Sunday, April 3, 2016

How to connect yahoo to Outlook

A lot of people are having trouble connecting Outlook 365 and previous versions of outlook. I myself struggled to find the correct setting but after much research I found the information and I'm sharing it below.

The link to the original article is https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15165.html

**also you may have to create a one time password (as I did) to access the account which is done within Yahoo.**

Access Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2013

Don't have access to the Web, but need your Yahoo Mail? Access your Yahoo Mail offline using a POP mail client like Microsoft Outlook 2013. It's convenient, and we have the steps to get you started.

Make sure you've set up POP access in Yahoo Mail before continuing. Learn how to enable POP access.

Setting up Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2013

In Outlook 2013, click File | Add Account.
Select Manual setup or additional server types.
Click Next.
Select POP.
Click Next.
On the "Account Settings" page, enter your account settings:
- Your Name - The name you want to show when you send email.
- Email address: - Your full Yahoo Mail address.
- Account Type - POP3
- Server information - Make sure your settings match the Yahoo Mail POP settings.
- User Name - Your Yahoo ID.
- Password - Your Yahoo Account password.
- Leave the "Require logon using Secure Password Authentication" option unchecked.
Click More Settings.
Click the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box.
- Click Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
Click the Advanced tab, then enter the following:
- Incoming server (POP3) port - 995
- Select This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
- Outgoing server (SMTP) port - 465, 587, or 25
- Set the encryption type to SSL or TLS
- Set your desired server timeout and delivery options.
  - We recommend leaving a copy of messages on the server.
Click OK.
Restart Outlook.
Click Send/Receive All Folders.

You'll now be able to receive your Yahoo Mail emails in your Outlook 2013 account.

If you have problems sending or receiving Yahoo Mail with Outlook 2013, check out our suggestions for fixing Yahoo Mail problems with POP mail clients.

For IMAP

IMAP server settings for Yahoo Mail

IMAP is the best way to connect your Yahoo Mail account to a desktop mail client or mobile app. It allows 2-way syncing, which means everything you do remotely is reflected in your Yahoo Mail account no matter where or how you access it. Here are the settings you'll need to configure your mail client or app.

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server

Server - imap.mail.yahoo.com
Port - 993
Requires SSL - Yes

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server

Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port - 465 or 587
Requires SSL - Yes
Requires authentication - Yes

Your login info

Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com)
Password - Your account's password
Requires authentication - Yes

If you need specific instructions for your mail client or app, reach out to its manufacturer.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Online Privacy Tools

Linux Tails

Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to:

use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship;
all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network;
leave no trace on the computer you are using unless you ask it explicitly;
use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, emails and instant messaging.

https://tails.boum.org/

TOR

What is Tor?

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.

https://www.torproject.org/

ProtonMail

Free secure email. Servers not in the US.

https://protonmail.ch

Truecrypt

Open source file and space encryption software

Currently unavailable due to unresolved security issues discovered.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

windows 7 automatic updates wont run, error 8024800A

If you can no longer run automatic updates, and it comes up with an error message 8024800A Windows Update encountered an unknown error follow the steps below to correct -

start cmd (START > RUN > CMD, run as Administrator) and copy and paste the following lines:

REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v SusClientId /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v SusClientIdValidation /f

net stop wuauserv

move %windir%\windowsupdate.log %windir%\windowsupdate.old.log
move %windir%\SoftwareDistribution %windir%\SoftwareDistribution.old

regsvr32 /s atl.dll
regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
regsvr32 /s wups.dll
regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
regsvr32 /s mssip32.dll
regsvr32 /s initpki.dll
regsvr32 /s softpub.dll

net start wuauserv

wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow

Sunday, December 8, 2013

How to fix - Setup cannot find ProPlus.WW\ProPsWW2.cab

When you receive the error "Setup cannot find ProPlus.WW\ProPsWW2.cab" it might mean the MD5 checksum the install was expecting and the one on the actual file do not match. Here's how I fixed the issue.

First let me explain in simple terms what the MD5 is. MD5 is an algorithm that is used to verify data integrity. If anything in the file changes the MD5 will also change so it's a way for the program to check the integrity of the file.

The MD5 file is kept in the setup file of the proplus.ww folder. Open it with notepad and find the section that looks similar to the following **the numbers after "MD5 =" is what you need to be concerned with. Also remember that your numbers may differ. **

</LocalCache>

Next you will need to download and install an MD5 checker. I'll leave the process of how to use the MD5 to you to learn but it's pretty simple.

Next run the MD5 checker on the file/s that produce the errors during install. *there may be more than one*

Now there are 2 ways to work around this - If the MD5 on the checker did not match the MD5 in the file it probably means the file is corrupted so your best bet is to download the software again or get another disk.

Another less recommended way is to copy/paste the MD5 from the checker into the file (remember to make a backup of your setup file before) then save it and run the install again. This fools the installation process into verifying that your installation files are all OK.

Good luck!!

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Debian - Apt-get : NO_PUBKEY / GPG error

Issue
When updating the Debian based system, apt-get may display an error message like:

W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.debian.org/ testing Release:       
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 010908312D230C5F      

W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:      
010908312D230C5F

This is a new feature of the apt-get system that guarantees the authenticity of servers for updating Debian.

Solution

Simply type the following commands, taking care to replace the number below with that of the key that was displayed in the error message:

gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key  010908312D230C5F      
gpg -a --export 010908312D230C5F | sudo apt-key add -

I copied this solution from

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/809-debian-apt-get-no-pubkey-gpg-error

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Connection contains real IP of NATed address

I was receiving this error in Checkpoint firewall log when using the Cisco IP communicator on the VPN Client pc. The symptons were that although I could hear the other party, I could place calls but the other party could not hear me. I resolved the issue by adding a NAT rule in Checkpoint as follows

Original Packet
source=any
destination= (ip address or range of vpn client)
Translated Packet
Source = original
destination= original
service= original

Print Spooler is preventing hibernation or standby

All of a sudden I began getting the following message

The service 'Print Spooler' is preventing the machine from entering hibernation. Try stopping this service and try again

This also applies to

The service 'Print Spooler' is preventing the machine from entering standby. Try stopping this service and try again

First I stopped the print spooler service

Then I went to the C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\PRINTERS folder and deleted all files in there.

Then I restarted the print spooler service.