. It's no secret among men that all great art, from VanGogh and Thomas Kinkade to Mona Lisa and those dogs playing poker, is really just filler material between the nudes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so it was with computers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al Gore: Hey guys, I've invented the Internet! We can use it for education, research, communication and data storage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The guys: Oh ... uh, yeah, Al - that too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Employers must have standards. That's why state employees sign forms when they're hired, acknowledging that the system is for business only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;State agencies recently fired 13 employees because of improper e-mails sent from the state system. The St. Petersburg Times reported that some other employees were suspended or reprimanded for sending photos, jokes, cartoons or other offensive materials to coworkers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This happens a lot - surprisingly often to cyber-savvy employees who ought to know better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few years ago, an info-systems guy at one agency was caught setting up a site where he and his friends posted ribald (to put it nicely) stuff. What really got him was, after being told not to tamper with anything pending investigation, he was accused of going back in and trying to erase it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier, another techie got tripped up by security systems he should have known would snag him. He denied viewing porn after hours but his employee ID card was swiped through the electronic key slot at, let's say, 9:13 p.m., his password was entered at 9:20, certain sites were contacted at 9:25 and 9:33. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gotcha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former Comptroller Bob Milligan, a former Marine general, wanted to reprimand a fellow retired officer who made the mistake of e-mailing a mild little joke (sort of a like a greeting card or postcard you might find in any drugstore) to a co-worker, who didn't think it was funny. The guy got fired for showing even worse judgment by arguing with Milligan; ex-soldiers should know better than to talk back to ex-lieutenant generals who are trying to give them a break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unless they're really gunning for you, chances are you won't get fired for using the e-mail system to ask your spouse to pick up a gallon of milk and some dog food on the way home. Forwarding a David Letterman "Top 10" list to friends should warrant, at worst, a polite little no-no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what gets people fired is clearly obscene or offensive stuff. And they'll warn people in a borderline case, although they don't have to. In the current investigation, some employees who relayed fewer than five improper messages weren't fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But how do we know what is improper? Easy: If you wouldn't want to explain it to your worst enemy in the office, don't send it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111624747452283015?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111624747452283015/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111624747452283015' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111624747452283015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111624747452283015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/ahem-careful-how-you-use-work-e-mail.html' title='Ahem, careful how you use work e-mail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111610478154796257</id><published>2005-05-14T23:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-14T23:06:21.550+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Internetten op het werk moet mogen</title><content type='html'>Werknemers surfen onder werktijd gemiddeld 12,6 uur per week op internet, waarvan 3,4 uur niet voor hun werk. Ze geven nog liever het dagelijkse kopje koffie op, dan dat ze verstoken zouden blijven van een internetverbinding. Dit blijkt uit het Amerikaanse Web@Work-onderzoek dat elk jaar door Websense wordt uitgevoerd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bijna de helft van alle werknemers zegt internet alléén voor het werk te gebruiken. Veertig procent gebruikt het medium vooral voor werk, maar ook voor sommige persoonlijke taken, zoals internetbankieren. Privé is men vooral geïnteresseerd in nieuwssites (81 procent), e-mailen (61 procent), internetbankieren (58 procent), reiswebsites (56 procent) en webwinkels (52 procent). Het spelen van spellen onder kantoortijd is gedaald van 14 procent in 2004 tot 6 procent in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op de vraag of men liever een kopje koffie in de ochtend opgeeft of de mogelijkheid privé te surfen, zegt 52 procent de koffie over te slaan. 44 procent kan niet zonder de koffie en geeft liever internet op.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111610478154796257?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111610478154796257/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111610478154796257' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111610478154796257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111610478154796257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/internetten-op-het-werk-moet-mogen.html' title='Internetten op het werk moet mogen'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111588141899339927</id><published>2005-05-12T09:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T09:03:38.996+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows Mobile 5.0: where's the push email?</title><content type='html'>One glaring omission from a good upgrade&lt;br /&gt;Windows Mobile 5.0 - formerly codenamed "Magneto". and launched this week - consolidates Microsoft's strength in the mobile area, with additions that will add to its appeal for business users, consumers and software developers. The biggest omission is the lack of Blackberry-like "push" email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commanding player&lt;br /&gt;The big picture is good - good enough for Microsoft to feel comfortable reminding us of its humble beginnings in the mobile area: "Five years ago, we had three OEMs and a low market share," said David Hooper, marketing manager for mobile and embedded devices. "Now we are shipping a million devices a quarter. We have 40 device makers, 68 operators in 48 countries, and 18,000 applications."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Windows Mobile established on both phones and PDAs, Microsoft is sensibly following the market, and shifting its emphasis towards phones. It has, however, added features that will make better PDAs and better phones, and help developers work for both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first device to run it will most likely by a 3G phone with Wi-Fi, made by HTC, which features a keyboard that rotates and folds flat like a small tablet device.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111588141899339927?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111588141899339927/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111588141899339927' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111588141899339927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111588141899339927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-mobile-50-wheres-push-email.html' title='Windows Mobile 5.0: where&apos;s the push email?'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111541396817543071</id><published>2005-05-06T23:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T23:12:48.180+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Email drives PDA shipments</title><content type='html'>The personal digital assistant (PDA) industry has experienced its strongest recorded first quarter with 3.4 million shipments worldwide according to analyst, Gartner.&lt;br /&gt;Shipments increased 25 percent from the same period last year and were the highest since Gartner began measuring in 2000.&lt;br /&gt;"This increase is primarily the result of the growing popularity of wireless email, with users favouring larger displays and QWERTY keyboards that are operated with both hands," said Todd Kort, principal analyst in Gartner's Computing Platforms Worldwide group.&lt;br /&gt;PDAs with integrated wireless or mobile capabilities accounted for approximately 55 percent of all PDAs shipped in the quarter, Kort said.&lt;br /&gt;The average selling price (ASP) increased 15 percent to US$406 which Gartner analysts attributed to the rise in popularity of high-end wireless models.&lt;br /&gt;Research in Motion became the number one ranked PDA vendor with a 75.6 percent rise in shipments while palmOne fell to number two position with a 26.33 percent decline.&lt;br /&gt;palmOne market share dropped to 18 percent, its lowest since it entered the market in 1996.&lt;br /&gt;“We expect that palmOne will be adding other operating systems and setting more of its own direction, while PalmSource is redirecting itself toward Linux and smartphones,” Kort said.&lt;br /&gt;Windows CE was the most popular PDA operating system, followed by RIM and Palm OS.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111541396817543071?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111541396817543071/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111541396817543071' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111541396817543071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111541396817543071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/email-drives-pda-shipments.html' title='Email drives PDA shipments'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111533292741747920</id><published>2005-05-06T00:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T00:42:07.423+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Bedrijfsleven ontdekt 'bloggen'</title><content type='html'>In het NRC: "Internetdagboeken werken als mond-tot-mondreclame. Ze zijn handig om gratis publiciteit te krijgen, maar gevaarlijk omdat je ze niet in de hand hebt."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Internetdagboeken werken als mond-tot-mondreclame. Ze zijn handig om gratis publiciteit te krijgen, maar gevaarlijk omdat je ze niet in de hand hebt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een 22-jarige autoliefhebber schreef vorig jaar op zijn weblog enthousiaste commentaren op spotjes waarin Mazda's te pletter werden gereden, compleet met links naar de filmpjes. Maar andere 'bloggers' ontmaskerden hun collega al snel als een creatie van het autobedrijf zelf. "Ze probeerden een hype om die spotjes heen te creëren'', zegt Marco Derksen, marketingadviseur en maker van weblog www.marketingfacts.nl. "Mazda is toen helemaal nat gegaan."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het netwerk van miljoenen dagboeken op internet, die door links met elkaar verbonden zijn en waarop bloggers over van alles en nog wat discussiëren, is voor bedrijven een interessant marketinginstrument. Bloggers die van nieuwe gadgets houden bezorgen bedrijven gratis publiciteit. In de VS gebruiken bestuurders hun eigen weblog om informeel contact te maken met klanten. Maar Mazda was regel één van het bedrijfsbloggen vergeten. Wie geen open kaart speelt, wordt in de blogosphere genadeloos afgestraft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gisteren vond in de Amsterdamse Rai het eerste blogsymposium in Nederland plaats. Circa 250.000 Nederlanders hebben een weblog. En hoewel de populairste onderwerpen huisdieren, familie en baby's zijn, zouden Nederlandse bedrijven ook iets met 'bloggen' moeten doen, vindt Derksen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amerikaanse voorbeelden zijn er genoeg. Zo heeft vice-voorzitter Bob Lutz van General Motors een eigen weblog, waarop hij zo'n twee keer per week een persoonlijk getint verhaal schrijft over het autobedrijf. Op elke toevoeging aan het dagboek komen zo'n vijftig reacties binnen. "Zijn communicatieafdeling print die allemaal voor hem uit'', vertelt Neville Hobson, een Britse expert in nieuwe media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Hobson kan die directe interactie met anderen het bloggen waardevol maken voor bedrijven. ,,Je bouwt een relatie op met je klanten. Het wordt persoonlijker.'' Zo helpt bloggen Microsoft het imago van keiharde grootkapitalist van zich af te schudden. Zo'n 800 Microsoft-werknemers houden een weblog bij en staan zo in direct contact met klanten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bloggen kost tijd. Daarom schrijven bekende Nederlandse bloggers als Wouter Bos, Gerrit Zalm en Maxime Verhagen hun blogs niet altijd zelf. Daar hebben ze pr-mensen voor, zegt een spreker. In het bedrijfsleven gebeurt dat ook, zegt Hobson. "Maar het is niet authentiek, je verliest je geloofwaardigheid."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daarom is zelf een weblog beginnen niet voor elk bedrijf een goed idee, zegt Derksen. Wie er eenmaal aan begint, zal echt open moeten zijn. Kritische commentaren verwijderen is not done, net als stoppen met bloggen als het even niet goed gaat. Een Boeing-manager had een eigen blog, maar toen de topman van Boeing moest vertrekken wegens een affaire met een medewerkster, schreef hij daar niets over. Derksen: "Dat is dus fout. Je pretendeert dat je open bent, maar als er echt een probleem is, geef je niet thuis."