Tag: Email

  • Spam Assassin on Direct Admin problem

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    As I mentioned previously, I have rolled out a new server for my blog (and a couple of sites I host) in the last few days. I am now being hammered by spam! Spam Assassin is installed on the server. The hosting software on the server is called Direct Admin and in each hosted domain…

  • Interesting business model proposed for TinyURL

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    David Berlind over at ZDNet has a very interesting take on how TinyURL could monetise the use of its site. TinyURL, in case you didn’t know, is a site where you can paste in long URLs and the site spits back out much shorter URLs which can then be used in emails, forums etc. without…

  • Email sending problems

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    Anyone else having problems sending emails via Blacknight Solutions today? I had a desperate time trying to send mails this morning and I have three emails trying to get out now which can’t seem to send. Normally they are reliable – ironically their support is via email so finding out what is causing this could…

  • Plaxo – good idea, poorly executed?

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    I have a Plaxo account. I set it up last year to try it out. It seemed like a good idea, an online address book where I could store all my contacts info and have those data available whereever I had an Internet connection. The reality though is a little different. When I set up…

  • External storage options

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    My main computer is my laptop – it is a desktop replacement. The biggest issue with this is that laptop hard drives are, by definition, small 🙁 On my laptop I have all my music, all my photos and all my email going back to 1997! The laptop has a 120gb hard drive, but I…

  • GrandCentral – a couple of questions

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    GrandCentral is an offering from the original creators of DialPad, which gives you one phone number for all your telecommunications. According to GrandCentral’s site, with a GrandCentral account you get: One Number…for LifeTM – Pick a number that will not change when you move or change jobs. ListenInTM on Voicemail – ListenIn on your messages…

  • Microsoft Live Mail, you suck too!!!

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    I have written previously about Microsoft’s Hotmail and what a lame excuse for a mail platform it is – in response to that Microsoft gave an account on their new mail platform, Microsoft Live Mail and I have to say it is a serious disappointment. One of the biggest problems with Hotmail to date has…

  • Finally, an outstanding online RSS reader

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    I have had issues with Google Reader (Google’s online RSS/feed reader) in the past but in the latest update to Google Reader, released today most of those issues have been addressed. Lots of people are posting opinions on this from Marshall Kirkpatrick on TechCrunch to Robert Scoble on Scobleizer to Richard McManus on the ReadWrite…