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Hiding IP address in ICQ

Since ICQ works by establishing a direct connection, you should ensure that your IP address is not visible to other users. Select the option to hide your IP address-though a determined user can easily bypass this security option-and ensure that other users need authorisation before they can connect to you. You can even select to remain invisible to most users and not publicise your details on the Web.

Disabling archiving of postings

When you post to a newsgroup, your post is not only accessible to millions of users, it also gets archived with sites, such as DejaNews. That means you can still be 'hunted' down after many years. If you don't want your messages to be archived, type the following text in your header- x-no-archive: yes. You can also remove messages that have already been archived by DejaNews. Information about archival and removal can be found on the site.

Encrypting messages

If you regularly send confidential information, then it's a good idea to encrypt all your outgoing messages. You can use a freeware tool such as PGPfreeware for this. PGPfreeware encrypts your e-mail and enables you to send online decryption keys to the recipients, and integrates with Outlook Express and Eudora. In Outlook Express, go to Tools > Options, click on the Security tab, and check the option for encrypting all outgoing messages.

Blocking messages using filters

All e-mail clients allow you to define mailing rules for sorting mail. This feature can also be used to block spam mail, or mail from certain users. Start the filtering process, and select to delete messages, which have some text string in the e-mail address, or text like 'Iloveyou' in the subject field. If you have received an unwanted message, you can just go to the Message menu and select Block Sender. The Block Sender option can be quite useful when you get junk e-mail from some list servers, as unsubscribing does not work, and only serves in confirming your address to be genuine.