I had a customer who was having difficulty sending emails to a user who was given a new mailbox/email address. Updating the addressbook in Outlook (via Tools > Send and Receive > Download Address Book) was failing.I checked the folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Exchange\ClientAccess\OAB) on a recently rebuilt Client Access / front-end machine which did not… Read more »
Posts By: jonny
mod_spamhaus on CentOS 5
Trying this module out on Centos 5 and Apache 2 to see how it goes (Debian install how-to here) yum install httpd-devel (if ‘which apxs’ shows nothing) wget http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/m/project/mo/mod-spamhaus/mod-spamhaus/0.7/mod-spamhaus-0.7.tar.gz ln -s /usr/sbin/apxs /usr/sbin/apxs2 tar zxf mod_spamhaus*.tar.gz cd mod_spamhaus make make install touch /etc/httpd/mod_spamhaus.wl LoadModule spamhaus_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_spamhaus.sowas automatically added to httpd.conf vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf {IfModule mod_spamhaus.c}MS_METHODS POST,PUT,OPTIONS,CONNECTMS_WhiteList… Read more »
Active Directory MMC – Object Tab
I keep forgetting how to enable the ‘Object’ tab in the Active Directory MMC to view the location of an object in the tree, so for future reference….In the main MMC window choose View > Advanced Features
Turn off pings
The follwing file can be set to 0 or 1. 0 does not allow pings on any interface and 1 switches it back on. /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
Wheaten Bread
Ingredients: 8 oz Plain Flour 4 oz Wholemeal Flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar half pint of buttermilk Mix and roll then coat with flour. Bake at 170 for 45 minutes. Cover in tea towels when cooling.
Pancakes
Ingredients: 8oz Plain Flour 2oz Caster Sugar 1 egg 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 dessert spoon of Golden Syrup Half pint buttermilk Mix all ingredients well. Coat a frying pan with a little butter. On a low heat (e.g. 2) add a tablespoon of the mixture. Cook and flip.
up2date – unknown GPG signature
I had previously installed lftp – can’t remember from where but it was now stopping up2date due to a missing key. The package lftp-3.7.3-1.el4.rf is signed, but with an unknown GPG key. Aborting…Package lftp-3.7.3-1.el4.rf has a unknown GPG signature. Aborting… I need to sort out the key but temporarily sorted with: up2date –nox –configure and… Read more »
Exchange 2007 Logs from Client Access Machines
A short script to make it a little easier to retrieve logs from several client access machines. A little quicker than using the Toolbox Message Tracking Log: $strEvent = “RECEIVE”$dteStart = “31/08/2008 12:34:00”$dteEnd = “01/09/2008 16:44:00”$strMessageSubject = “Email Account Owner”Get-ExchangeServer Where {$_.ServerRole -match ‘ClientAccess’} ForEach {Get-MessageTrackingLog -Server $_.Fqdn -EventID $strEvent -MessageSubject $strMessageSubject -Start $dteStart -End… Read more »
Calf cramps after swimming
I have been experiencing cramps and pain in my right calf for a few weeks now which has forced me to cut down my swimming. The problem started when I was lying asleep in bed and took a cramp which was very sore.Reading this good article has given me a few ideas and I am… Read more »
Plesk 8.4.0 Upgrage – httpd 100%
Scary biscuits. I upgraded Plesk base packages 8.4.0 to 8.6.0, and I usually do the base packages before the other stuff. The base update went fine so I moved on to the other available updates e.g. mailman, application vault, java ssh client, billing, real-time blacklist for qmail, pro website editor (do I really need it?)I… Read more »