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat weblogs vaak een specifiek publiek hebben, maakt ze geschikt voor reclame. Zo sponsort Audi de autoweblog www.jalopnik.com. Of bedrijven ook sites sponsoren zonder het te vertellen? ,,Soms zijn er twijfels'', zegt Derksen. Voorbeeld is de weblog van een meisje dat zo'n grote fan is van McDonald's dat ze zich voor allerlei filialen laat fotograferen, geschminkt als Ronald McDonald. "Zit McDonald's daar achter of niet?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar ook hier geldt dat openheid de beste tactiek is, vinden Derksen en Hobson. Ook dan kunnen bedrijven weblogs als marketingtool gebruiken. Zo gaf Nokia vijftig bloggers een gratis telefoon, als ze erover zouden schrijven. Positief of negatief, dat mocht allebei, en dat de telefoon gratis was, was ook bekend. Nike betaalde één Franse sportschoenenfanaat om een blog te beginnen, waarop nu 150 bloggers bijna dagelijks nieuwtjes over sportschoenen uitwisselen. "Deze blog is gemaakt met steun van Nike'', staat erop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bedrijven moeten op zijn minst bijhouden wat er op weblogs over ze wordt geschreven, vindt Derksen. Zo kunnen ze pijlsnel de stemming bij het publiek meten en als het nodig is reageren op kritiek.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fietsslotenbedrijf Kryptonite kan erover meepraten. Vorig jaar zette een blogger een filmpje op zijn site, waarin hij zijn nieuwe Kryptonite beugelslot kraakte met een Bic-pen. Voor het bedrijf het goed en wel doorhad, stond het in Amerikaanse krant The New York Times. Het bedrijf is nu nog bezig met het terughalen van de sloten. De teller staat inmiddels op 50.000.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111533292741747920?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111533292741747920/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111533292741747920' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111533292741747920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111533292741747920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/bedrijfsleven-ontdekt-bloggen.html' title='Bedrijfsleven ontdekt &apos;bloggen&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111523456652693545</id><published>2005-05-04T21:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T21:22:46.533+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sober-uitbraak leidt tot 30 procent toename e-mailverkeer</title><content type='html'>Sober-uitbraak leidt tot 30 procent toename e-mailverkeer&lt;br /&gt;- woensdag 4 mei 2005 - Beveiligingsbedrijf Aladdin signaleert sinds de uitbraak van de nieuwe Sober-variant een toename in het e-mailverkeer van 30 procent. Volgens Sophos maakt de recente Sober-worm 77 procent uit van alle virusmeldingen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maandagavond dook de worm voor het eerst op. Dinsdag bleek al dat de verspreiding van de zogenaamde mass mailer snel verliep maar vandaag blijkt pas hoe snel. Volgens Aladdin en Sophos heeft de uitbraak een enorme toename van het e-mailverkeer tot gevolg, lopen mailboxen werelwijd vol en kan het langer duren voor legitieme berichten op de plek van bestemming aankomen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twee van de drie virussen die zich op dit moment via internet verplaatsen betreft Sober.N (of onder de naam Sober.O of Sober.S), volgens Sophos. Blijkbaar trappen veel mensen in de oproep van de worm om de bijlage te openen en zo vrijkaartjes voor het WK voetbal in Duitsland te krijgen, zo redeneert Sophos. Het is niet de eerste keer dat virussen misbruik maken van een grootschalig voetbaltoernooi om te infecteren, in 1998 gebeurde dit bij het WK Frankrijk en in 2002 bij het WK Zuid-Korea/Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door Olaf van Miltenburg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111523456652693545?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111523456652693545/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111523456652693545' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111523456652693545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111523456652693545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/sober-uitbraak-leidt-tot-30-procent.html' title='Sober-uitbraak leidt tot 30 procent toename e-mailverkeer'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111522482203730330</id><published>2005-05-04T18:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T18:40:22.043+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Virus vermomd als kaarten WK-voetbal</title><content type='html'>FRANKFURT - Veel voetbalfans komen dezer dagen bedrogen uit. Per e-mail ontvangen ze een bevestiging dat de bestelde kaarten voor het WK-voetbal in 2006 zijn toegewezen. Wie echter de mail blij opent, haalt wel een virus (Sober.O) maar geen tickets op.&lt;br /&gt;De organisatie in gastland Duitsland waarschuwt voor de e-mailadressen ticketifa.de en gewinnifa.de.&lt;br /&gt;Het in de bijlage verpakte virusbestand wordt geactiveerd indien de ontvanger dit ingepakte (.zip) bestand opent en vervolgens het uitgepakte bestand start. Vanaf dat moment wordt eenmalig een foutmelding gegeven en nestelt het zich op het getroffen systeem. De grootste schade-component is het overbelasten van het getroffen systeem via e-mail en poortverkeer.&lt;br /&gt;De eerste uitgave van kaarten voor het wereldkampioenschap (ruim 800.000 exemplaren) werd tien keer overschreven. De gelukkigen zijn allang op de hoogte, alle anderen lopen gevaar een virus binnen te halen, meldt de organisatie.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111522482203730330?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111522482203730330/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111522482203730330' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111522482203730330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111522482203730330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/05/virus-vermomd-als-kaarten-wk-voetbal.html' title='Virus vermomd als kaarten WK-voetbal'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111481758541176068</id><published>2005-04-30T01:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-30T01:33:05.413+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Laat u niet leiden door de informatiestroom</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IT werkt soms contraproductief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bezig zijn is niet hetzelfde als productief zijn. De enorme hoeveelheid informatie die we dagelijks te verwerken krijgen, houdt ons zeker bezig. Maar houdt het ons niet juist van ons werk af? Het zou de grootste ironie zijn van het informatietijdperk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alle informatie die we ontvangen per e-mail, chat, sms, voicemail, telefoon, internet; we zouden er wel eens dommer van kunnen worden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat beweert althans Edward Hallowell, psychiater en specialist in attention deficit disorder (ADD) oftewel aandachtstekort-stoornis. Hij heeft een hieraan gerelateerde stoornis ontdekt die hij ADT noemt; attention deficit trait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Hallowell neemt deze stoornis epidemische vormen aan in de bedrijfswereld. In tegenstelling tot ADD is ADT niet aangeboren. Het is het resultaat van de moderne werkomgeving, waar een niet aflatende informatiestroom ons denkvermogen bedreigt, aldus Hallowell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onze collega's van CNet hadden onlangs een gesprek met de deskundige: over ADT en het belang van time management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat is ADT precies?&lt;br /&gt;"Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het de 'normale' versie is van ADD. Het is een stoornis die is ontstaan door het moderne leven, waarbij je zo druk bezig bent met het verwerken van alle input en output dat je je steeds makkelijk laat afleiden, sneller geïrriteerd en onrustig raakt en - over een langere periode - slechter gaat presteren."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Met andere woorden: iemand met ADT wordt minder efficiënt doordat hij teveel probeert te doen. Het is alsof je constant jongleert met een bal."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat zijn de symptomen?&lt;br /&gt;"Wanneer mensen merken dat ze productiever kunnen zijn dan ze zijn; wanneer ze weten dat ze slimmer zijn dan hun prestaties laten zien; als ze vragen oppervlakkiger gaan beantwoorden dan ze gewoon zijn; als ze geen nieuwe ideeën meer opdoen; als ze langer gaan werken en toch niet meer werk gedaan krijgen: dan zijn ze waarschijnlijk onderhevig aan ADT."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wanneer bent u het onderscheid gaan maken tussen ADD en ADT?&lt;br /&gt;"Er kwamen zoveel mensen bij mij die dachten ADD te hebben, en het viel me op dat een aantal van hen niet echt aan de kenmerken voldeed. Zo verdween de stoornis helemaal als ze op vakantie gingen. ADD - echte ADD - gaat nooit weg, wat je ook doet."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits&lt;br /&gt; 01 april 2005&lt;br /&gt; Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111481758541176068?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111481758541176068/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111481758541176068' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111481758541176068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111481758541176068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/laat-u-niet-leiden-door-de.html' title='Laat u niet leiden door de informatiestroom'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111472919377520571</id><published>2005-04-29T00:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-29T00:59:53.776+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Four in ten firms lack formal risk policy for email</title><content type='html'>More than half fail to measure their effectiveness on a regular basis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a new independent survey of IT security professionals commissioned by MessageLabs, the majority of businesses don’t feel adequately protected from the multitude of security threats and business risks posed by email. Indeed, many are failing to take action to protect themselves properly.&lt;br /&gt;With over 40% admitting a lack of a formal policy process being in place to measure vulnerability to security attacks and assess security requirements, more than half said they had no formal processes for regularly measuring the effectiveness of current email security policies.&lt;br /&gt;All 182 respondents reported that they still felt their business was at risk from security threats even though most had anti-virus, anti-spam and/or content filtering measures in place.&lt;br /&gt;Online fraud scams (36%), spam (34%), and Remote Access Trojans (31%) were seen as significant ongoing threats, while spyware was cited by over half as a major concern (54%).  A further 18% were even concerned about Denial-of-Service attacks, which could effectively grind business operations to a halt.&lt;br /&gt;The fear of the cost of clean up post security attack prompts over two-thirds (64%) of companies to invest in email security.  Others said that they invested in security to protect the confidentiality of their information (56%), to ensure business continuity and productivity (54%), and to ensure the reliability of communications (49%).&lt;br /&gt;Despite increasing regulatory pressures, less than one-fifth of companies were greatly concerned with deploying email security measures to aid compliance with legislation. Given that 16% of businesses have already experienced a Human Resource or legal case in which email content was a crucial factor in the evidence, this suggests that businesses need to wake up to the reality of business risks from email.&lt;br /&gt;However, with respondents split down the middle in terms of awareness of the legislation that requires archiving of email content – 51% claimed to be aware or very aware of the legislation, while 49% not very aware or not at all aware – it is perhaps more a case of blissful ignorance that keeps email compliance worries from the top of the priority list.&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly, regardless of gaps appearing in businesses’ approach to protecting against email risk, two-thirds believe that they take a holistic approach to email security.  However, regardless of the increasing business risk and burden associated with protecting and managing email, only 16% already outsource their email security and management to an expert third party provider, while a large proportion (63%) state that they will always keep it in-house.&lt;br /&gt;Mark Sunner, Chief Technology Officer at MessageLabs, said, ‘Clearly concerns about email security concerns continue to run high. But while companies are well aware of the threats that they face, many are not paying sufficient attention to the full array of implications that a lack of comprehensive security protection can have to the business.’