How to Turn On SBCglobal MailGuard

Before SBCglobal merged with AT&T, and later struck up a deal with Yahoo!, account holders could use MailGuard to protect their email accounts. When SBCglobal account holders had to wait a few more seconds for their email, it was because MailGuard was busy looking for and taking care of possible virus threats. SBCglobal allowed users to turn MailGuard on and turn it off as they desired. Today, the option to use MailGuard to protect the email on SBCglobal accounts no longer exists, but virus protection is still available for all SBCglobal accounts.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Send and receive emails through your SBCglobal email address without worrying too much about viruses. Your account is still protected by virus scanners checking every email you receive and send. AT&T Yahoo! Mail scans emails at the server level to protect all account holders. Email messages with known viruses are deleted before reaching your account.
2. Create a junk email address as another SBCglobal.net address or use a different free email account. Use the junk email address to give out for all general uses such as joining forums or blogs or paying for things on the Internet. Delete almost all of the email in the junk account on a regular basis.
3. Limit the people who can send email to your SBCglobal email address. Go to the "Options" folder for this account, create a list of family and friends you are willing to accept email from and delete all other email automatically.
4. Delete all email from addresses you don't recognize, especially if there is an attachment with the email.
5. Check with friends who send you an email with an attachment you aren't expecting or don't recognize, especially if the email has an executable (.exe) file extension.
6. Run a full-system virus scan if you click on an attachment in an email and nothing seems to happen. The attachment may have executed and set itself up on your hard drive.

Tips & Warnings

• Check the files being sent from your email account on a regular basis to see whether a virus has hijacked your account and is mailing itself to everyone on your contact list. Look for emails sent out to a large number of people that you don't remember writing and sending. You can check the sent files weekly or bi-weekly.
• You can't turn virus protection off for your SBCglobal email account.

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