NATCO E-Newsletter

Special for NATCO Telephone Customers
Don't miss important calls. Sign up for Call Waiting by July 30th and receive free installation - a $20 value!

Call Waiting - A special tone alerts you to an incoming call when you are on the phone. You can then place your current call on temporary hold and answer the new call.

Add Call Waiting for only: $2.00 per month/Residential or $3.50 per month/Business

Call 1-800-775-6682 to request Call Waiting today!

E-Cards - Send a Friend a Trout!
NATCO Technologies offers a free and easy way for NATCO Internet customers to send local area e-cards to friends and family. Go to www.natcotech.com and click on the e-card icon (You will also find this icon at www.southshore.com and www.natconet.com), or click www.natconet.com/ecards/ now to view our newly updated e-card options. Choose from 24 area photos, type your personalized message, and send a friend a sneak peek of our beautiful area!
Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts:
Most of the things you do with a mouse can also be done using key combinations on your keyboard. These keyboard shortcuts are often faster or easier than using your mouse.

For example:
Press the Windows key (WinKey) - between the Ctrl and ALT keys - to open the start menu.
Press the cursor keys (arrows) to move around the menu items.
Press the Enter key to open a highlighted item.
Press the Alt and F4 keys simultaneously to close the item.
Microsoft's At Home Community
A great place to learn more about the Internet - broad enough topics to satisfy users from novice to experienced.

Winning E-Story Submitted by: Tom Bullard

I am a "custom knife maker" living in Fairview, AR. As a result of having my Web site and e-mail, hosted by NATCO, I'm able to sell my knives worldwide. I depend heavily, on my e-mail service. I would not be able to operate in the same manner without it. I check my e-mail 3-4 times a day, 7 days a week. I plan on getting DSL in the future - I just can't afford the modem right now.
Tom Bullard just earned two free months of NATCO Internet service! Submit your E-Story today and you could be our next winner! Remember that you can enter more than once. So, if you didn't win this time, try again! Just go to www.natcotech.com/estories.htm and tell us how using NATCO's Internet or e-mail service has made your life easier, helped you promote or manage your business, or simply how much you enjoy using the Internet and e-mail. If your E-Story is chosen, you'll win two months of free NATCO dialup Internet service ($19.95 X 2 = $39.90) or an equivalent credit on your DSL or ISDN account!
Useful Web Sites
View the South Shore Portal!
If you're interested in seeing what the South Shore Portal page has to offer without signing up, click the link above.

The portal is a free service that NATCO provides for its customers. You can customize the appearance of the page by deciding which information you want the page to display. This is a fast and convenient way to have all the information you most commonly go online to retreive in one location. Check your e-mail, the weather forecast, movie listings, your daily horoscope, local and national news headlines, and stock reports, and maintain your own favorite links list all on one Web page. It's easy, free, and fun to use - all you need is your e-mail address and account password to start accessing this useful tool today!

http://www.ozarkregionaldirectory.com/
NATCO's Online Yellow Pages - the same yellow pages found in the directory - are now online so you can find the local businesses you need in an easy to read format without leaving your computer. The online yellow pages allow you to browse by categories listed alphabetically - like the yellow pages in the directory - or you can search for a category name.

If you already know which business you are looking for, skip the categories and jump right to searching by business name! What could be faster or easier?

New Computer Users
Learn the Net
How e-mail works and why.

Infected Computers Sending Majority of SPAM
Recent studies show that computers that have been contaminated with Trojan horse viruses are responsible for 80% of today's SPAM. Trojans and worms that contain backdoor programming like SoBig and Migmaf have effectively turned infected PCs into huge networks of SPAM producing drones. This new information confirms what many have suspected for some time: SPAM protection and the correct usage of anti-virus software go hand-in-hand. If you want to see SPAM become less of a nuisance, do your part: Update your anti-virus definitions, perform a complete scan on your system, and then remember to continue this process regularly.

If you need help guarding your inbox from SPAM, call NATCO at 1-800-775-6682 to request the SPAM filtering service for only $1.99 per month.

Learn some great keyboard shortcuts and other helpful tips at our Technical Support Bulletin Board.
Maintenance Window: NATCO Technologies performs regular maintenance on Internet equipment every Wednesday morning, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Your Internet service should not be affected. But, if you do experience an interruption in service during this time, please try again a few moments later. We try to minimize any "down time" by doing our maintenance at a regular time each week.
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