1. Responsive_Web_Designers : Part I
True Lies About Free Satellite TV On PC
There are a lot of websites and advertisements online promising you free satellite TV, the
type that you receive directly to your PC or laptop computer. It's all lies. And it's all true. I'll
explain. But first we'll need to talk a little bit more about satellite TV.
Direct Broadcast Satellite (or DBS) is satellite TV service that you pay for, like DirecTV or
Dish Network in the US or Sky in the UK. These networks own most of the popular and
recognizable channels, such as HBO for movies and MTV for music. Anyone who tells you
that you can get these channels for free is either lying or assuming that one or both of you
are willing to break the law. Furthermore, when a website includes the logo of MTV or HBO
somewhere on their sales page when they are trying to sell you their free satellite TV
software, this is an example of misleading advertising.
If you want free satellite TV without most of these familiar channels, you do have two
options. First, you can set up your "receive-only" satellite TV system, also known as
"TVRO." These systems predate DBS systems and use a different frequency for receiving
their programming. They also use dishes that are bigger than DBS dishes, and sometimes
you have to be able to move them to direct them toward different satellites. After setting up
your system, you would have to find out what programming is on and when. There are
some quality resources on the Web now available for this purpose, such as
http://LyngSat.com. TVRO systems are great for those who know what a Low Noise Block
Converter is and how get the most out of their actuator - which of course means they're not
great for everyone.
For everyone else there's the Web. Yes, it is true that you can watch free satellite TV on
your computer screen. It is much closer to what is known as "Internet TV," but is still
referred to as "satellite TV to PC," especially by those advertising software designed for this
purpose. More specifically, this software allows easy access to satellite TV broadcasts that
are streamed live over the Web. It goes for anywhere between $20 to $80, and promises
thousands of channels. One good thing about these set-ups is that you get a lot of
programming from other countries and other cultures. And we can all do with a good dose of
culture now and then.
There are websites that offer some of the same content without having to buy the software.
But in some situations, the software - if it is good software - can make the process much
easier and add a bit of order to the chaos of the programming cosmos. As with any product,
you should do at least a minimal amount of research to find out what you are getting. That
means doing more than just reading a long sales page by the company trying to sell you
their product.
Some Direct-to-PC satellite TV offers cost more than others, and some promise more than
others. Some have good reputations in terms of customer service and support. Others
should be ashamed of themselves. Choose wisely.

2. Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back
a few thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop
simple for mere pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com
for details!
RESPONSIVE_WEB_DESIGNERS : End of Part I
Responsive_Web_Designers : Part II
Tune Up Your Email Newsletter To Be Compliant With Anti-Spam Filters
In this article we'll continue talking about how to create a healthy email message and give a
few tips how to survive anti-spam filters. Anti-spam filters catch every incoming email before
it is delivered into the inbox and review it. They use a scoring system to classify an email as
spam or legitimate. These filters (you might have heard about SpamAssassin, SpamProbe,
or SpamCombat) look for certain patterns in the message, and assign "spam points" to it
based on certain criteria: words, phrases, or even colors.
Depending on what these filters find or don't find in the message, points are added to or
taken away from a scoring system. If the message score is 5.0 or higher, the filters add the
*SPAM* word to the subject line of the message and the email is redirected to a 'bulk' or
'junk' mailbox. The lesser the score the better.
So, one of the main concerns when writing an email newsletter is to ensure that it is
structured in a way that will allow it 'pass' this test. I'll go to the point and give you a few tips
you may follow:
1) Check what you put in the subject line
The subject line is one area of your e-mail that is carefully examined. For example, if you
type a recipient's name in the message subject like 'To: [recipient's name]', your message
will get 2.86 points because of this. If there is a lot of white space in the subject line, the
email gets 2.64 points added to the score. The word FREE written in caps 'weighs'
additional 1.10 points.
If you put a date into the subject line, you can take off 0.48 points. And you can take one full
point off if your subject contains a newsletter header!
2) Keep your message size from 20K to 50K
The size of the message does matter for anti-spam filters. The majority of spam emails are

