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Small things with a huge effect
Every time computers are running smooth and things are looking fine and you think of looking at the items at the top of your Todo-list, things that you should have done weeks ago but couldn’t because of things preventing you, another one of such blockers kicks in: something does not work. But IT work can […]
Untrained Spamfilter Blues
I migrated my mailserver a few hours ago to a complete new system to have a better groupware solution and less noise. But honestly, I am already missing the old patchwork system as its spamfilter was working very very very… efficient. As the new anti spam system didn’t have that much training, the detection rate […]
Groupware
As a system administrator there are many important things in my life I shouldn’t miss – one of them are my e-mails. They have grown as important as coffee for my life. Choosing the right e-mail solution is as important as the choice for the coffee machine. But let’s be honest – simple mail isn’t […]
eMail for Info-Junkies
There are many situations in which you might find it important to be up to date with your mailings – especially as soon as they hit your mailbox. This function is available with some mobile phones and commonly sold as ‘Blackberry functionality’ or push mail. In other words it is a more or less permanent […]
Moving mails to different servers
Is it fate or simply bad karma that I’m always bothered with mailserver boxes? Or is it that they just cannot find anyone else crazy enough to even give it a try? I’m not sure, but it’s me again, pushing mailboxes from one machine to another one. To make things right, I start doing things […]
A new MTA
I guess you all know the common problem with cheap hardware being used as a server box, don’t you? I’m fed up with those troubles and decided to use some professional hardware.