When you thought that your favorite social site like facebook was fun, think again. because scammers are using facebook as a way to accumulate information about you.

Whether you have given details about where you live, where you work or the activities you do or events, you may find that scammers are taking this information and using it against you.

How it works is someone has an automated program or may personally view profiles  and accumulate the information they need to pose as the person they have the information about.

The imposture then uses the information to send email asking for something or using the knowledge they have gained from facebook to receive other information such as credit card or bank account.  imposture may even use the information about the victims trade or type of work to contact customers and gain their personal information to.

While most people probably wont be any more careful with what information they are making public to others in the online social world, the scamming will continue and only grow worse.

Most of the people I speak with are not to happy with outlook 2007 which is based of of Microsoft’s Word. The problems with Outlook 2007 are many . This is because Microsoft is taking a step back than taking one forward. So if you are currently using outlook here are a few reasons you may not want to switch.

Some of the known problems are listed below.

• Slow loading
• Automatic RSS feed setup which works as a snail
• Broken Emails
• Issues with Connection
• Sometimes when typing messages does not insert characters
• Outlook Crashes a lot

This goes to show that you are almost better off sticking to outlook 2003. Does Microsoft want to improve? Hardly, just take a look at Vista and how slow it is as well as how many things are incompatible with it. I am sure Microsoft will try to come out with updates and fixes for some things, but it’s just a shame that the most popular email client on the market seems to have trouble getting the obvious right. So stick with Outlook 2003 or you may be sorry you ever switched over.

Most people don’t know why they can’t send emails many times and continue to receive bounce backs. Many timed the issue is what is called blacklisting. Blacklisting can be a horrible nightmare for someone especially that is on a shared server and is at the mercy of a Hosting company to assist in getting them removed. Things can get even worse when a person purchases a dedicated server that may have been previously used and blacklisted. below are some tips that might help with getting you back in the white in th email world.

Many ISP’s give their customers top priority for delisting a blacklist IP. Some such as SBC global can take many weeks to take care of this issue but if you are a customer will many times take care of the problem immediately which may be a quick solution rather than fighting to get unblacklisted. So you could signup for some type of service to have it taken care of faster then cancel once you are white listed.

Below are some of the simple ways you may try to get whitelisted for some of the larger companies out there.

• SBC Global - Send a message to one of their users and you will get a bounce back message telling you how to resolve the issue. Do exactly what the bounce back says and sometimes you can get delisted in a few days. Keep in mind you won’t ever get an email saying you have been removed from the blacklist so don’t give up.

• Earthlink and Netcom - Follow instructions from bounce back also. In this case you will receive a message back once you have been removed.

• Cox - This is a tough one. You may need to become a member to get off this one. Work with your hosting provider to bombard them until your wish is granted.

• At&T - Send an email to abuse_rbl@att.net or post a thread on the At&T forum to inquire about getting off blacklist.

• AOL - This can take a bit of effort but the best way to resolve this is to follow the guidelines set here at the Postmaster page. Another key to getting off blacklisting with AOL if this didn’t work would be to just contact them. You can find this info for all locations international here.

remember a great tool to use is mxtoolbox which can tell you info about your domain as well as blacklisting.