How to Debug POP
POP (Post Office Protocol) is the most used protocol for receiving mail from a server to a MUA (Mail User Agent) for reading. It is specified in RFC1939. But the way it works (in most cases) is quite...
View ArticleDKIM and Mailing Lists
The Problem DKIM is a standard for digitally signing mail to prove it’s authenticity and prove that it was not modified. In an ideal situation it can be used to reject corrupted or forged messages....
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Politics Wikileaks/Assange supports Russia How to Talk to Science Deniers Pro-lifers really want misogyny The modern definition of the word “Libertarian” means anarcho-capitalist A short summary of bad...
View ArticleUnique Names
Prior to wide-spread use of the Internet it was reasonable to expect that if you had a family name that was not really common and a given name that was also not really common then you might never meet...
View ArticleHow to Report an Email Problem
In my work I often receive problem reports from clients regarding their email service, here is some advice to help get the problem fixed as fast as possible: Firstly problems sending mail and problems...
View ArticlePersonal SEO
One problem many people encounter is the fact that they don’t appear on Google and other search engines the way that they like. If you have an uncommon name which is not referenced in any popular web...
View ArticleRunning the Net After a Collapse
I’ve been thinking about what we need in Australia to preserve the free software community in the face of an economic collapse (let’s not pretend that the US can collapse without taking Australia down...
View ArticleHow to Debug SMTP with TLS(SSL) and AUTH
The first thing to test is a TLS (aka SSL) connection. The stunnel program has special code for this, the command “stunnel -n smtp -c -r mail.example.com:25” will connect to the server via SMTP and...
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