The SME Server is a Linux distribution that sets up a server providing email, file sharing and authentication services. When used as a mail server, it provides SMTP and IMAP mail services over SSL. Connecting an iPhone to this server involves a couple of unintuitive steps, which are documented here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/mobile/mobile-11.html When it [erroneously IMO] […]
What is github?
I has asked today what github is, after bringing it up in discussion concerning files that have come out of CultureCode hack this weekend. I suspect this will not be the last time I’m asked, so thought it an ideal subject to post about. So here is a brief discussion for absolute beginners, hopefully with […]
Creating an HTML signature in Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird email client allows you to create a signature for each identity you have created. The signature can be either plain text, or HTML, which can include various formatting. The box that Thunderbird provides to type your signature into, is a tiny little thing. The best way to create the signature, is not to […]
List crontabs (cron entries) for all linux users
We had a problem with Plesk, allowing a hacker to set up cron processes on our Linux server as various users. After cleaning a few up, I used this command to list the cron tables for all users: awk -F: ‘{print $1}’ /etc/passwd | xargs -l1 crontab -lu 2>/dev/null It’s a handy command to keep […]
qmhandle.pl – manage qmail queues
This tool has been a life-saver on our hosting servers many times. If your mail queues fill up with spam – perhaps incoming, or perhaps after your server has been hacked (timthumb – that caught a lot of people), then spam can be deleted from the outgoing queue. For example, to remove all mail from […]
SugarCRM: Permissions issue importing updated records
I got this error while importing updated email addresses for existing contact records: The record could not be updated due to a permissions issue This happened for just ten records out of three thousand, and I was logged in as an administrator, so there should not have been any real privilege issues. The answer was […]
SugarCRM: Importing multiple contact emails
When importing contacts from CSV data, you may want to import more than one email into a contact. The default SugarCRM CE supports the import of two email addresses: a primary email address and one tertiary email address. More can be added manually later. The primary email address is imported from column “Email Address” and […]
Convert GoToMeeting video files to another format
Video files downloaded from GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar or similar services use a special codec in order to play them. On the plus side, the videos are well compressed and optimised for this kind of use, but on the downside, the codec is not a “standard Windows” codec that can be used by other players such as […]
Recovering Windows Password – Sticky Keys Technique
The “sticky keys” technique for resetting the password on a Windows system is described in many places around the web, but all tend to over-complicate the steps. I’m describing it here for my own reference, so I have a reminder of how it works. The technique basically provides access to a command prompt from the […]
New WooCommerce site now live
The www.relaxtimeout.com website was launched over Christmas. It is my first foray into WooCommerce, the free WordPress e-commerce plugin from WooThemes. Although this free shop is designed to hook you into purchasing themes and plugins, it really is a complete product just as it is, and functions well out of the box. I wanted to […]