August 2005
The Official Bigfoot Newsletter
Volume 02, Issue 3
 


Maximize the Power of Bigfoot Web Conferencing

The scope of online communication is fast expanding. In the rapid movement of the international business circuit, companies are now finding measures to make presentations, share information, and close deals, having in mind the goal of reducing travel expenses and reaching as many people anywhere in the world.

With the help of a true Teleconferencing innovation, you can now benefit from the range and flexibility of the Internet to conduct business. The key word here is Web Conferencing — and that’s just what Bigfoot Conference Call has added to its conferencing arsenal.

Bigfoot Web Conferencing combines audio with data conferencing, wherein participants are given options to share programs, present slide shows and reports, initiate chat in text form during a conference meeting. A virtual Whiteboard is also provided for users to illustrate free-form text.

Not only that you get to interact and make business from anywhere in the world, you are also empowered by the virtual mobility provided through web.

With Bigfoot Conference Call, you can reduce travel expenses, improve business productivity, speed up the time to market, enhance internal and customer communication, and reach a greater number of people anywhere in the world.

To maximize the advantages and benefits Bigfoot Web Conferencing has for you, we are giving you some valuable tips on how to get started with Web Conferencing.

Enabling Web Conferencing in Dial-In

To enable Web Conferencing in Dial-In Teleconferencing, you can follow the steps on how to book a meeting in Dial-In Teleconferencing. In “Book Meetings” selection, check the “Simultaneous Web Conference” tick box. Then, click on ‘Book’ button. By doing this, you are enabling Web Conferencing as an optional feature.

Enabling Web Conferencing in Dial-Out

To enable Web Conferencing in Dial-Out Teleconferencing, you need to go to “My Schedule” which is found at the left-hand menu. In your list of scheduled conferences, click on the “Edit” button right beside your “On Demand Conference”. Check the tick box beside “Simultaneous Web Conference”, and then click on the “Update” button.

After updating Dial-Out Teleconferencing, you need to click on the “Console” button displayed beside your “On Demand Conference” schedule. You will receive a pop up window. Here, you are given two options: to use the Audio Conference or the Audio & Web Conference. Click on the button next to “Audio & Web Conference”. After clicking, another window appears, showing the Bigfoot Web Conferencing browser—Web Conferencing is now an optional feature for you.

Accessing Web Conferencing

After choosing Web Conference in the conference schedule through In Dial-In Teleconferencing, you will receive an email invitation containing a link to the Web Conferencing browser.

In Dial-Out Teleconferencing, a moderator can send an email invite to participants through the Web Conferencing browser itself. Once the moderator chooses to use the “Audio & Web Conference” option, the Web Conferencing browser appears. By clicking on the “Conference” menu and choosing “Invite”, you will receive an email with the Web Conferencing link.

As moderator, you can also use an icon found on “Schedule Conference” table. After you click on the icon, a new window appears, displaying details of the conference including the link to the Web Conferencing browser.

To know more about Bigfoot Web Conferencing, go to http://conferencing.bigfoot.com/web_conferencing.jsp

SMS Manager


Anti-Spam Update


Battle is on vs. Splogging, New Net Menace

Microsoft MSN’s free blog space, called MSN Spaces, has become host to a huge outbreak of spam primarily caused by splogging. According to a Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) report by Sam Varghese, spammers are now using free blog space through which they are hawking their wares.

Andy Carvin of Digital Divide Network says splogging is a “term coined by Mark Cuban to describe blogs with no added value, existing solely to trick people into visiting and exposing them to advertising.”

He continues, “Splogs are often encountered in two ways: by searching for a key word on a search engine, or receiving it as a fradulent hit through your RSS aggregator. More often than not, they're automated, linking to countless blogs and other websites, using keywords selected solely to attract more eyeballs and click-throughs for their advertising. And automation means that splogs are being created at a dizzying pace, to the point that when you do a search for almost any term, you're bound to get a bunch of hits that are nothing but money-hungry splogs.”

An expert at an email security firm says that it is most likely that spammers will use the same blog space for hosting redirects to spyware and trojan downloads. The SMH report also says that spam containing links to the MSN blogs carry minimal content to avoid detection.

MSN had already been informed about this matter, SMH reports.


Product Update

Keep Track of Important Occasions with Bigfoot Email Forwarding

With all the things that occupy people’s minds everyday, it has become difficult to keep track of important dates and events. Because of their busy schedule, parents tend to forget to attend their children’s sports games, husbands forget anniversaries, a friend is a no-show at homecoming, and some family members fail to show up at reunions.

Recognizing this reality of life in the modern age, Bigfoot Email Forwarding has come up with features designed to allow Bigfoot For Life members to remember important events so they can spend more time with their family and friends.

The Auto Reminder feature, available for both Premium Plus and Ultra Plus subscribers, allows Bigfoot for Life members to send emails to remind themselves of upcoming important events. Now subscribers never have to worry about forgetting and missing out on special occasions, whether it’s a holiday, a birthday, an anniversary, or a simple catching up with friends and family.

Subscribers can specify a date to keep track of, set up how many days in advance they would like to receive the reminder, and include a short message regarding the occasion in the email. This email is then sent to their Bigfoot for Life address on the date they specified to receive the notification.

The Auto Responder feature, available also for both Premium and Ultra Plus subscribers, gives users the freedom to enjoy their time off by keeping them from worrying about emails sent to their accounts while they away. With the Auto Responder, users can create and send automated replies to emails sent to their accounts to inform the senders that they have received the email and will get back to them upon their return. This feature not only eases the worry on the part of the sender, it also removes the possibility of receiving multiple emails resulting to a full inbox, so subscribers can enjoy worry-free vacations.

Aside from these, Ultra Plus subscribers also get the new SMTP Access, which allows them to configure their own mail client to Bigfoot’s SMTP server so they can start sending mails via the Bigfoot server.

Bigfoot Email Forwarding’ Premium Plus and Ultra Plus plans are email delivery services that offer customized, hassle-free email management by providing email distribution, consolidation, and filtering options. A host of other advanced features are also available for each subscription plan.

Click here to get your Premium Plus or Ultra Plus subscription.


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