Year: 2007
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Setting Up Mail Server (With MDA, IMAP And Webmail)
Mail Server Using your own mail server, you can have mails delivered directly. Certain things I looked out for while choosing a mail server for my personal use: – Support for regular operating system accounts (unix logins) – IMAP support (either inbuilt / external) – Webmail support (either inbuilt / external) – Maildir format supported…
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Adding JPEG Comments
MaPiVi is a photo organizing software which can be used to add comments to JPEG files (always take a backup of your photos as this software works on it directly). However, MaPiVi is no longer being maintained actively. Another graphical tool which can be used for editing JPEG comments is XnViewMP. Originially written for Mac,…
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Shutdown Using Power Button
Here is a small tip. For configuring the power button to start shut down sequence when pressed, install “acpid” daemon via apt. This will install the necessary event (/etc/acpi/events/powerbtn) and associated action (/etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh) to be performed upon pressing the power button.
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Setting up DHCP Server
A dhcp server allows you to assign IPs dynamically to your clients. For further information visit, Setting up DHCP server.
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Connecting via PPPoE
This is especially useful for those who use a username and password to connect to their broadband cable/ADSL connection (such as that provided by BSNL, Airtel and Tata Indicom). For this you need to install pppoeconf package and run the command. # apt-get install pppoeconf # pppoeconf Alternatively, if you are using mepis you can…
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Setting up Linux Gateway
Using this, you can set up your linux pc as a home gateway for all the other systems. For instructions on how to do this, you may refer the below links: Iptables Tutorial (look at the the Example Scripts) Using Linux iptables or ipchains to set up an internet gateway / firewall / routerfor home…
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About SSL/TLS
SSL/TLS enables you to communicate securely with your server. Most of the major protocols such as http, smtp, pop3, imap can use SSL/TLS. While TLS can be used over the same port, SSL has to be run on a different port such as https, smtps, pop3s, imaps. SSL has been superseded by TLS. You can…
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Dynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS enables mapping of a dynamic IP to a fixed domain name. This is especially useful if you connect using ADSL services such as those of Tata Indicom, Airtel or BSNL as they provide a dynamic public IP every time you connect to the Internet. A public IP is a IP to identify the…
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Pinnacle-to-go Review
Website: Pinnacle-to-go
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Comptia Network+ Certification Resources
Comptia is a certifying authority. One of its exams which I had given and cleared in April 2006 was the Comptia Network+ Certification. I wasn’t planning to take it. But as I was anyway reading a book on Networking Basics (which actually was a guide to Network+ Certification exam), I decided to take it. And…