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	Be careful during the holidays: As always, we wanted to remind everyone that holidays are primetime for spammers and viruses. Be extra specially careful and stay safe.
	Spam Fighting Tip: NEVER EVER set your own email address, or the entire domain of "nckcn.com" in your Postini filters as an "Approved sender". You are completely defeating the most important way to stop a spammer from sending to your email address. This is the first, and easiest way spammers do to reach email addresses, sending spam from your email address to your email address. You also want to be very careful with whom you set up as your "Approved Senders", since putting any email address on that list completely defeats, and by-passes, the anti-spam capabilities of your Postini filters from that address.
	Tech Tip: Help Fight SPAM - Participate in keeping the filters accurate by sending your unfiltered spam messages AS ATTACHMENTS in email to spam@postini.com . This does not guarantee that these messages will be filtered in the future, but will make it more likely. Remember holidays are especially busy times for spammers, so be extra cautious!

	Postini Login - Your Postini Filtering login which includes the save password.
	Or login locally Postini Filtering. (Without the save password option)
	You can also us the Postini Message Header Analysis Tool
	Web MailMan  - Our web-based interface for  email.
	Our Tech Support is on-line. 1-877-841-6500 (NCKCN Members Only)
	Anti-Virus and Spyware information at our local Anti-Virus page.

Warning! - - Scam E-Mails Seek H1N1 Profile

Keep an eye on your inbox. If you receive an e-mail that appears to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asking you to create a personal H1N1 vaccination profile, it's a scam. Ignore the e-mail and do not respond, or you may put your computer at risk for a virus. 

These fraudulent e-mails talk about a CDC-sponsored state vaccination program, and tell recipients that they need to create a personal H1N1 vaccination profile on the CDC's website whether they're vaccinated or not. A link is provided for this "registration process" that leads to a fake webpage that looks similar to the CDC's. Once there, recipients are asked to download instructions on creating their profile. If they click on the link to download, they're in danger of getting a computer virus and giving scammers access to their personal information. 

To avoid becoming a victim of such phishing attacks: 

• Do not follow unsolicited links and do not open or respond to unsolicited e-mails. 

• Be suspicious of any unsolicited e-mail that asks for personal information. 

• If you need accurate and current information on the H1N1 virus, visit www.cdc.gov or www.flu.gov.

Concerning The Illegal Use Of File-sharing Programs

NCKCN sends Cunningham Telephone and Cable notices that we have been contacted by Warner Bros, etc. on customers who share out bootleg or illegal copies of movies using such file-sharing programs as Kazaa (and the other 30 or more such computer programs). The enforcing companies have an IP address of the offender and it's tracked to NCKCN.

We contact Cunningham Telephone and Cable on your illegal use of file-sharing programs that have been traced to your internet account. We want to remind you that these activities can have serious consequences including fines and even in some instances jail time. If we are subpoenaed for the information, we will have no choice but to turn over the information to the appropriate parties. 

In the meantime, we spend a considerable amount of time and expense logging and documenting these infringements including this certified letter you have received. These actions do violate our NCKCN/Cunningham acceptable use policy and we will be starting to recover our time and expense for these violations on repeat offenders. 

Effective immediately, for Cunningham Telephone and Cable customer, there will be a $20 per violation charge applied to your internet account for every additional notice we receive. 

We hope you understand and take measures to stop these violations. If you have any questions or are unsure why you were issued this notice, please call the Cunningham office at 800-287-8495 or the NCKCN office at 785-738-2218

This page last updated 12/28/09 03:13:13 PM
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