&lt;br /&gt;He explained that aside from likely impacts to business continuity and productivity, today’s email security threats have the potential to lead to unauthorised access to or distribution of valuable or company data. ‘Such disclosure may not only contravene legislation, but may cause irreparable damage to a company’s credibility, reputation and competitiveness.’&lt;br /&gt;‘To mitigate the risk effectively, UK firms must put email security on the top of the board room agenda.  They need to adopt a more holistic approach to email security management and put stringent, formalised policy procedures in place alongside technology measures,’ he added.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111472919377520571?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111472919377520571/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111472919377520571' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111472919377520571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111472919377520571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/four-in-ten-firms-lack-formal-risk.html' title='Four in ten firms lack formal risk policy for email'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111441670077819786</id><published>2005-04-25T10:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T10:11:40.780+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pope gets a new email address</title><content type='html'>Vatican City&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pope Benedict XVI had an internet fan club even when he was cardinal. Now the Vatican has taken the logical next step by giving the pontiff a new email address.&lt;br /&gt;The Holy See hasn't said how many messages the pope has gotten but if the late John Paul II's experience with a multimedia ministry is any guide, the new leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics will have an inbox jammed with prayers, problems and pet peeves.&lt;br /&gt;Today, the Vatican modified its website so that users who click on a "Greetings to the Holy Father" icon on the home page automatically activate an email composer with his address in the send field.&lt;br /&gt;In English, the address is benedictxvi (at) vatican.va; in Italian, benedettoxvi (at) vatican.va; in Spanish, benedictoxvi (at) vatican.va; in French, benoitxvi (at) vatican.va; in German, benediktxvi (at) vatican.va; and in Portuguese, bentoxvi (at) vatican.va.&lt;br /&gt;The pope's election on Tuesday triggered a mad scramble among people eager to register various incarnations of his name on free email providers such as Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp's Hotmail.&lt;br /&gt;At one point, bidding on eBay surpassed $US1175 ($A1516.52) for "PopeBenedictXVI.com" - a domain being peddled by an enterprising soul from Ontario, Canada.&lt;br /&gt;John Paul was the first pope to use email, a medium that made its debut during his 26-year papacy. The Vatican said he received tens of thousands of messages in his final weeks as he struggled with illness.&lt;br /&gt;The Vatican sent an email to journalists to announce John Paul's death on April 2.&lt;br /&gt;It's unclear how much, if any, email that Benedict receives will be answered by him or a member of his staff. When John Paul was hospitalised, a spokesman for the clinic caring for him said the pope was shown some of the emails and that all of the messages he received would get an official response.&lt;br /&gt;In 2001, sitting in the Vatican's frescoed Clementine Hall, John Paul used a laptop to tap out an apology for Roman Catholic missionary abuses against indigenous peoples of the South Pacific.&lt;br /&gt;The Holy See often issues news or documents to journalists via email, and its labyrinth of obscure offices and councils are online in half a dozen languages. Even the Sistine Chapel with its famed art collection offers a virtual tour.&lt;br /&gt;Long before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elevated to pope, an online fan club sang his praises and offered souvenirs with the slogan: "Putting the smackdown on heresy since 1981." The pope, a doctrinal hard-liner, has served since then as head of the Vatican's powerful Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.&lt;br /&gt;A message on the home page greets visitors and describes the unofficial fan site as "our little way of expressing our thanks and moral support for the man once known as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI".&lt;br /&gt;"These are the kinds of things that can be modern at church," a message from one visitor reads. "Some people don't know it's perfectly possible to be technologically 'advanced' and follow the road our Lord established 2005 years ago."&lt;br /&gt;John Paul took a cautious approach to email and the internet, speaking out against the proliferation of online pornography and hate speech and the industry's need to police itself and meet the "ethical and spiritual challenges" raised as communications technology evolves.&lt;br /&gt;Though it can be a useful tool for the church's efforts to spread the Gospel, "its misuse can do untold harm, giving rise to misunderstanding, prejudice and even conflict", the late pope said in a January message marking the 29th World Communications Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AP&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111441670077819786?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111441670077819786/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111441670077819786' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111441670077819786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111441670077819786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/pope-gets-new-email-address.html' title='Pope gets a new email address'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111421059340700981</id><published>2005-04-23T00:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-23T00:56:33.410+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Chat-cultuur verovert de zakelijke markt</title><content type='html'>Chat-cultuur verovert de zakelijke markt&lt;br /&gt;Goed IM-beleid noodzakelijk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits Bron: ZDNet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instant messaging was al zeer populair bij consumenten. Het chatten heeft nu echter ook in de zakelijke markt een hoge vlucht genomen. Volgens onderzoeksbureau IDC zullen dit jaar bijna 200 miljoen mensen instant messaging (IM) gebruiken.&lt;br /&gt;Volgend jaar zullen ongeveer 100 miljoen zakelijke gebruikers communiceren via IM. De zakelijke markt heeft de communicatiedienst volledig geaccepteerd, met de financiële wereld voorop.&lt;br /&gt;Bankiers, handelaars, verzekeringsmaatschappijen; ze komen er allemaal achter dat IM een hoog gebruiksgemak heeft en de productiviteit kan verbeteren, terwijl de kosten minimaal zijn.&lt;br /&gt;Deskundigen wijzen er echter op dat het toegenomen gebruik ook moet leiden tot een verbeterde beveiliging. Doordat IM zo veel wordt gebruikt, wordt het immers een interessant doelwit voor hackers. Ook dient het IM-verkeer inhoudelijk aan regels te worden gebonden: waar mag men over chatten, en welke zaken dient men via andere kanalen te overleggen?&lt;br /&gt;Bedrijven zijn al gewaarschuwd. Microsoft moest immers al in februari de toegang tot zijn MSN Messenger IM service tijdelijk blokkeren om te voorkomen dat een lek in de beveiliging zou worden uitgebuit. Door dit lek zou een hacker de controle over een pc volledig kunnen overnemen.&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Beveiligingsbedrijf IMlogic is het aantal bedreigingen van IM-veiligheid in de eerste drie maanden van dit jaar met 50 procent toegenomen. Het aantal besmettingen door IM-virussen zou in die periode met 30 procent zijn toegenomen, terwijl inmiddels 7 procent van al het netwerkverkeer uit IM-spamberichten bestaat.&lt;br /&gt;De industrie wordt langzaam wakker. Zo heeft een aantal grote financiële instellingen de Financial Services Instant Messaging Association (FIMA) opgericht, speciaal om software-aanbieders te dwingen hun IM-platformen te standaardiseren, zodat compatibiliteit en veiligheid kunnen worden vergroot. In de FIMA zitten onder andere de Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank en JP Morgan Chase.&lt;br /&gt;Ook toezichthouders beginnen in te ziet dat IM iets is om rekening mee te houden. De National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) heeft onlangs zijn 5.300 beurshandelaren opgedragen al het IM-verkeer tenminste drie jaar te bewaren, zodat het kan worden gebruikt als bewijsmateriaal in eventuele toekomstige geschillen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111421059340700981?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111421059340700981/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111421059340700981' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111421059340700981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111421059340700981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/chat-cultuur-verovert-de-zakelijke.html' title='Chat-cultuur verovert de zakelijke markt'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111415520853924115</id><published>2005-04-22T09:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T09:43:14.606+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Altijd online met email-telefoon</title><content type='html'>Altijd online&lt;br /&gt;MARC DOODEMAN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geen moderne, zichzelf respecterende manager verlaat zijn werkkamer nog zonder een e-mailtelefoon. De Blackberry bijvoorbeeld. Altijd online , altijd bereikbaar en - door een handig toetsenbordje - altijd in staat te reageren. De Blackberry laat geen moment onbenut&lt;br /&gt;Tijdverspilling, wie heeft er geen hekel aan? Een saaie vergadering, onderweg naar een afspraak of wachten op het vliegveld. In die loze tijd kunnen we maar beter iets nuttigs doen. Maar hoe? Bladerend door paperassen uit de koffer of werken op een meegezeulde laptop? Nee, liever een klein, handzaam zakcomputertje waarbij je de laatste e-mails kunt checken en beantwoorden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat moet ongeveer de gedachte geweest zijn van de makers van de Blackberry. Het apparaatje bestaat nu zeven jaar en is een succes. Wereldwijd zijn er ruim twee miljoen gebruikers, zegt een woordvoerster van het Canadese Research In Motion (RIM), het bedrijf achter de e-mailtelefoons. En het aantal gebruikers groeit de laatste tijd razendsnel, verzekert RIM. In 2004 waagden wereldwijd meer dan een miljoen mensen de overstap naar de Blackberry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Blackberry onderscheidt zich vooral door de zogeheten push-email. Inbellen en e-mail ophalen hoeft hierbij niet. Alle boodschappen worden direct doorgestuurd naar het binnenzakcomputertje, dat altijd online is. Als er nieuwe berichten zijn, gaat er een lichtje branden. Een toetsenbordje en een beeldscherm van zes bij zes centimeter doen de rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Nederland, waar de e-mailtelefoon in 2001 werd geïntroduceerd, staat de Blackberry eigenlijk pas aan het begin van zijn opmars. KPN levert de Blackberry sinds augustus 2004, en is met Vodafone , T-mobile en Telfort vooralsnog de enige aanbieder in Nederland. Het grote publiek maakte kennis met de e-mailtelefoon toen premier Balkenende er tijdens zijn verkiezingstournee in 2003 mee werd gesignaleerd. Een proefproject van de overheid. Toen hij met een ontstoken voet in het ziekenhuis lag, bestuurde hij het land via zijn Blackberry. Maar hij gebruikt hem ook onderweg. 'Dankzij de Blackberry kan ik dode momenten beter benutten', liet hij zich een keer ontvallen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Metamorfose&lt;br /&gt;Ook bij banken, verzekeraars en advocatenkantoren is de nieuwe generatie mobieltjes aangeslagen. Fortis -baas Jean-Paul Votron bestelde bij zijn aantreden eind vorig jaar direct 250 Blackberry's voor het management. En naar verluidt beantwoordt Ben Verwaaijen, baas van British Telecom, er dagelijks veel van zijn tweehonderd inkomende elektronische berichten mee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar het is niet alleen Blackberry wat de klok slaat. Ook andere 'smartphones' gaan de laatste tijd als warme broodjes over de toonbank. Bij Achmea is de raad van bestuur bijvoorbeeld overgestapt op de Qtek. Het gebruik van de smartphones en pda's (personal digital assistants) past in de trend van mobiel werken. Vorig jaar zijn er volgens het onderzoeksbureau Gartner wereldwijd twaalf miljoen pda's verkocht. Bijna 20 procent daarvan betrof Blackberry's. Ter vergelijking: het jaar daarvoor was het marktaandeel nog 5 procent. Blackberry legt het voorlopig alleen nog af tegen de Palm en de Pocket PC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De nieuwste generatie Blackberry's heeft een metamorfose ondergaan. De oude en vertrouwde rekenmachineachtige vormgeving - niet bepaald flitsend, maar wel handig - wordt ingewisseld voor een strak design. Leverancier RIM verkocht de Blackberry-technologie aan grote spelers op de telefoniemarkt, zoals Sony Ericsson (Sony Ericsson P910i smartphone), Nokia (Nokia 6820) en Siemens (Siemens SK65). Alle komen met schitterend vormgegeven smartphones met push-email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit jaar komt de Blackberry ook binnen het bereik van de Nederlandse consument. Zo komt KPN deze zomer met de Hiptop, de Blackberry voor de jeugd. Voor 35 euro per maand is iedere Hiptopper overal en altijd online . Surfen, chatten, e-mailen, sms'en, bellen, alles is mogelijk, net als bij de 'volwassen' Blackberry. Deze nieuwe generatie e-mailtelefoons is vooralsnog behoorlijk prijzig (honderden euro's), maar in combinatie met een abonnement van rond de 50 euro per maand zijn ze meestal 'gratis'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ook onderzoeksbureau Gartner is over-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tuigd van de kracht van mobiele e-mail. Want: 'E-mail is workflow.' Als je sneller op e-mail reageert, wint het bedrijf aan productiviteit. En een bedrijf dat sneller reageert, is winstgevender, efficiënter en klantvriendelijker. Maar, waarschuwt het onderzoeksbureau, de Blackberry is geen vervanging van huidige communicatiemiddelen. Het is een - waardevolle - aanvulling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theo van Stuijvenberg van onderzoeksbureau Annalise SVP gebruikt zijn e-mailtelefoon vooral tijdens vergaderingen. 