This is a repeat of the same article from last month.  We've already had one of our clients take us up on this offer, saving them over $400, so we wanted to re-emphasize our offer.  We are very thankful for the many website clients that have been with us for several years.  Andi and I look back at some of the older designs and immediately start daydreaming on how we could improve on them.  We have learned so much since designing those first sites!  We do believe in keeping the general feel of your website consistent, but we also believe that a design review should ultimately occur every couple years.  Some of the older websites are in dire need of a complete redesign while others just need a little 'sprucing up', but in either case, we feel that there are a lot of you out there that could benefit from a review.  For our existing clients that have been with us at least two years, we are offering a free review with a 50% discount for any redesign work.  Email support@halemultimedia.com and let us know you want a free website review!

Almost all E-mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards.  This is a great way to get names and "cookie" tracking information for telemarketers and spammers - to validate active E-mail accounts for their own purposes.  The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of "active" E-mails to use in SPAM E-mails, or sell to others that do.  Avoid the temptation of forwarding any unnecessary email.

You can do your friends and family members a GREAT favor by sending this information to them; you will be providing a service to your friends and will be rewarded by not getting thousands of spam E-mails in the future!   Also, please keep in mind that E-mail petitions are NOT acceptable in Congress or any other organization. To be acceptable, petitions must have an actual signature and full address of the person signing the petition.

I HATE SPAM.  Let me repeat that... I HATE SPAM!  Doesn't everybody?  Unfortunately, there are countless idiots out there that are somehow profiting from people's inability to filter and therefore ignore these 'incredible offers'.

Hale Multimedia has a strict ANTI-SPAM Policy that guarantees our clients and the rest of the world that we never have, and never will, participate in such a huge waste of time.  Spammers are so sneaky and deceitful that they will even steal legitimate email addresses from me and you and disguise their junk mail as if it were coming from you or me!  Please keep that in mind if you receive SPAM that supposedly came from us, 'cause it DID NOT come from us.  We will NEVER stoop to the level of mass email marketing with SPAM!!  Arggh, did I mention I HATE SPAM?

We have installed SpamAssassin, a leading Server Based application that MARKS any suspected email with ***SPAM*** in the subject line so that you can set up a simple filter to re-route these emails to your Trash Can or Deleted Items automatically.  If you need help setting up your email filters, please submit a Support Request through www.halemultimedia.com and we will give you the proper steps depending on which email program you are using.

For this month's featured resource we have selected a nifty website that tracks gas prices around the country. 

Just enter your  zip code in the site below and it tells you which gas stations have the cheapest prices (and the highest) on gas in your zip code area.  It's brought to you by MSN and is updated quite frequently.

Thanks to Steve at Crystal Clean Carpet Care for sharing this handy resource with us!