Protecting Yourself When Recieving Email
We don't often send email out to members here, (unless we are replying to something a member has sent to us, or for thread subscriptions you have created, of course) as the pm system is safer for you guys. I wanted to highlight some safety issues for you when using email.
It is always a good precaution to ensure that the email address you have in your profile here is a safe one, which you are sure your abuser cannot access. This protects your privacy, and also your safety. Preferably use an email address that your abuser is not aware of, and ensure that it has an unguessable password associated with it!
When reading your emails, it is always wise to check the address that the mail was sent from. (not just the 'name') Doing this helps you to ensure that the email you have recieved is genuinely from the staff member who has sent it.
If you recieve a mass email from us, such as a news update, it will typically be from the address enquiries@christiansurvivors.com. (Or occasionally from a different cs address ... but it will always be something@christiansurvivors.com. Subscription emails will be sent from admin@christiansurvivors.com) If you are unsure an email you have recieved is from us, feel free to contact our staff to check!
Christian Survivors staff members (including your small group leaders) all have an email address .....@christiansurvivors.com. These addresses are forward addresses, so when we send out email, it is usually from our safe webbased email accounts. (such as gmail, aol, hotmail, yahoo etc) Some staff will use a reply to address, meaning that when you hit reply to their emails, it wont reply to the hotmail account, but to their cs address instead. This is a good safeguard for you because replying to one of our cs email addresses means that you can be sure of who you are sending the email to!
We are aware that there are some unscrupulous people on the internet, who will pretend to be someone they are not ... and we want to help you keep yourself safe from them.
We would suggest that you always check the reply to address on any email purporting to be from a cs staff member, to check that it is indeed that persons email address. If you are ever unsure, try pming that member of staff to ensure that it was them who sent you the email, before you reply.
Also, please be aware that there are people who send out spam / adverts, using other companies names and urls to do so. If you recieve such a message, looking as though it has come from Christian Survivors, mark it as spam and delete it. We will never send you spam ;)
Please note that we will never divulge your email address to any other organisation or company, or to any individual. This information is kept highly confidential.
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