3. less than 20K. So, you can actually get 0.71 taken from your score if your message in within
the 20K to 50K range.
3) Be wise with CAPS
If you use too many capital letters in your message, you'll get 0.21 points added to your
score. So, use them wisely!
4) Use full hyperlinks
If you use a hyperlink in your email, make sure you put the http:// at the beginning. A spam
filter will add 1.28 points to your emails if you don't!
5) Be restrained with colors
Different colors do matter too. Blue adds 0.21 points, red 0.33 points, and Magenta 0.44.
The background color other than white adds 0.317 points to the message score. The Black
is optimum as it won't add or take any points off.
6) Be a welcome guest
Send your recipients an e-mail after they have 'opted in' at you site, and have them confirm
that yes, you have permission to send the newsletters to them. This will help in the case if
you need to prove you are not spamming, and that people want to receive the emails from
you.
Have your recipients add you to their address books or white lists and your messages won't
have to pass through anti-spam filters.
7) Beware of Blacklists!
Blacklists are databases of known spammers that ISPs regularly check. You may be added
to a blacklist without you knowing it if one of your recipients clicks on the 'this is spam'
button. If you are blacklisted, contact the server provider immediately.
8) Test your message
Use a spam checker to test your message before you send it out to the world. A message
content checker can help locate potential problems prior to distribution. It runs your receiver
and sender addresses, subject line, and message content past a collection of rules. It then
reports the result and tells you whether your message is likely to be filtered. Most checkers
suggest a score of 5.0 will get your email sent to the spam scrap heap. One of our favorite
free checkers is the Lyris' Content Checker. Lyris ContentChecker filters your message
through several hundred Spam Assassin tests to determine if it has characteristics typical of
unsolicited "spam" mail. Just fill in the blanks, including your email text or the full HTML
coding, and submit it. You'll get an instant score on the next screen and a more detailed
report by return email. This report highlights the factors used to evaluate your message, and
may help you to make further improvements to it.

4. 9) Don't use the 'spammers' e-mail software
Anti-spam filtering systems are aware of some of the favorite email programs that
professional spammers use and they add on as many as 3 points if you send the messages
with those program. Be sure to check the ISP's 'hit list' to see what email software are on it.
Remember that the anti-spam filters are not perfect and they often happen to be 'over
protective'. They can give the 'false negatives' and 'false positives' results after the message
analysis. A false negative is when a pure spam email gets through the filter, and a false
positive is when a legitimate email ends in the 'junk' box flagged as spam.
Around 150 companies now offer spam filtering software. The number of anti-spam
techniques is growing and anti-spam technology is getting 'smarter' too. For example, some
servers (challenge systems) send an email back to the original sender and require a reply
before they forward the email to the recipient. The idea behind this is that only a human can
reply to a request for specific information. America Online recently announced a new spam
filter that can actually 'learn' the preferences of each of their subscribers.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back
a few thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop
simple for mere pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com
for details!
RESPONSIVE_WEB_DESIGNERS : End of Part II
Responsive_Web_Designers : Part III
Tune Up Your Email Newsletter To Be Compliant With Anti-Spam Filters
In this article we'll continue talking about how to create a healthy email message and give a
few tips how to survive anti-spam filters. Anti-spam filters catch every incoming email before
it is delivered into the inbox and review it. They use a scoring system to classify an email as
spam or legitimate. These filters (you might have heard about SpamAssassin, SpamProbe,
or SpamCombat) look for certain patterns in the message, and assign "spam points" to it
based on certain criteria: words, phrases, or even colors.
Depending on what these filters find or don't find in the message, points are added to or
taken away from a scoring system. If the message score is 5.0 or higher, the filters add the
*SPAM* word to the subject line of the message and the email is redirected to a 'bulk' or
'junk' mailbox. The lesser the score the better.
So, one of the main concerns when writing an email newsletter is to ensure that it is

5. structured in a way that will allow it 'pass' this test. I'll go to the point and give you a few tips
you may follow:
1) Check what you put in the subject line
The subject line is one area of your e-mail that is carefully examined. For example, if you
type a recipient's name in the message subject like 'To: [recipient's name]', your message
will get 2.86 points because of this. If there is a lot of white space in the subject line, the
email gets 2.64 points added to the score. The word FREE written in caps 'weighs'
additional 1.10 points.
If you put a date into the subject line, you can take off 0.48 points. And you can take one full
point off if your subject contains a newsletter header!
2) Keep your message size from 20K to 50K
The size of the message does matter for anti-spam filters. The majority of spam emails are
less than 20K. So, you can actually get 0.71 taken from your score if your message in within
the 20K to 50K range.
3) Be wise with CAPS
If you use too many capital letters in your message, you'll get 0.21 points added to your
score. So, use them wisely!
4) Use full hyperlinks
If you use a hyperlink in your email, make sure you put the http:// at the beginning. A spam
filter will add 1.28 points to your emails if you don't!
5) Be restrained with colors
Different colors do matter too. Blue adds 0.21 points, red 0.33 points, and Magenta 0.44.
The background color other than white adds 0.317 points to the message score. The Black
is optimum as it won't add or take any points off.
6) Be a welcome guest
Send your recipients an e-mail after they have 'opted in' at you site, and have them confirm
that yes, you have permission to send the newsletters to them. This will help in the case if
you need to prove you are not spamming, and that people want to receive the emails from
you.
Have your recipients add you to their address books or white lists and your messages won't
have to pass through anti-spam filters.
7) Beware of Blacklists!

