The Computer Repair Podcast #309 – Time Management and Productivity

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John Dubinsky from Maven Group

Tom Bull from Two River Computer

Computer Repair Podcast #309 Video

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Topic: Listen to the show for fantastic tips from Tom on time management, customer relationships and how to manage customer expectations while keeping your sanity.

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Guest: Tom Bull – Two River Computer www.tworivercomputer.com

Tip: Freeze The Drive

• The frozen hard disk drive just might work as a last resort! Don’t give up.
• Tom has a redneck drive freezer that works for him!

John Tip: Google Tightening Email Security – Good Email Hygiene

GSuite Business and Enterprise Customers:

Login –> Apps –> Gmail –> Safety & Advanced Sections

• Here you can adjust delivery and reception conditions as well as whitelist domains.

Make sure your domain has an SPF record and it is correct (this is the minimum).

• SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a way for Internet Service Providers to verify that a mail server (IP address) is authorized to send email for a specific domain. (https://dmarcian.com/what-is-spf/)

• Check out: SPF Surveyor

Next Steps

• What is DKIM – DKIM is a free technology that is used to link a piece of email back to a domain
• DMARC Alignment – DMARC attempts to tie the results of SPF and DKIM to the content of email: specifically to domain found in the From: header of an email.

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Video on How DMARC works

SPF, DKIM and DMARC brief explanation and best practices

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Jeff Tip – Story Time with Jeff

• Good diagnostic lead to the solution.
• No good deed goes unpunished.

John Book Recommendation – It doesn’t have to be crazy at work

Audible: “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”

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Music By Jim Holley