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We've seen a sharp increase today in new virus variants getting through to email users due to the speed at which they're evolving to avoid detection.

Identical messages can arrive sometimes minutes apart but already containing different variants of the virus, making it a game of cat and mouse for the security vendors to keep up. The fake Amazon order confirmation complete with suspicious-looking ZIP file is the one we've heard a lot of reports about but I should stress these emails change by the minute so it's worth just thinking twice before you click links or open anything resembling an attachment.

UPDATE: 10/12/13 Google released Android 4.4.2 today and I can confirm that this now fixes the Exchange sync issue on my Nexus 5. See below for more details... A couple of us in the office have just taken delivery of some shiny new Nexus 5's - fantastic devices we're really happy with but we've unfortunately both come across what looks to be a known issue setting up the ActiveSync connection to synchronise them with MDaemon Messaging Server. MDaemon has an integrated ActiveSync server but this issue with the devices will also apply to those of you who use Microsoft Exchange.

New MDaemon release MDaemon version 13.6 is out today and with it some useful enhancements, particularly if you're using ActiveSync with your mobile devices. Download MDaemon 13.6 View the release notes It's worth noting this release includes a whole host of minor tweaks to Worldclient (notable an HTML signature editor) and WebAdmin which you can read about in the release notes but I think it's the following you'll be most interested in.

Create a disposable email address using MDaemonI recently stumbled across this post about Outlook.com accounts which talks about being able to give out a temporary valid email address, without having to reveal your main account - something you can also do in MDaemon Messaging Server. The 'sub-addressing' feature in MDaemon has been around for years but it's one of those that's often overlooked because it's a little buried in the account options section.

Worldclient as a Chrome appOne of the nice things about using a different browser to Internet Explorer, are the hidden functions that you find are added to make them stand out from the crowd. Google Chrome has long been my favourite browser for many different reasons but it was only recently that I came across a very useful built-in feature that can turn any web page into an application shortcut.

Towards the tail end of last year, Microsoft announced a somewhat controversial decision to call time on the hugely popular Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 - the last OEM copies of which will be exhausted by the end of 2013. SBS has now been replaced by two flavours of Windows Server 2012 (Essentials and Standard), but unlike their predecessor, neither of which include an email server component - highlighting Microsoft's intention to 'guide' customers towards their cloud/ hosted services.