Archive for July, 2008

Filtering Email for Spam and Viruses

Monday, July 28th, 2008

ipHouse engineers have been waging a battle against spam since the 1990s. As the Internet has grown and changed during the last 15+ years, the amount of spam has increased exponentially.

The problem of online viruses has also grown. Effective spam and virus filtering is now an essential component of any mail server.

The dilemma is always how to balance false positives with reliable protection. 

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Four New Outstate MN Dial-up Numbers

Monday, July 21st, 2008

ipHouse has added four new numbers for local dial-up access in outstate Minnesota.

They are:  

218-258-0005 (Buhl, MN)
507-697-0004 (Morton, MN)
507-788-4037 (Odin, MN)
507-873-4029 (Slayton, MN) 

Most ipHouse access accounts (including DSL) come with some dial-up hours.  We maintain local dial-up numbers in communities across Minnesota and the US.  They give you the ability to have general Internet access and check email, even when you are traveling.

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ipHouse Sponsors MPR PublicRadioCamp

Monday, July 14th, 2008

This past Saturday, July 12th, ipHouse sponsored PublicRadioCamp with Minnesota Public Radio. The event was held at the UBS Forum at MPR in downtown St. Paul. The goal of the event was to corroboratively remix and mashup MPR’s content, data, audio, and meta-data. ipHouse’s Eric Snyder joined the public, MPR employees and Jon Gordon of Future Tense in finding innovative new ways to use MPR’s resources.

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