Outlook 2007 – Receive mails from particular accounts only

By mahingupta on Dec 04 2009 | 0 Comments

Problem :

As per my work requires, I manage lots of eMail accounts which includes My personal account, My work account. I have forwarded all emails from my personal account to my work account,  so that I just need to check one account only. I have created accounts in outlook for both my personal eMail and my Work eMail.

But it creates a big problem now. Whenever outlook performs Send/Receive it receives two copies of each mail from my personal account.

  1.   Originally from my personal account.
  2.   Forwarded copy from my Work account ( Since I have forwarded all mails from my personal  account to my work account.)

Solution :

What I actually want is

  • I want to be able to send eMails from both my account.
  • I want to receive mails only from my Work account ( Because my work account will also have forwarded copy of mails from my personal account. )

Follow the steps below to achieve above :

1. Go to Tools –> Options

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2. Go to Mail Setup –> Send Receive

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3. Click Edit

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4. It will list all your accounts in left side pane.

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5. Select the account. It will show you Account Options for send mail items and receive mail items. If you just want to send eMails using this account than check the Send Mail items and uncheck the Receive mail items.

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6. Press Ok –> Cliose –> Ok.

And you are done. :)

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Windows 7 – First bad experience

By mahingupta on Nov 18 2009 | 0 Comments

today morning when I switched on my machine, I just freaked off by not finding a whole 60 GB drive in My Computer. I have checked it in disk Management and it shows me 63 GB free space. Damn…

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I am working on it to get my drive back. Lets see I am fortunate enough or not. :(

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Can not Open Microsoft and other Security related websites : Damn Win32/Conficker ...

By mahingupta on Oct 05 2009 | 0 Comments
You can browse all the stuff on the web except Microsoft sites and some other security related web sites then there are high chances of your machine to be infected by Win32/Conficker A/B variant.
 
What is Conficker A/B/C variant ?
You can find detailed information about it on Microsoft Protection center.  In case you are already infected you will not be able to open this link, so I am reproducing detail here.
 
 Win32/Conficker is a worm that infects other computers across a network by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. Depending on the specific variant, it may also spread via removable drives and by exploiting weak passwords. It disables several important system services and security products and downloads arbitrary files.
 
 The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:
  • The following services are disabled or fail to run:
    Windows Security Center Service
    Windows Update Auto Update Service
    Background Intelligence Transfer Service
    Windows Defender
    Error Reporting Service
    Windows Error Reporting Service
  • Some accounts may be locked out due to the following registry modification, which may flood the network with connections:
    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
    "TcpNumConnections" = "0x00FFFFFE"
  • Users may not be able to connect to websites or online services that contain the following strings:
    virus
    spyware
    malware
    rootkit
    defender
    microsoft
    symantec
    norton
    mcafee
    trendmicro
    sophos
    panda
    etrust
    networkassociates
    computerassociates
    f-secure
    kaspersky
    jotti
    f-prot
    nod32
    eset
    grisoft
    drweb
    centralcommand
    ahnlab
    esafe
    avast
    avira
    quickheal
    comodo
    clamav
    ewido
    fortinet
    gdata
    hacksoft
    hauri
    ikarus
    k7computing
    norman
    pctools
    prevx
    rising
    securecomputing
    sunbelt
    emsisoft
    arcabit
    cpsecure
    spamhaus
    castlecops
    threatexpert
    wilderssecurity
    windowsupdate
 

To make sure if your computer is infected or not please visit Conficker Test  link. It is a simple logic. It tries to load images from security web sites. If your computer is infected it will not be able to load images. 
 
Now if you are sure that your computer has been infected by Conficker A/B/C or greater, you have to use Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool to remove this maleware from your machine.  One more thing you have to use other machine to download this tool because if your machine is infected it will not allow Microsoft security sites to open. 
 
I have copied images and test from Conficker Test . I recommend  to use their page only.
 
 

 

 

How to interpret:

If you see this above: It probably means this:
All images displayed= Normal/Not Infected by Conficker (or using proxy)
Security/AV logos not displayedPossibly Infected by Conficker (C variant or greater)
Some security/AV logos not displayedPossibly Infected by Conficker A/B variant
No images displayed= Image loading turned off in browser?
Any other combination= Poor Internet connection?
 

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