'Ze denken dat ik mijn agenda aan het beheren ben. Maar ondertussen beantwoord ik mijn e-mails, ik krijg er zo'n 40 per dag. Weglopen uit de vergadering, dat vind ik gewoon onbeschoft. Dit kan wél, hij maakt namelijk geen geluid.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob van Dijk, managing director Nederland van de elektronische marktplaats eBay, gebruikt zijn Blackberry vooral tijdens het reizen. 'Als ik geen toegang heb tot mijn laptop of pc.' Zijn toestel staat altijd aan, ook thuis. Dat heeft zijn nadelen, erkent hij. 'Mensen, en vooral medebezitters van een Blackberry, verwachten dat als je over een Blackberry beschikt, je altijd zeer snel antwoord zal geven.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verschuiving&lt;br /&gt;Door het gebruik van de Blackberry verschuift de grens tussen werk en privé, merkt Pieter Offers van landsadvocaat Pels Rijcken &amp; Droogleever Fortuijn. Bij het advocaten- en notariskantoor zijn tweehonderd medewerkers vorig jaar op de Blackberry overgestapt. Met veel plezier. Ook Offers zweert bij het apparaatje. Vaak beantwoordt hij 's avonds zijn e-mails thuis. 'Die hoef je de volgende dag dan niet meer te doen.' Of zijn vrouw en kinderen dat niet vervelend vinden? 'Nee, want ik ben wél gewoon om zes uur thuis.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kees van Geel, manager bij NautaDutilh (advocaten, en belastingadviseurs), heeft meer moeite met de verschuivende grens tussen werk en privé. 'Ik heb meegemaakt dat de Blackberry soms aandacht blijft vragen. Je weet dat er iets kan zijn binnengekomen en je het moet lezen om te bepalen of er actie gewenst is. Dat vind ik het grootste nadeel.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of het gebruik van de Blackberry ook de manier van leidinggeven verandert, daar zijn de gebruikers het niet over eens. Van Geel van NautaDutilh: 'Nee, daar ben je zelf verantwoordelijk voor, het bepaalt niet je manier van leidinggeven. Wel kan je in bepaalde gevallen alerter reageren op ontwikkelingen.' Klaas Wagenaar, baas van Getronics- Pinkroccade , vindt wel dat de manier van leidinggeven verandert door de 'BB'. Vanachter zijn Blackberry stelt hij in elektronisch staccato: 'Ja, top-200 van Getronics wereldwijd uitgerust met Blackberry om onderling effectiever te "connecteren"; een unieke kans om de "globalisering" van Getronics te onderstrepen.' Maar het grootste voordeel van de Blackberry ten opzichte van andere pda's, laptop en gsm, is vooral een praktisch voordeel, legt de Getronics-voorman uit: 'Altijd online , draagbaar en "verplicht" om kort en bondig te communiceren.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright (c) 2005 Het Financieele Dagblad&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111415520853924115?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111415520853924115/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111415520853924115' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111415520853924115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111415520853924115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/altijd-online-met-email-telefoon.html' title='Altijd online met email-telefoon'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111415376529329281</id><published>2005-04-22T09:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T09:09:25.293+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'E-mail en sms slechter voor IQ dan cannabis'</title><content type='html'>LONDEN - Regelmatig gebruik van e-mail en sms is schadelijker voor de intelligentie dan dat van cannabis. Dat zeggen Britse psychologen, die in opdracht van een technologiebedrijf Hewlett Packard onderzoek hebben gedaan bij 1100 vrijwilligers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens het onderzoek, waarover de Britse kranten The Times en The Guardian vrijdag berichtten, leidt veelvuldig gebruik van elektronische tekstberichten tot slaperigheid, apathie en concentratieproblemen. E-mailen bleek bovendien een bijzonder verslavende bezigheid te zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het IQ van de deelnemers liet een tijdelijke daling met maar liefst tienpunten zien. Bij cannabisgebruikers is dat gemiddeld 'slechts' vier punten, aldus de verontruste wetenschappers. Zij noemen het verschijnsel, dat vooral werkende mannen lijkt te treffen "infomanie".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111415376529329281?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111415376529329281/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111415376529329281' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111415376529329281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111415376529329281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/e-mail-en-sms-slechter-voor-iq-dan.html' title='&apos;E-mail en sms slechter voor IQ dan cannabis&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111400031852679928</id><published>2005-04-20T14:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T14:31:58.526+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Intel ontwikkelt WiMax-chip</title><content type='html'>Chipfabrikant Intel heeft een speciale processor voor de draadloze WiMax-technologie ontwikkeld. WiMax is het draadloze alternatief voor het huidige breedbandinternet via de kabel en ADSL. De chipfabrikant hoopt dat WiMax net zo pupulair gaat worden als het huidige WiFi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Met WiFi kan men draadloos internetten in openbare ruimten in en om het huis. WiMax werkt over afstanden tot 50 kilometer van een zender. De WiMax-chip van Intel kost rond de 45 dollar. De processor is bedoeld om apparaten aan te sturen die zorgdragen voor de ontvangst van het WiMax-signaal. Grote fabrikanten van netwerkapparatuur als Siemens en het Chinese Huawei zullen producten gaan maken die gebaseerd zijn op de nieuwe chip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens Intel gaat het nog wel een paar jaar duren voordat de WiMax-chip een grote consumentenmarkt heeft bereikt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111400031852679928?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111400031852679928/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111400031852679928' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111400031852679928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111400031852679928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/intel-ontwikkelt-wimax-chip.html' title='Intel ontwikkelt WiMax-chip'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111394066846535217</id><published>2005-04-19T21:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-19T21:57:48.466+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Huge rise in  Instant Messaging backdoor attacks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hackers increasingly spreading malicious code via instant messaging.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hack attacks using instant messaging (IM) as an unprotected backdoor in enterprises are reaching epidemic proportions, industry experts have warned.&lt;br /&gt;Analyst firm IDC said that the problem is leading to a sharp hike in highly sophisticated IM attacks that spread malicious code and worms directly into organisations without any end-user intervention.&lt;br /&gt;"Hackers and virus writers have realised that the next vulnerable area for attack within an organisation is to spread malicious code via IM," said Brian Burke, research manager for security products at IDC.&lt;br /&gt;"Traditional security measures taken by organisations against IM can leave a technology gap for hackers to exploit by creating new IM attack methods.&lt;br /&gt;"Employees who are not familiar with these new threats can easily open a new, seemingly innocuous IM message that pops up on their screen. With that one click of the mouse they can get i&lt;br /&gt;Hackers are increasingly using IM as a vector for phishing scams and for so-called 'pharming' attacks, malicious redirects where thousands of IM users are persuaded to click on a link to a bogus, malware-infected website.&lt;br /&gt;These malicious or fraudulent sites either request personal information from the end user or automatically download and run key-loggers, worms or viruses on the user's machine, creating a backdoor for hackers.&lt;br /&gt;According to security firm Websense, incidents involving hackers using IM soared by 300 per cent during the first quarter of 2005, compared with the fourth quarter of 2004.&lt;br /&gt;"Social engineering and vulnerabilities within IM client technologies are being used to gain access to hosts," said Dan Hubbard, senior director of security and technology research at Websense.&lt;br /&gt;"IM will continue to be used as a social engineering tool to gather information about users and as a means of dropping malicious code onto users' machines.&lt;br /&gt;"The identity of users is often anonymous, and the very nature of real-time communications like IM presents a new opportunity for hackers."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111394066846535217?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111394066846535217/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111394066846535217' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111394066846535217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111394066846535217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/huge-rise-in-instant-messaging.html' title='Huge rise in  Instant Messaging backdoor attacks'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111385705705611689</id><published>2005-04-18T22:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-18T22:44:17.056+02:00</updated><title type='text'>De opkomst van spam-voicemail</title><content type='html'>'Dankzij VoIP kunnen telemarketeers straks tienduizenden voicemails tegelijk inspreken'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stelt u het zich eens voor, u bent aan het koken en de telefoon gaat. "Goedenavond, u spreekt met Floris van Debetrent, ik wil u een fantastisch rente-aanbod doen, want uw hypotheek kan veel goedkoper! Toets 5 om direct een afspraak te maken."&lt;br /&gt;U verbreekt geërgerd de verbinding, maar tijdens het eten gaat de telefoon opnieuw en meldt iemand uit donker Afrika zich: de kroonprins van de kleinzoon van de neef van de koning van Nigeria heeft problemen met zijn cash-flow en vraagt u om hulp.&lt;br /&gt;Tijdens de afwas doet Dreft u vervolgens een aanbod voor een gratis proefflaconnetje Dreft Dark dat "ervoor zorgt dat ook uw donker gekleurde en zwarte kleding er langer als nieuw blijft uitzien!"&lt;br /&gt;Een vreselijk doemscenario, dat zult u met me eens zijn. En een situatie die, als we niet ingrijpen, over twee jaar realiteit zal zijn. Tegen die tijd bellen we namelijk bijna allemaal via VoIP (Voice over IP), digitaal, via internet en voor een fractie van de huidige tarieven, en doet SPIT zijn intrede.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Officieel staat SPIT voor Spam over Internet Telefonie, dat weer een variant is van SPIM, Spam over Instant Messaging. Waar het op neerkomt is dat SPIT een uitkomst is voor telemarketeers.&lt;br /&gt;Met een druk op de knop kunnen ze straks tienduizenden voicemails laten inspreken, veel goedkoper dan het inhuren van een callcenter vol huisvrouwen en studenten. Experts waarschuwen er nu al voor, maar naar ze geluisterd wordt er nog niet, terwijl dat wel zou moeten.&lt;br /&gt;Begrijp me goed, dat er nu eindelijk serieuze concurrentie komt voor de KPN juich ik alleen maar toe. Nadat de eerste alternatieve aanbieders van telefonie over het analoge net begonnen, bleek KPN immers opeens best te kunnen leven met lagere tarieven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het aankomende jaar zullen we echter gebombardeerd gaan worden met aanbiedingen voor alternatieve telefoondiensten. U heeft er op ZDNet al veel over kunnen lezen, en niet zonder reden. Vergeleken bij wat ons te wachten staat op VoIP-gebied, stelde de hausse aan adsl-verbindingen die twee jaar geleden de markt overspoelde weinig voor.