It’s quite simple, really: POP3 (Exchange, dovecot etc) you know, IMAP (Exchange, dovecot, courier etc) you know — so this is just a recap, right? You know how to telnet into the machine — in Vista or Windows 7, you may need to install it separately using “Add/Remove Programs”, or just use Putty in Telnet mode… otherwise, apt-get install telnet if it’s n ...
Facebook — now will accounts up for sale ($25 / 1000 where there are less than 10 friends, and $45 / 1000 where there are more than 10 friends) – has again changed their privacy approach – even retroactively… So – here’s a quick how-to on removing yourself from the system: Log into your account with your valid username and password Choose “Account” ...
You double-click an attachment in Outlook – or Thunderbird – or any mail client or third-party client, for that matter – and you can’t open the file in Office (in my case Excel 2007, but this works for Excel 2003 as well). But instead of the file, you get a notification telling you that Windows cannot find “filename“. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and ...
Windows XP – got to love it. We have all reached the spot where we need to activate XP over the phone for some reason or another. On the activation screen, there’s a phone number – which does not work. It’s a matter of finding the right one, though – an a simple Google. Yahoo! or Bing search doesn’t return the result quickly. ...
There are important questions, and there are more important questions. Wolfram|Alpha positions itself as a computational knowledge engine. Questions such as “What is pi?” are quickly resolved, with a good short summary stating that π is a universal mathematical constant that is defined as the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. That’s all fine and good. You c ...
Futher to previous information about the volcano impact on air travel, another update will follow at 21h00 BST, but the latest is below: Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until at least 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Monday 19 April. Let’s see what happens next… Upd ...
The Icelandic Weather Office summarises it nicely: “After a few days of quiet in Eyjafjallajökull volcano, a new and much more forceful eruption has begun west of Fimmvörðuháls, under the ice-cap. The eruption is below the highest peak of Eyjafjallajökull, at the southern rim of the caldera. A plume rises at least 8 km into the air. No lava is seen yet but melt-water flows both north and so ...
With the Alueron rootkit out and about, even the Microsoft patches can now detect whether it’s installed: Microsoft on Alueron rootkit A range of useful links below: Patch notes for Microsoft security update ...
clamav finally sent the end-of-life payload yesterday evening – 0.96 is the current version, so it’s been a good run 🙂 Possible symptons you experienced: Repeated notifications:WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily- All freshclam mirrors are ignored Your mailq fills up with detailed MAILER-DAEMON messages referring to the End-of-Life nature of clamav 0.94 (… add your own here& ...
CTRL+ALT+DEL Local: CTRL+ALT+DEL Remote: CTRL+ALT+END RESTART Local: Start -> Shutdown -> Restart Remote: Start-> Run -> shutdown -t 0 -r I just keep forgetting it… ...