This code can be used as a HTML Redirector when a page or website has moved.
http://www.YOUR-NEW-SITE.co.uk
This page has moved to: http://www.YOUR-NEW-SITE.co.uk
Please update your records, you will now be redirected…
Do you run a squid proxy? I do, and have been restarting squid to apply config changes for ages. Turns out that you can just run “service squid reload”, users have no down time and your config changes get applied. Great. Wish I had thought to check that before now….. 🙂
(This works on RHEL/CentOS, but any install of squid is capable of this via one command or another)
This is my quick guide to do an install and basic setup of exim on CentOS. This is not meant as a fully inclusive guide but it will get you on the way. Following this you should get a working exim install.
I will assume you have built a CentOS 4 / 5 Server, have yum working and have logged in as root.
You may want to make sure your up to date…
yum update
Install exim and mail switching tools
yum install exim yum install system-switch-mail
Switch your MTA & set exim to start on boot
system-switch-mail service sendmail stop service exim start chkconfig exim on chkconfig sendmail off
Add a root alias, eg: “root: me@example.com”
vi /etc/aliases
You may also wish to add some config to your routers section like this, if you want to relay through a smart host.
vi /etc/exim/exim.conf
Then add this before the “dnslookup:” section.
to_smart_host: driver = manualroute domains = ! +local_domains transport = remote_smtp route_list = “* mail1.example.com:mail2.example.com;”
Restart exim
service exim restart
To test, send an email
echo “test” |mail -s “$HOSTNAME” me@example.com
Then you can flush the Exim queue and watch the log like this:
exim -qff ; tail -f /var/log/exim/main.log
Good luck!
IE8 (Due out later this year), will render in “Standards Mode” by default.
Web developers of pages that work nicely in IE7 and nothing else can request IE8 to use IE7’s mode via the “http header/meta tag approach”. Hopefully this move will enable much better cross browser and developers of troubled sites will invest the time in becoming standards compliment.
A big thank you to the IE team for doing the right thing for the future of the Web.
I like to browse with Firefox from both Windows & Linux, and find a number of plugins useful. I have just installed these on my freshly reloaded laptop and that reminded me to share them with you all.
Updated: 2009-02-17 to include Firebug
Updated: 2009-08-25 to include FaviconizeTab
I have had New Tag Cloud installed on my blog for a while but have not go around to sorting the CSS & HTML to display it how I wanted. However, a new version has been released, 0.3, and I have upgraded and sorted out getting it set up. I also upgraded my WordPress install at the same time. You can see my Tag Cloud in the right hand side bar. Enjoy!
Well, if you were on site installing exchange on leap year day then you have my sympathy. In a series of news items, the reasons for techies everywhere having problems have been reviled, and not just for problems with Exchange.
First, the 25-year-old leap year bug infesting Microsoft Excel…
Next hit, Exchange, SQL Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server, and Windows Mobile.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/microsoft_admits_to_exchange_leap_year_bug/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/sql_server_hit_by_leap_year_bug/
When users write content, is it of any value? Do we trust what we read? Can we trust what we read?
Let me ask you a question, do you value this? I am only a user, just like you. So does this make my words valuable or worthless, the answer is one only you know. The choice you make however is yours and only yours, one man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure.
Take this one step further, what about other sites? Social Networking sites and blogs, readers should be aware that the source or quality of data maybe questionable. But if the site looks genuine, how do you know? Well this is what people should learn, validation and picking trusted sources. Do you use this site as a source for information, or my opinion? Is it the same thing? You decide.
Where does this leave “open” sites like wikipedia, millions could edit the content, it could be very poor quality… However, in reality any open system has less contributors than its possible to have, and you normally find they strive for quality. This is true in some of these “open source” style sites like wikipedia as it is in the open source software community.
I trust the majority of content on wikipedia, you may not. Some people strive for quality content, some have another motive. The bottom line is that the user must be given the skills to make these choices.
We have moved from a time when the web was written for us, a source for information, published by big companies and geeks. Now we are all the web, whether we are geeks or not. With the latest changes to the way people interact online being a good example. “I will put the pictures on my profile” you can here one person saying to another in the pub. Many people live an online life, and don’t even realise it.
Web services will become easier and easier to interact with, we will see the lines between off line and online merge even further, as do desktop and laptop. Devices will be even more internet friendly, and still remain small enough to carry with you. An ever increasing number of applications will work through your browser, not be installed on your PC. Technologies like Ultra-wideband and WiMAX will help expand our ever connected world, locally & globally.
The web is alive, we are powering it.
A number of people ask me:
So here is my answer to them, they run windows, they don’t know about FOSS, they may never run Linux or even take the time to consider it. Why not start people on the road to a greater understanding about software as well as giving them a great app. It’s all about people understanding they have choice, one option is to buy a commercial office suite but that may not suit everyone. OpenDisc replaces TheOpenCD project of days gone by, and its a great thing. One disk packed full of great quality FOSS for Windows.
Don’t just show them one app, give them a disk full of apps, then tell them there is much more where that came from!
OpenDisc also provide a nice list of apps that are on the disk, available here. Maybe next time you help some one with their PC, or re-load windows for them, see if you can install some or all of these apps. They will thank you in the long term.