&lt;br /&gt;De techniek en de aanbieders in Nederland zijn er klaar voor. U kunt met behoud van eigen nummer tegenwoordig overstappen naar een internettelefoonlijn, voor enkele tientjes per maand beschikken over een adsl-verbinding en onbeperkt bellen binnen Nederland. Voor dat bedrag heeft u tegenwoordig bij KPN Telecom alleen nog maar een telefoonlijn in huis, zonder een seconde te hebben gebeld.&lt;br /&gt;We hebben inmiddels veel geleerd van de problemen rond e-mail. Hoewel we daar nog steeds last van hebben, werkt bijna iedereen met een spamfilter en zijn er anti-spamwetten aangenomen die de overlast beperken en de spammers strafrechtelijk aanpakken.&lt;br /&gt;Om VoIP te beschermen, doen we echter nog niets. En dat SPIT een gevaar is voor VoIP moge duidelijk zijn. Is een spamberichtje nog eenvoudig te verwijderen, de meeste mensen nemen vrijwel altijd de telefoon op, ook als ze niet kunnen zien wie er belt. En dat kost tijd en wekt meer ergernis op dan een spam-berichtje in uw inbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tijd voor actie dus, want anders worden we straks behalve gespamd ook nog eens 'gespit' door apothekers, penisverlengers, goksites en Afrikaanse kroonprinsen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joost Blokzijl&lt;br /&gt;22 maart 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: PC Magazine&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111385705705611689?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111385705705611689/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111385705705611689' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111385705705611689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111385705705611689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/de-opkomst-van-spam-voicemail.html' title='De opkomst van spam-voicemail'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111368029997050786</id><published>2005-04-16T21:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-16T21:38:19.973+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush afraid of email</title><content type='html'>President Bush said on Thursday that he does not send email, not even to his twin daughters, because he fears his "personal stuff" would be made public.&lt;br /&gt;"There has got to be a certain sense of privacy," he told the American Society of Newspaper Editors.&lt;br /&gt;Bush volunteered his aversion to email during a discussion on whether his administration is sufficiently responsive to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).&lt;br /&gt;Advocates of greater openness in government charge the Bush administration with using homeland security as an excuse to keep more information secret.&lt;br /&gt;Bush said the government receives about 3.5 million FOIA requests a year and that he is for open government, but does not want information released that could endanger lives.&lt;br /&gt;"I would hope that those who expose documents are wise about the difference between that which truly would jeopardize national security and that which should be read," he said.&lt;br /&gt;Sean Moulton, a spokesman at OMB Watch, a group that tracks decisions by the White House Office of Management and Budget and other government agencies, said: "This is a government that is getting worse by the day in terms of permitting the public access to information and documents that they have paid for."&lt;br /&gt;He said all administrations have been difficult on the issue, "but this administration is being extremely opportunistic with homeland security concerns and using that as an excuse to shut down public access".&lt;br /&gt;In contrast, Bush has pressured Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow for greater freedom of the press in Russia. "We got to make sure our own press is free. I know that," he said.&lt;br /&gt;But when it comes to email, Bush said he avoids it because "everything is investigated in Washington" and as a result, "we're losing a lot of history, not just with me, but with other presidents as well".&lt;br /&gt;As a result, he does not use this form of communication to talk to his twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara.&lt;br /&gt;"I don't want you reading my personal stuff," he told the editors.&lt;br /&gt;"There has got to be a certain sense of privacy. You know, you're entitled to know how I make decisions. And you're entitled to ask questions, which I answer. I don't think you're entitled to be able to read my mail between my daughters and me," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 15 2005 by Reuters&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111368029997050786?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111368029997050786/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111368029997050786' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111368029997050786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111368029997050786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/bush-afraid-of-email.html' title='Bush afraid of email'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111359796072989977</id><published>2005-04-15T22:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-16T08:48:10.576+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Werknemers besteden 30 minuten aan privézaken</title><content type='html'>Onder werktijd op internet het nieuws bijhouden en persoonlijke e-mails of sms'jes sturen, uit een Brits onderzoek blijkt dat 80 procent van de werknemers dit normaal vindt. Bovendien meent de helft van de ondervraagden dat hun baas het goed vindt, binnen bepaalde grenzen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eenderde van de 1500 ondervraagden spendeert een kwartier tot half uur per werkdag aan persoonlijke zaken, waaronder online shoppen of het uitvoeren van persoonlijke zoekopdrachten. Een kwartier tot half uur per dag klinkt wellicht niet veel, maar komt neer op veertien volledige werkdagen per jaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twintig procent van de ondervraagden zei onder werktijd nooit persoonlijke e-mails en dergelijke af te handelen, dit zijn voornamelijk oudere mannen. Een veel kleiner percentage, 8 procent van de ondervraagden, vertoont tegenovergesteld gedrag. Per werkdag spenderen zij meer dan twee uur aan niet-werkgerelateerde zaken. Deze groep bestaat vooral uit vrouwen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Als reden wordt 'de noodzaak om iets persoonlijks te regelen wat haast heeft' het vaakst genoemd, daarnaast ziet eenderde van de werknemers geen andere mogelijkheid om persoonlijke dingen onder werktijd te regelen omdat ze ook na werktijd en in de lunchuren moeten werken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111359796072989977?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111359796072989977/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111359796072989977' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359796072989977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359796072989977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/werknemers-besteden-30-minuten-aan.html' title='Werknemers besteden 30 minuten aan privézaken'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111359755989187161</id><published>2005-04-15T22:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T22:39:56.570+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'Spam kost Nederland jaarlijks 116 miljoen euro'</title><content type='html'>Vrijdag, 15 april 2005 - Spamberichten zorgen in Nederland jaarlijks voor een economische schadepost van 116 miljoen euro.&lt;br /&gt;Dat concludeert het bureau Stratix in een onderzoek dat op de&lt;a href="http://www.ez.nl/content.jsp?objectid=31772"&gt; site van het ministerie van Economische Zaken&lt;/a&gt; is gepubliceerd. De belangrijkste kostenpost is het verlies aan arbeidsproductiviteit. Stratix schat de jaarlijkse economische schade daarvan op 83,3 miljoen euro.&lt;br /&gt;De spamstroom jaagt ook providers op kosten. Jaarlijks zijn de Nederlandse internetaanbieders 20 miljoen euro kwijt aan antispamsoftware en extra personeelskosten. Internetters die een inbelverbinding hebben, zijn per jaar 10 miljoen euro extra kwijt doordat ze langer online moeten blijven om de spamberichten binnen te halen.&lt;br /&gt;Uit het rapport van Stratix blijkt dat het moeilijk is om de economische schade door spam goed te kwantificeren. Ergernis en een afnemend vertrouwen in internet zijn nu eenmaal moeilijk in cijfers uit te drukken.&lt;br /&gt;Ook over de andere kosten bestaat grote onduidelijkheid. Volgens Stratix wordt het productiviteitsverlies als gevolg van spam bijvoorbeeld meestal schromelijk overdreven.&lt;br /&gt;"Vaak wordt gesteld dat een werknemer tien minuten per dag kwijt is aan het verwijderen van spam", schrijven de consultants. Zou dat cijfer inderdaad kloppen, dan zou het verwijderen van spam de Nederlandse samenleving jaarlijks 4,5 miljard euro kosten (één procent van het bruto binnenlands product), zo rekent Stratix voor. Het bureau stelt dat de gemiddelde werknemer veel minder dan tien minuten kwijt is met spam.&lt;br /&gt;De meeste spam die Nederlanders ontvangen, is afkomstig uit het buitenland. Sinds de invoering van het spamverbod in mei 2004 is de hoeveelheid Nederlandstalige spam flink afgenomen, stelt Stratix vast.&lt;br /&gt;In het najaar van 2004 ontvingen alle Nederlanders samen 145 miljoen spamberichten per dag. Bijna tweederde daarvan kwam binnen in de privémail. #&lt;br /&gt;Bron: webwereld .nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111359755989187161?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111359755989187161/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111359755989187161' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359755989187161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359755989187161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/spam-kost-nederland-jaarlijks-116.html' title='&apos;Spam kost Nederland jaarlijks 116 miljoen euro&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111359024248465715</id><published>2005-04-15T20:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T20:37:22.486+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Skype Reaches 100 Million Mark</title><content type='html'>The new SkypeIn offers users personal numbers and lets them receive inbound calls from the Skype program from land lines or mobile phones without having to pay roaming charges.&lt;br /&gt;Software maker Skype said Friday that it was launching two more premium services as the number of downloads of its popular program surpassed 100 million.&lt;br /&gt;The company also said it was launching SkypeIn and Skype Voice-mail, two premium services available in the latest download versions of Skype software forLinux Latest News about Linux, MAC OS X Latest News about OS X, Pocket PC Latest News about PC and Windows platforms.&lt;br /&gt;Skype's signature program lets computer users call each other online for free anywhere in the world.&lt;br /&gt;The new SkypeIn offers users personal numbers and lets them receive inbound calls from the Skype program from land lines or mobile phones Latest News about mobile phones without having to pay roaming charges.&lt;br /&gt;Skype Voice-mail lets users manage incoming messages.&lt;br /&gt;"Skype is setting new standards for modern communications by expanding premium services that extend Skype portability, mobility and ubiquity across a variety of platforms, including the traditional phone network," said Niklas Zennstrom, the company's chief executive and co-founder.&lt;br /&gt;"SkypeIn and Skype Voice-mail enhance the basic free Skype and give friends, family and colleagues not connected to the Internet an inexpensive and convenient way to contact members of our global user base," he said.&lt;br /&gt;The new offerings came as Skype, which is based in Luxembourg and founded in Sweden, said that downloads of its signature program surpassed 100 million.&lt;br /&gt;SkypeIn works by letting users choose a country and area code and then receive a regular phone number.&lt;br /&gt;Users can purchase up to three numbers from their home country in Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States during the beta period.&lt;br /&gt;Skype Voice-mail customers can receive a voice-mail message up to 10 minutes long from any user or traditional phone and tailor their messages.&lt;br /&gt;Both services will be sold in pre-paid chunks, the company said.&lt;br /&gt;Three-month SkypeIn subscriptions are available for 10 euros (US$13) and 12-month subscriptions for 30 euros (US$39). Skype Voice-mail subscriptions are available for 5 euros (US$7) for 3 months or 15 euros (US$19) for 12 months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2005 Associated Press.&lt;br /&gt;© 2005 NewsFactor Network.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111359024248465715?