Amazon is not a company I have personally used for many, many years due to their purported UK tax evasion (e.g. Amazon’s main UK division pays no corporation tax for second year in a row or Amazon’s biggest UK firms pay NO corporation tax – despite making £193-a-second) And this Amazon Prime phone scam is … Continue Reading
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How to remove an IMAP or POP3 account from Outlook 365 (Windows)
1. Open up control panel The fastest way is to normally press the ‘Window’ key (for search) they type in ‘control panel’ 2. Click on ‘Mail’ options 3. Click on ‘Email accounts’ 4. Click on the account you’d like to delete then click the ‘remove’ option 5. Close ‘mail options’, ‘control panel’ and ‘Outlook’ then … Continue Reading
How to send out of office replies with the Outlook 365 desktop app (3-step tutorial)
1. Click on ‘File’ in the top-right corner 2. Click on ‘Automatic replies’ 3. Set your reply and when you want it to send That’s it! Out-of-office replies if you use Microsoft Outlook.com – tutorial you can also set up out-of-office replies if you use Microsoft Outlook.com – otherwise known as ‘Outlook on the Web’. … Continue Reading
The PayPal refund scam – how to spot it & what to do
Here’s a new-to-me PayPal scam called the ‘refund scam’ that takes advantage of PayPal’s invoice system to send out scam emails directly via PayPal. Here’s a quick run-though of how it works, how to spot the scam, and what to do. Sadly, trying to get in touch with PayPal support via any means is often … Continue Reading
The scammers are in plain site, but Facebook appears to be doing nothing to stop them
Today I posted a few items for sale on the Facebook Marketplace. A couple of kids bikes and similar things that the kids had grown out of. Instead of other options like eBay I posted them on my local Facebook community selling groups as they’re items that I really can’t be bothered to package up … Continue Reading
Changing your WordPress site language to English (UK)
In the older versions of WordPress the language files were kept locally within the WordPress installation files (wp-content/languages) however, in WordPress versions from about 4 onwards they’ve changed how the site language is managed. As always, before you do anything, back everything up, have a plan for restoring your site if you make a cock-up, … Continue Reading
Microsoft Exchange – how to change password reset policy
If you’re using Microsoft Exchange for your email, there’s a good chance you’re on the default password policy which may mean all users may need to update their passwords periodically. Alternatively, as the email administrator, you may want to require all users update their password to a new regularly. Whatever the reason, you can change … Continue Reading
How to change your IP address using the Opera VPN
If your IP address becomes blocked by server spam services and you’re no longer able to access some websites, you can temporarily change your IP using the Opera VPN. Your IP address is a series of numbers which are assigned to your internet connection and can be used to block access from certain computers. However, … Continue Reading
Unable to send email to Hotmail or Outlook addresses – how to remove yourself from the Hotmail block-list
If you find yourself suddenly unable to send email to Hotmail or Outlook.com email addresses from your website or work email address, you may have ended up on the Hotmail or Microsoft spam block-list. This can happen through no fault of your own as spammers will disguise the email they send as coming from someone … Continue Reading
Protected: Email settings – POP, IMAP & ports
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