LuxSci FYI

Why does my email server appear to be blacklisted by Barracuda?

peter@luxsci.com — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:50:37 +0000

Sometimes you’ll get an email bounced back to you saying that your email server is blacklisted by Barracuda due to IP reputation even though you know your server is not blacklisted. An example of one such bounce is listed below.read the complete answer

Organize Your Documents, Calendars, Tasks, Contacts in nested sub-folders

Erik Kangas — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:14:42 +0000

LuxSci’s WebAides empower you to collaborate on Calendars, Tasks, Contacts, Files, Links, Notes, Passwords, and more.

While you could always create multiple Documents containers for storing files, or multiple Address Books for contacts, there was not a way to>> read the complete answer

Case Study: Securely Send Medical Laboratory Results to Patients

Erik Kangas — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:37:36 +0000

We count medical laboratories among our many customers. They process tests requested by doctors and send the results to the patients via email.

Medical laboratories, while not HIPAA covered entities themselves, are business associates with Hospitals and Doctors who are>> read the complete answer

Social Engineering from Both Sides: Thinking + Caution = Safety

Erik Kangas — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:46:04 +0000

Thank you, now I know your social security number!

“Social Engineering” happens when you are manipulated into revealing sensitive or private information to someone who should not have it. The person performing the manipulation seeks information that can be used>> read the complete answer

Advantages of Third-Party Email Archival over “Do It In-House”

Erik Kangas — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:33:30 +0000

For some organizations, the question of whether to purchase Premium Email Archiving is simply a question of why they should turn to a third party for their archival needs. It is tempting for these IT departments to simply set>> read the complete answer

Email Backup or Archival? What’s the Difference?

Erik Kangas — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:39:32 +0000

Most companies will backup your email in one way or another; only some offer “email archival” and that is usually a separate service. On the surface, these seem to be the same thing — providing copies of your>> read the complete answer

Automatic Notifications of Email Delivery Status

Erik Kangas — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:02:41 +0000

Whether you send a modest number of messages for business purposes or millions for marketing, the disposition of these messages — successfully delivered, failures, and which are “still trying” is valuable information.

This “delivery status tracking” is key to:

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Case Study: Fully Debranded HIPAA Compliant Services

steve@luxsci.com — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:09:07 +0000

The limitations imposed upon hospitals and medical practices in order to meet HIPAA standards often make it easier and more cost-effective to outsource your email to an outside provider such as LuxSci. However, we understand that this can sometimes>> read the complete answer

Mobile Device Access to your Password Library

Erik Kangas — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:04:32 +0000

LuxSci’s Passwords WebAide allows you to access the myriads of complex or not-so-complex passwords to web sites and programs in a central location that you can access anytime, anyplace, to look up your passwords.

What’s the benefit?>> read the complete answer

Mobile Site Access to Encrypted Blogs and Files

Erik Kangas — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:04:08 +0000

LuxSci’s Blog and File/Document WebAides have a great feature to optionally encrypt individual entries:

The File and Blog entry data is PGP-encrypted “at rest” (while stored on the servers).
Only your specified recipients (users or groups of users)

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