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111359024248465715/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111359024248465715' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359024248465715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111359024248465715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/skype-reaches-100-million-mark.html' title='Skype Reaches 100 Million Mark'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111358976107364007</id><published>2005-04-15T20:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T20:29:21.073+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cybercriminelen zetten weblogs in als wapen</title><content type='html'>AMSTERDAM - Steeds vaker gebruiken cybercriminelen weblogs voor opslag en distributie van virussen en trojans. Dit constateerde Websense donderdag. Ook keylogging-software (spyware die wachtwoorden achterhaalt) wordt steeds vaker verspreid via de momenteel erg populaire blog-sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weblogs zijn aantrekkelijk voor hackers, omdat ze grote hoeveelheden vrije opslagruimte bieden en omdat geen identificatie nodig is om informatie te plaatsen. Daarnaast bieden de meeste blog-hosting-partijen geen antivirusbescherming voor bestanden die geplaatst worden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In sommige gevallen creëren de hackers een blog op een erkende hostsite en plaatsen ze schadelijke code of keylogging-software op hun pagina. Vervolgens genereren ze verkeer naar de kwaadaardige blog door een link via spam-mail of door Instant Messaging (IM) naar een groot aantal geadresseerden te sturen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Internetters komen niet bij toeval op deze schadelijke blog-sites. Het succes van deze aanvallen is gebaseerd op de persoonlijke benadering van mensen, waardoor ze eerder geneigd zijn op een link te klikken", zegt Dan Hubbard, directeur security- en technologieonderzoek bij Websense. "Deze blogs worden vaak gebruikt als eerste fase in een meerlaagse aanval die ook een valse e-mail, trojan of keylogger kan omvatten."&lt;br /&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://www.nu.nl/rubriek.jsp?n=224&amp;amp;c=50"&gt;nu.nl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111358976107364007?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111358976107364007/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111358976107364007' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111358976107364007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111358976107364007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/cybercriminelen-zetten-weblogs-in-als.html' title='Cybercriminelen zetten weblogs in als wapen'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111348689307176167</id><published>2005-04-14T15:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T15:54:53.073+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Editor's Email Blunder</title><content type='html'>REUTERS journalists have said group global managing editor David Schlesinger's position is 'untenable' following an embarrassing email blunder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a memo accidentally sent out to thousands of staff rather than the 10 senior managers it was intended for, Schlesinger wrote: 'Our news is perceived as not having enough insight. Ourdata is perceived as having terrible quality problems.'&lt;br /&gt;The comments were meant to be discussed at a working group convened by editor in chief Geert Linnebank, but were sent out en masse by mistake.&lt;br /&gt;At a meeting of the National Union of Journalists at Reuters on Tuesday (April 12), journalists passed a motion saying: 'Thischapel believes that the note written by David Schlesinger makes his position untenable.'It's particularly offensive for him to denigrate his staff at a time when journalists are risking their lives in many countries to provide outstanding coverage.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Reuters spokesperson said the NUJ motion was ridiculous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://icthewharf.icnetwork.co.uk/business/business/tm_objectid=15399234&amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=71670&amp;amp;headline=wharf-media--editor-s-email-blunder-name_page.html"&gt;The Wharf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111348689307176167?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111348689307176167/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111348689307176167' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111348689307176167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111348689307176167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/editors-email-blunder.html' title='Editor&apos;s Email Blunder'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111347879216594948</id><published>2005-04-14T13:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T13:39:52.166+02:00</updated><title type='text'>IT-afdeling vaak genegeerd bij computercrash</title><content type='html'>Slechts 13 procent van de werknemers stapt naar de IT-afdeling van het bedrijf wanneer hun computer crasht. Dit blijkt uit een wereldwijd onderzoek van Ontrack Data Recovery . Ruim driekwart van de ondervraagden gaf aan eerst het probleem zelf proberen op te lossen door bijvoorbeeld de pc opnieuw op te starten.&lt;br /&gt;Ontrack waarschuwt computergebruikers voor dataverlies bij een computercrash. "Dataverlies moet worden behandeld als een noodgeval, want pogingen van onervaren computergebruikers om it-problemen zelf op te lossen zal alleen maar meer schade toebrengen aan verloren bestanden, en kan er zelfs voor zorgen dat ze helemaal niet meer terug te halen zijn," aldus managing director Adrian Palmer van Ontrack.&lt;br /&gt;33 procent van de computergebruikers in Engeland schreeuwt tegen hun pc wanneer deze crasht. In Nederland is dit 31 procent. Bijna een kwart van de Nederlanders raakt in paniek of barst in huilen uit. De Amerikanen blijken het beste om te kunnen gaan met computerproblemen. 38 procent van deze groep zucht slechts een keer diep als de computer crasht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111347879216594948?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111347879216594948/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111347879216594948' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111347879216594948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111347879216594948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/it-afdeling-vaak-genegeerd-bij.html' title='IT-afdeling vaak genegeerd bij computercrash'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111343067140624959</id><published>2005-04-14T00:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T00:17:51.406+02:00</updated><title type='text'>SNS biedt gedupeerden e-mail Bill tegoedbon aan</title><content type='html'>AMSTERDAM - SNS biedt mensen die tijdens de introductie van het nieuwe betalingssysteem Bill van Microsoft werden gedupeerd een tegoedbon van 50 euro aan. De verstuurde introductie-mail zorgde eind maart voor veel commotie. De mail werd verstuurd naar iedereen die zich via Bill.nl had aangemeld, echter alle e-mails waren zichtbaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;In plaats van de e-mailadressen in de BCC &lt;/span&gt;(Blind Carbon Copy) te zetten, had de SNS-bank alle e-mails in de TO: gezet. Hierdoor waren bijna duizend e-mails zichtbaar.&lt;br /&gt;"Het per abuis openbaar maken van de e-mailadressen heeft voor nogal wat overlast gezorgd, waaronder zorgen met betrekking tot spam en virussen. Wij vinden het gebeurde en de overlast voor iedereen meer dan erg. Helaas kunnen we hetgeen is gebeurd niet meer terugdraaien," zo is te lezen in het mailtje dat woensdag is verstuurd.&lt;br /&gt;"Naast onze oprechte excuses willen we graag een 'gebaar' naar u maken. We hebben daarvoor contact gezocht met een aantal mensen dat geklaagd heeft en hen om suggesties gevraagd. Bij de suggesties voor een vorm van compensatie kwam regelmatig het voorstel van een cadeaubon terug. Die suggestie hebben wij overgenomen."&lt;br /&gt;SNS heeft inmiddels alle 'gedupeerden' een e-mail met de gegevens van de tegoedbon verstuurd. De tegoedbon kan worden besteed bij de Free Record Shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laatst gewijzigd: 13 april 2005 14:40&lt;br /&gt;Bron: nu.nl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111343067140624959?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111343067140624959/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111343067140624959' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111343067140624959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111343067140624959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/sns-biedt-gedupeerden-e-mail-bill.html' title='SNS biedt gedupeerden e-mail Bill tegoedbon aan'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111342212654070499</id><published>2005-04-13T21:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T21:56:12.346+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweede Kamer tegen invoering bewaarplicht dataverkeer</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Effectiviteit vooralsnog niet aangetoond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Tweede Kamer heeft Minister Donner van Justitie duidelijk laten weten weinig te zien in het invoeren van een bewaarplicht voor alle communicatie van burgers.&lt;br /&gt;Met name de PvdA, SP, GroenLinks, D66 en de LPF twijfelen sterk aan het nut van een dergelijke gegevensopslag. Deze fracties hebben de minister dan ook opgeroepen nog geen verplichtingen aan te gaan omtrent het Europese initiatief tot een bewaarplicht.&lt;br /&gt;De raad van alle Europese ministers van Justitie bereidt namelijk voorstellen voor om de verkeersgegevens van 450 miljoen burgers in Europa een tot drie jaar op te slaan. Het gaat hierbij om zowel internetverkeer als telecommunicatie. Aan de hand van deze gegevens hopen de beleidsmakers beter verdachten van ernstige misdrijven te kunnen opsporen.&lt;br /&gt;Tegenstanders, waaronder internetproviders, consumenten- en burgerrechtenorganisaties, wijzen erop dat het nut van een bewaarplicht nog niet is aangetoond terwijl al wel vaststaat dat er enorme kosten mee gemoeid zullen zijn. Ook maken de tegenstanders zich zorgen om de privacy van de burgers.&lt;br /&gt;Het zal niet vaak gebeuren dat GroenLinks en de LPF het met elkaar eens zijn, maar in dit geval vinden beide partijen dat Donner teveel achter zijn collega's uit de Europese Raad van Ministers aanloopt. "De raad van ministers draaft als een kip zonder kop door", aldus GroenLinks-Kamerlid Vos.&lt;br /&gt;Minister Donner vindt alle kritiek uit de Kamer nogal voorbarig, aangezien het Europese voorstel nog wordt onderzocht op effectiviteit en men nog lang niet toe is aan de besluitvorming.&lt;br /&gt;Donner zei zelfs dat Nederland tegen het voorstel zou stemmen als dat nu aan de orde was, omdat er nog niet genoeg gegevens voorhanden zijn. Hij verwacht dat het Europese onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van de bewaarplicht nog voor de zomer zal zijn afgerond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits&lt;br /&gt;13 april 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111342212654070499?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111342212654070499/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111342212654070499' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342212654070499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342212654070499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/tweede-kamer-tegen-invoering.html' title='Tweede Kamer tegen invoering bewaarplicht dataverkeer'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111342186433371654</id><published>2005-04-13T21:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T21:51:04.333+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Report: E-Mail Coming to All Smartphones Soon</title><content type='html'>Smartphones have long included Web surfing capabilities, but not necessarily e-mail client software, making the process of accessing e-mail accounts through a Web interface time-consuming, clumsy and expensive. At the same time, mobile e-mail servers are not widely in place on corporate networks.&lt;br /&gt;Wireless e-mail connectivity will be a built-in feature on all smartphones by the end of 2008, according to a new report from Gartner Latest News about Gartner that underscores the shift in the hand-held device market and portends massive future changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gartner said wireless e-mail is on its way to becoming a mainstream mobile application as common as voice communications among end users, but that several factors are hampering uptake of wireless e-mail for the time being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/wireless/42256.html"&gt;www.technewsworld.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111342186433371654?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111342186433371654/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111342186433371654' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342186433371654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342186433371654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/report-e-mail-coming-to-all.html' title='Report: E-Mail Coming to All Smartphones Soon'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111342148692545817</id><published>2005-04-13T21:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T21:44:46.926+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Experts waarschuwen voor nieuwe internetdreiging</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Surfers omgeleid naar valse sites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na phishing hebben malafide hackers een nieuwe, verontrustende truc bedacht. De techniek, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pharming&lt;/span&gt; genaamd, aast op de persoonlijke gegevens van surfers. Het is echter veel moeilijker om de fraude te ontdekken. Reden voor Microsoft om aan te alarmbel te trekken, nadat eerder het Internet Storm Center (ISC) een waarschuwing de wereld in stuurde.