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• Wildfire email phishing scam
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The Internal Revenue Service recently put out a warning that there are some fake emails or phishing schemes being spread around that claim to be requesting donations to benefit victims of the California wildfires in the name of the IRS and the US government. Just in case you don’t know what phishing is, phishing is an attempt to to trick people into revealing personal and financial information in order to steal a person’s assets. If you receive a suspicious email you should not open it, particularly if it contains any attachments or links.

• I Want Sandy, personal assistant
• How to switch from Outlook to Thunderbird
• Anyone at Mozilla listening?

If anyone over there at Mozilla is listening, thank you! Two days ago I blogged that I had abandoned Outlook for Thunderbird for my email, and that I use the calendar addon called Lightning. The only thing I was missing from Outlook was my todo list. This morning I turned on the computer and opened Thunderbird. Before it opened it told me there was a new update. The update installed and Thunderbird opened. What did I see before my eyes? A column with a task list in it. I’m so happy now!

• Do you keep a calendar on your computer?
• How to switch from Outlook to Thunderbird
• How to update Firefox automatically.

I loved Outlook. I am Microsoft certified in Outlook, as well as other programs. I used most of the built in features quite a bit especially the calendar. But I was having so many problems running it I switched to Thunderbird. I missed my calendar for a short while, but then I discovered there’s a calendar addon for Thunderbird called Lightning. It installs easily and is very similar to the Outlook calendar. Even though I wish it had a to do list, I recommend it. It can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313

• Anyone at Mozilla listening?
• How to switch from Outlook to Thunderbird
• Color picker Firefox addon

Since installing Thunderbird and not using Outlook and Outlook Express a couple of weeks ago, my computer has behaved a lot better.
Thunderbird is an open source email client and it runs on Windows and Mac.
If you’re interested in switching to Thunderbird, for whatever reason, here’s the instructions on how to get it going.
Go to http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ and download Thunderbird.
Close your other applications.
Install the download.
Go to the Tools menu and choose import.
Choose settings, and choose the program you’ve been using, click next. You should see a confirmation message. You’ve just brought over any email accounts you had configured.
Go back into Tools, choose import, choose Mail, choose the program you’ve been using and click next. You should see a confirmation message telling you how many mails were imported. You’ve just brought over all of the email you had saved in that program.
Lastly, go back into Tools, choose Import, Choose Address Books, choose the program you’ve been using and click next. You should see a confirmation message that your address book was successfully imported. You’ve just brought all of your contacts and addresses over.
That’s it!

• Do you keep a calendar on your computer?
• Anyone at Mozilla listening?
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