Special Announcement!
 

Tuesday, November 18, 2003   

Dear valued myVine user,

We are happy to announce that we are in the process of beginning the email server upgrade. This will drastically improve the email server performance and stability, while providing you with many additional tools for your usage.

Early Thursday morning, November 20th, we will begin the upgrade to the new email servers for customers with an email address ending in @tcon.net. All other customers will follow within the next few weeks. With these upgrades, you will notice a brand new look in Webmail, a new SpamAlert protection product, and more powerful Anti-virus product. Webmail will include all of the features that were available in the past, but now offers a more user-friendly look and feel, as well as personal calendars, notes, tasks, and a more robust address book. We will also be launching a new feature called SpamAlert. This is a product aimed at reducing and preventing SPAM email, in your inbox. Also included, will be a more powerful anti-virus solution for the protection of your mailbox. All of these features are FREE to you as a valued customer.

Webmail will still be available by logging in to http://webmail.myvine.com , but with a different, more user-friendly look. Here's a sneak preview of the new Webmail system.

With the new Webmail service, you will have many great features available to you anywhere on the Internet! These features include a powerful Address book that allows for unlimited users...

An Appointment Calendar, which allows for unlimited appointments to be set...

Task list manager allows for daily task listings...

As well as a Note pad to jot everyday notes.

We are sure that you will find that Webmail is not only a mail center, but a Virtual Office!

SpamAlert is a very powerful feature we are sure you will love. This product will capture what it believes to be SPAM and will send you a report every six hours. This email report will come from "spamblocker@spamalert.net" and have a subject line of "YOUR SPAMALERT DIGEST" similar to the following:

In this email, you will find a list of the email that was blocked and is being held. From this email you may:

  • Choose to ignore this message if all items listed are unwanted;
  • Reply to the message, allowing the email from this address to pass once; or
  • Reply to the message, always allowing email from this address to pass into your inbox.
If you choose to ignore the digest or the held spam, the stored messages will be permanently deleted in seven days. Replying to the email and marking "Deliver" will simply deliver the held email to your inbox. If you choose to reply to the messsage and mark "Trusted Sender," the SPAM blocker will start compiling whitelists (lists of keywords that allow emails to bypass SpamAlert) and learn over time what you perceive to be SPAM and as it learns will allow different messages to pass without your approval. This solution is truly unique because it allows you the ability to filter what is blocked and give you the flexibility of knowing what files are being removed.

WebMail also integrates many tools in with the SpamAlert product. From Webmail, click on the "Spam" link. This will take you to your personalized options for SpamAlert. From here you can subscribe and unsubscribe, view held Spam, request your SpamAlert Digest to be sent or create your personal Whitelists.

For a short tutorial on using SpamAlert with WebMail, click here!

Anti-virus protection is now stronger and more powerful as well! Powered by an always up-to-date virus protection engine, your sure to be better protected from viruses by email. Since this feature is server-side, it will also protect your email if you choose to use a mail client such as Outlook Express or Netscape Mail (POP3/SMTP)!

All of these new features will be available soon! Remember, this is only stage 1... there are many more features coming soon. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at 866-620-7345. Be sure to check your email for future updates and additional notifications.

We hope you enjoy these new features and we appreciate your business!

-myVine.com Support and Staff   
866-620-7345  
support@myvine.com