&lt;br /&gt;Pharming borduurt verder op een fout in software op Domain Name-servers (DNS). Deze servers zorgen ervoor dat url's die in de adresbalk van de browser zijn ingevoerd worden vertaald in het reële internetadres (IP-adres) van de site die het slachtoffer wil bezoeken. Hackers hebben nu een manier gevonden om in te breken op DNS-servers en een nieuw IP-adres te koppelen aan een url. Hierdoor wordt de surfer ongezien omgeleid naar een andere webserver, waar wellicht een exacte kopie van de echte site op draait.&lt;br /&gt;Experts zijn verontrust omdat het voor gewone gebruikers heel moeilijk wordt om te detecteren dat ze slachtoffer zijn van een pharming-oplichting. Anders dan bij phishing voeren zij immers zelf de url in. Is er sprake van een goede vervalsing, dan hebben ze weinig reden om te zich af te vragen of ze wel op de echte site zitten. Door een valse homebankingsite of online winkel te creëren kunnen oplichters op deze manier vermoedelijk vrij gemakkelijk gevoelige logingegevens of creditcardnummers oogsten.&lt;br /&gt;De eerste melding van pharming-fraude dook vorige maand op. Ondertussen meldt het ISC een toenemend aantal DNS-inbraken die surfers naar malafide sites omleiden. In de eerste instanties ging het vooral om websites die allerlei geneesmiddelen aanboden, waardoor surfers snel doorhadden dat er iets niet in de haak was.&lt;br /&gt;De kwetsbaarheid die de DNS-hack (ook wel DNS cache poisoning) mogelijk maakt, is aanwezig in Windows NT 4.0, 2000 en het recente Windows Server 2003. Het probleem kan verholpen worden door een patch te installeren of een standaardinstelling aan te passen. Meer informatie hiervoor vindt u op &lt;a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241352/EN-US/"&gt;deze pagina van Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jamie Biesemans&lt;br /&gt;11 april 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;br /&gt;Print dit artikel  Mail dit artikel dit artikel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111342148692545817?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111342148692545817/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111342148692545817' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342148692545817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342148692545817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/experts-waarschuwen-voor-nieuwe.html' title='Experts waarschuwen voor nieuwe internetdreiging'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111342131518578831</id><published>2005-04-13T21:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T21:41:55.186+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nepblogs stelen wachtwoorden en bankgegevens</title><content type='html'>Weblogs nu ook een hype bij cybercriminelen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ook cybercriminelen is de groeiende populairiteit van weblogs niet ontgaan. De afgelopen maanden zijn honderden nepblogs ontdekt die door virusschrijvers worden misbruikt om spyware te verspreiden. waarschuwt het onderzoeksbureau Websense.&lt;br /&gt;Met e-mailberichten en instant messaging proberen kwaadwillende virusschrijvers mensen naar een blog te lokken. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het om een log te gaan zoals alle andere, maar op slinkse wijze wordt de computer van het slachtoffer besmet met malware.&lt;br /&gt;De werkwijze is veelal dezelfde: een bericht op de blog probeert bezoekers te verleiden om op een link te klikken, bijvoorbeeld "nieuwe update instant messaging programma X".&lt;br /&gt;Maar in plaats van een legitiem stukje software, wordt spyware of een Trojaanse paard geïnstalleerd op de harde schijf van de nietsvermoedende bezoeker. Websense schat dat er momenteel 210 nepblogs actief zijn. Lang blijven deze logs niet online: gemiddeld zijn ze na drie tot vier dagen alweer van het internet verdwenen.&lt;br /&gt;Niet alleen de stijgende populariteit van blogs maakt het voor virusschrijvers interessant om een nepblog op te zetten. Veel bedrijven of organisaties bieden gratis webruimte aan om blogs op te hosten. Niet zelden is deze gratis webruimte slecht beveiligd tegen virussen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Nico Vandenabeele&lt;br /&gt; 13 april 2005&lt;br /&gt; Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111342131518578831?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111342131518578831/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111342131518578831' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342131518578831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111342131518578831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/nepblogs-stelen-wachtwoorden-en.html' title='Nepblogs stelen wachtwoorden en bankgegevens'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111338989229576289</id><published>2005-04-13T12:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T13:00:13.763+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'Bewaren internet-gegevens fraudegevoelig'</title><content type='html'>Bezorgde brief aan Tweede Kamer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bits of Freedom, een organisatie die opkomt voor de digitale burgerrechten, heeft samen met de Consumentenbond een brief gestuurd aan de Tweede Kamer waarin zij hun bezorgdheid uiten over het voorstel voor een bewaarplicht van verkeersgegevens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deze bewaarplicht houdt in dat telecomoperators en internetproviders, telefoongesprekken, e-mail en internetgedrag voor een bepaalde tijd moeten opslaan, zodat deze informatie beschikbaar is voor eventuele gerechtelijke onderzoeken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De brief van Bits of Freedom (BoF) en de Consumentenbond is gericht aan de Vaste commissie voor Justitie. Op 12 april bespreekt deze commissie de brief van minister Donner van 14 februari over het invoeren van een bewaarplicht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volgens de belangenorganisaties geeft Donners brief onvoldoende antwoord op vragen die de Eerste en de Tweede Kamer hadden gesteld over de noodzakelijkheid en de kosten van een bewaarplicht voor verkeersgegevens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De twee organisaties maken zich verder zorgen over de gevolgen van een bewaarplicht voor het vrije gebruik van telecommunicatie door consumenten. Zij vrezen dat de enorme hoeveelheid opgeslagen gegevens zouden kunnen worden misbruikt voor fraude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Door de invoering van een bewaarplicht zullen burgers zich bij elk telefoontje, bij elke muisklik en bij het intypen van een zoekwoord in Google moeten afvragen of deze informatie ooit tegen hen gebruikt kan worden. Een dergelijk algemeen en alziend toezicht heeft een verstikkend effect op het gebruik van telecommunicatie", zo staat in de brief te lezen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BoF en de Consumentenbond zien liever dat Nederland het initiatief steunt dat de Europese Commissie heeft aangekondigd. De organisaties vragen de Tweede Kamer dan ook om zeer kritisch naar het Nederlandse voorstel te kijken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Tweede Kamer zal volgende week debatteren over de bewaarplicht.&lt;br /&gt;Remco Mourits&lt;br /&gt;07 april 2005&lt;br /&gt;Bron: ZDNet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111338989229576289?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111338989229576289/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111338989229576289' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111338989229576289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111338989229576289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/bewaren-internet-gegevens.html' title='&apos;Bewaren internet-gegevens fraudegevoelig&apos;'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111331922127825446</id><published>2005-04-12T17:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T17:20:21.280+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tip: Oppassen voor nepmails</title><content type='html'>Steeds meer oplichters maken websites van bekende firma's na om wachtwoorden, creditcardnummers en pincodes in handen te krijgen. De mailtjes die zij versturen zien er echt uit en daarmee worden slachtoffers naar de bijbehorende nepsites gelokt. Deze oplichting heet 'phishing'. Je krijgt bijvoorbeeld een e-mail van veilingsite eBay met de vraag of je even wilt inloggen omdat anders in verband met onderhoud je advertentie tijdelijk offline komt te staan. Dat klinkt geloofwaardig. Je klikt op het internetadres in de mail. Je krijgt een inlogscherm te zien met daarop het eBay logo. Je gelooft het nog steeds, dus je voert je gebruikersnaam en wachtwoord in. En dan ben je de klos. De oplichter heeft nu de inloggegevens en volledige toegang tot jouw eBay account. Volgens cijfers van de Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) waren er alleen al in de maand februari 2.625 van dit soort sites op heet web te vinden. De meeste bevinden zich in Oost-Europa, China en Zuid-Amerika en richten zich op Amerikaanse consumenten. Maar imitaties van websites van Nederlandse banken zijn ook al aangetroffen. Kijk dus uit met e-mails waarin wordt gevraagd in te loggen op een website. Wees alert op het webadres: rabobank.pincontrole.nl lijkt op het eerste gezicht naar de Rabobank te verwijzen maar leidt in werkelijkheid naar de website pincontrole.nl. Deze kan van een oplichter zijn die zo in het bezit komt van alle gegevens die je op die site intikt. Ook is de in de tekst genoemde url niet altijd het webadres altijd gelijk aan de hyperlink die daaronder staat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111331922127825446?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111331922127825446/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111331922127825446' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111331922127825446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111331922127825446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/tip-oppassen-voor-nepmails.html' title='Tip: Oppassen voor nepmails'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111329312470110858</id><published>2005-04-12T10:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T10:05:24.703+02:00</updated><title type='text'>KPN bereikt overeenstemming met OPTA over dialers</title><content type='html'>AMSTERDAM - KPN heeft samen met andere telecombedrijven en OPTA overeenstemming bereikt over het aanpakken van overlast door dialers . Een dialer is een computerprogrammaatje dat betaling via internet mogelijk maakt. Het programma verbreekt de verbinding met de internetprovider en belt vervolgens tijdelijk in op een betaald telefoonnummer. Er zijn partijen die dialers misbruiken en daarmee onwetende internetters op hoge kosten jagen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op initiatief van KPN is daarom vorig jaar een overleg gestart met de andere telecomaanbieders en OPTA. Overeengekomen is nu dat OPTA een zwarte lijst samenstelt van internationale nummers die gebruikt worden door dialers die overlast veroorzaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KPN krijgt de laatste tijd veel klachten van mensen die overlast hebben van dialers. Mensen hebben in deze gevallen onbewust of onbedoeld een dialer geïnstalleerd, die vervolgens contact maakt met betaal- of internationale nummers. Zonder het te beseffen betalen mensen tot 2 euro per minuut voor het inbellen naar deze nummers.&lt;br /&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://www.nu.nl/news/509614/50/KPN_bereikt_overeenstemming_met_OPTA_over_dialers.html"&gt;nu.nl&lt;/a&gt;. Uitgegeven: 11 april 2005 08:59&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111329312470110858?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111329312470110858/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111329312470110858' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111329312470110858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111329312470110858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/kpn-bereikt-overeenstemming-met-opta.html' title='KPN bereikt overeenstemming met OPTA over dialers'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111326138166012665</id><published>2005-04-12T01:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T01:16:21.660+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Fat Fingers</title><content type='html'>Thousands of items on eBay are listed with descriptions containing spelling mistakes.&lt;br /&gt;These items often expire with no bids on them as no-one can find them.&lt;br /&gt;Type in a keyword and click the Find button.&lt;br /&gt;Then click the link and uncover those hidden gems...&lt;br /&gt;Link: &lt;a href="http://www.fatfingers.co.uk/"&gt;www.fatfingers.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111326138166012665?