6. Blacklists are databases of known spammers that ISPs regularly check. You may be added
to a blacklist without you knowing it if one of your recipients clicks on the 'this is spam'
button. If you are blacklisted, contact the server provider immediately.
8) Test your message
Use a spam checker to test your message before you send it out to the world. A message
content checker can help locate potential problems prior to distribution. It runs your receiver
and sender addresses, subject line, and message content past a collection of rules. It then
reports the result and tells you whether your message is likely to be filtered. Most checkers
suggest a score of 5.0 will get your email sent to the spam scrap heap. One of our favorite
free checkers is the Lyris' Content Checker. Lyris ContentChecker filters your message
through several hundred Spam Assassin tests to determine if it has characteristics typical of
unsolicited "spam" mail. Just fill in the blanks, including your email text or the full HTML
coding, and submit it. You'll get an instant score on the next screen and a more detailed
report by return email. This report highlights the factors used to evaluate your message, and
may help you to make further improvements to it.
9) Don't use the 'spammers' e-mail software
Anti-spam filtering systems are aware of some of the favorite email programs that
professional spammers use and they add on as many as 3 points if you send the messages
with those program. Be sure to check the ISP's 'hit list' to see what email software are on it.
Remember that the anti-spam filters are not perfect and they often happen to be 'over
protective'. They can give the 'false negatives' and 'false positives' results after the message
analysis. A false negative is when a pure spam email gets through the filter, and a false
positive is when a legitimate email ends in the 'junk' box flagged as spam.
Around 150 companies now offer spam filtering software. The number of anti-spam
techniques is growing and anti-spam technology is getting 'smarter' too. For example, some
servers (challenge systems) send an email back to the original sender and require a reply
before they forward the email to the recipient. The idea behind this is that only a human can
reply to a request for specific information. America Online recently announced a new spam
filter that can actually 'learn' the preferences of each of their subscribers.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back
a few thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop
simple for mere pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com
for details!
RESPONSIVE_WEB_DESIGNERS : End of Part III

7. Blacklists are databases of known spammers that ISPs regularly check. You may be added
to a blacklist without you knowing it if one of your recipients clicks on the 'this is spam'
button. If you are blacklisted, contact the server provider immediately.
8) Test your message
Use a spam checker to test your message before you send it out to the world. A message
content checker can help locate potential problems prior to distribution. It runs your receiver
and sender addresses, subject line, and message content past a collection of rules. It then
reports the result and tells you whether your message is likely to be filtered. Most checkers
suggest a score of 5.0 will get your email sent to the spam scrap heap. One of our favorite
free checkers is the Lyris' Content Checker. Lyris ContentChecker filters your message
through several hundred Spam Assassin tests to determine if it has characteristics typical of
unsolicited "spam" mail. Just fill in the blanks, including your email text or the full HTML
coding, and submit it. You'll get an instant score on the next screen and a more detailed
report by return email. This report highlights the factors used to evaluate your message, and
may help you to make further improvements to it.
9) Don't use the 'spammers' e-mail software
Anti-spam filtering systems are aware of some of the favorite email programs that
professional spammers use and they add on as many as 3 points if you send the messages
with those program. Be sure to check the ISP's 'hit list' to see what email software are on it.
Remember that the anti-spam filters are not perfect and they often happen to be 'over
protective'. They can give the 'false negatives' and 'false positives' results after the message
analysis. A false negative is when a pure spam email gets through the filter, and a false
positive is when a legitimate email ends in the 'junk' box flagged as spam.
Around 150 companies now offer spam filtering software. The number of anti-spam
techniques is growing and anti-spam technology is getting 'smarter' too. For example, some
servers (challenge systems) send an email back to the original sender and require a reply
before they forward the email to the recipient. The idea behind this is that only a human can
reply to a request for specific information. America Online recently announced a new spam
filter that can actually 'learn' the preferences of each of their subscribers.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back
a few thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop
simple for mere pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com
for details!
RESPONSIVE_WEB_DESIGNERS : End of Part III