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111326138166012665/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111326138166012665' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111326138166012665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111326138166012665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/fat-fingers.html' title='Fat Fingers'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111325920499757673</id><published>2005-04-12T00:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T00:40:04.996+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail: Government Tool</title><content type='html'>A survey shows that federal employees consider e-mail critical for "getting the job done."&lt;br /&gt;Voting online may still be a futuristic concept, and hotly debated, but two recent surveys agree that e-mail has already become an important part of running the government on a day-to-day basis. It is changing how the US government works — as well as how US citizens interact with government agencies.&lt;br /&gt;ZyLAB surveyed government workers, including representatives from the FBI, DISA, EPA, IRS, and the World Bank, at FOSE, a convention focusing on information technology in government. The survey found that not only do government employees heavily rely on e-mail — when it comes to getting their jobs done, it is their primary means of communication. Even so, many of the employees neither adequately back up nor effectively manage their e-mail files.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The survey findings include:&lt;br /&gt;    * 100% of the respondents believe that e-mails should be considered "official records"&lt;br /&gt;    * 44% claimed to have trouble locating e-mails — even though those mails are considered records&lt;br /&gt;    * 65% noted that their government agencies do have an e-mail policy in place&lt;br /&gt;    * 59% said that they have implemented a specific e-mail solution to help manage the growing number of e-mail received on a daily basis&lt;br /&gt;    * 54% back up their e-mail on a daily basis&lt;br /&gt;    * 24% never back up e-mails&lt;br /&gt;    * 65% receive 50+ e-mails daily&lt;br /&gt;    * 24% receive 26 - 49 e-mails daily&lt;br /&gt;    * 11% receive 25 or less e-mails daily &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, when asked "Will there ever be a paperless office?" 100% of the respondents answered "no," although 58% said "yes" when asked whether e-mail would ever replace paper communications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I think what this survey shows is that government organizations are making great strides in getting their arms around managing the vast amount of e-mail that is circulated on a daily basis," says Dr. Johannes Scholtes, President of ZyLAB North America. "One area that needs improvement, however, is the ability for people to easily locate e-mails from today or five years ago — especially when everyone agrees that e-mails are official records."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously, US government workers rely on e-mail to communicate, and recent data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that US citizens are increasingly turning to e-mail to communicate with their government as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Published: April 12, 2005&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111325920499757673?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111325920499757673/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111325920499757673' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111325920499757673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111325920499757673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/e-mail-government-tool.html' title='E-Mail: Government Tool'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111325141721731431</id><published>2005-04-11T22:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-11T22:30:17.216+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Haarlem blokkeert audiospelers op gemeentecomputers</title><content type='html'>Uitgegeven: 11 april 2005 16:13       &lt;br /&gt;            HAARLEM - Op de computers van de gemeente Haarlem is het  gebruik van audiospelers als Real Player en Windows Media Player  taboe. Volgens de SP-fractie in de gemeenteraad is daartoe besloten  om te voorkomen dat ambtenaren in werktijd via bijvoorbeeld Real  Player porno bekijken op internet.    &lt;br /&gt;                        Een woordvoerster van de gemeente heeft maandag bevestigd dat de  audiospelers zijn geblokkeerd, maar ze wil niet zeggen waarom de  maatregel precies is genomen. De SP heeft schriftelijke vragen  gesteld over de kwestie.&lt;br /&gt;Bron &lt;a href="http://www.nu.nl"&gt;nu.nl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111325141721731431?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111325141721731431/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111325141721731431' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111325141721731431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111325141721731431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/haarlem-blokkeert-audiospelers-op.html' title='Haarlem blokkeert audiospelers op gemeentecomputers'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111317352081950525</id><published>2005-04-11T00:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-11T00:52:38.386+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pookmail, altijd handig</title><content type='html'>Wordt er gevraagd naar je emailadres, maar geef je dat liever niet, gebruik dan &lt;a href="http://www.pookmail.com/"&gt;Pookmail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Maak een adres aan voor 24 uur. Daarna verdwijnt alles.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111317352081950525?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111317352081950525/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111317352081950525' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111317352081950525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111317352081950525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/pookmail-altijd-handig.html' title='Pookmail, altijd handig'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111317023792955780</id><published>2005-04-10T23:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-10T23:57:17.930+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail is killing networks</title><content type='html'>Productivity of companies in the IT and telecoms sector is being seriously impaired by e-mail overload, research has found.&lt;br /&gt;A survey, commissioned by Xerox Global Services, has showed that managers from the IT and telecoms industry are more reliant on e-mail to conduct business than their peers in any other sector. This is putting a strain on worker productivity, server storage capabilities and ultimately the organisation’s competitiveness.&lt;br /&gt;The survey, which questioned more than 500 managers from a range of industries, found that IT and telecoms managers topped the average for e-mails in their inboxes by nearly two-thirds with an average 900 e-mails on their PC, receiving 90 more every day compared to an average of 49 across all industries.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111317023792955780?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111317023792955780/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111317023792955780' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111317023792955780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111317023792955780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/e-mail-is-killing-networks.html' title='E-mail is killing networks'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111316972539854220</id><published>2005-04-10T23:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-10T23:51:01.936+02:00</updated><title type='text'>UK firms must monitor staff Instant Messaging (IM)</title><content type='html'>UK firms could be falling foul of corporate accountability regulations by failing to track and archive instant messaging (IM) conversations among workers.&lt;br /&gt;Only 22 per cent of medium-to-large UK organisations monitor IM and just nine per cent say they archive IM data, according to a survey of European IT directors commissioned by storage vendor Hitachi Data Systems.&lt;br /&gt;IM was originally intended as a consumer tool but it has also caught on big time in the workplace.&lt;br /&gt;Many employees are using IM - whether or not their bosses are aware of it. Analyst firm Gartner expects IM to surpass email in worldwide traffic by 2006.&lt;br /&gt;Growing use of IM - combined with low levels of monitoring - means that firms could fall foul of US regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which requires auditing of all electronic communications, HDS warns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://www.theregister.com"&gt;The Register.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111316972539854220?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111316972539854220/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111316972539854220' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316972539854220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316972539854220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/uk-firms-must-monitor-staff-instant.html' title='UK firms must monitor staff Instant Messaging (IM)'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111316916376669872</id><published>2005-04-10T23:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-10T23:40:22.296+02:00</updated><title type='text'>BMW offers wi-fi at showrooms</title><content type='html'>BMW has become the first major car manufacturer to introduce wireless broadband internet access at its car dealerships.&lt;br /&gt;BMW customers can now surf the web, check emails and access their corporate network when visiting BMW showrooms while their cars are serviced.&lt;br /&gt;The wi-fi service, provided by BT Openzone, will be available in three BMW-owned London dealerships where customers will be able to work in lounges with coffee bars.&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Day, head of marketing at BMW’s London operation, said, "We pride ourselves on a very high standard of customer service and the introduction of wi-fi enables us to stay at the forefront of the motor industry."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Bron: &lt;a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/"&gt;computerweekly.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111316916376669872?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111316916376669872/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111316916376669872' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316916376669872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316916376669872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/bmw-offers-wi-fi-at-showrooms.html' title='BMW offers wi-fi at showrooms'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063846.post-111316865907777000</id><published>2005-04-10T23:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-04-10T23:30:59.076+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Minder spam uit Nederland verstuurd</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="inhouddatum"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elk jaar stelt softwaremaker Sophos een lijst samen van landen waar de meeste spam vandaan wordt gestuurd, de zogenaamde '&lt;a href="http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/dirtydozen05.html"&gt;Dirty dozen&lt;/a&gt;'. Vorig jaar bekleedde Nederland nog een beschamende vijfde plaats, de hoogste notering voor een Europees land. Dit jaar is ons land uit de top-12 verdwenen. &lt;p&gt; Op de eerste plaats staat nog steeds de Verenigde Staten, waar ruim 35 procent van alle spam vandaan komt. Dit aandeel is echter wel met 12 procent gedaald ten opzichte van vorig jaar, zegt Graham Cluley van Sophos. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Meer dan de helft van alle spam wordt verstuurd door zogenaamde zombie-computers, die ongemerkt worden ingezet. De eigenaren van die gehackte of met een virus besmette pc's hebben geen idee dat hun computer verantwoordelijk is voor het versturen van spam. Cluley wijst dan ook maar weer eens op het belang van goede beveiliging. Bedrijven en privé-gebruikers moeten hun antivirussoftware up-to-date houden, een firewall gebruiken en Microsofts &lt;i&gt;security patches&lt;/i&gt; installeren.      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12063846-111316865907777000?l=mailbusters.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/feeds/111316865907777000/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12063846&amp;postID=111316865907777000' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316865907777000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12063846/posts/default/111316865907777000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mailbusters.blogspot.com/2005/04/minder-spam-uit-nederland-verstuurd.html' title='Minder spam uit Nederland verstuurd'/><author><name>Mailbusters</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.mailbusters.nl/images/MAILB3d.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
