I've mentioned DNS blacklists several times in the past.They can be a very powerful tool in the war on spam, but they can also cause you headaches. You can think of them as the "nuclear option" or "the last resort" if you wish.Before you implement DNSBL checks at the SMTP level you need to check and doublecheck how the blacklist you are considering works. Please please please … [Read more...] about Adding DNSBLs Into Exim
Archives for August 2007
Chitika App for Facebook Users
I'm not sure how well this Facebook application will work for non-US users, but Facebook seems to be "en vogue" at the moment ... … [Read more...] about Chitika App for Facebook Users
What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?
These days mobile phones do a lot more than simply make telephone calls.Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).I haven't got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously … [Read more...] about What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?
Blogging For Dummies – Check Your Comments
If you are running a high profile blog people will submit comments.If you don't act on the comments ie. moderating them so that they get published (or marked as spam) people will get annoyed, frustrated and simply move on.It doesn't take that much time to check comments and if you don't do it why the hell are you even pretending to run a blog? To jump on the web 2.0 fanboy … [Read more...] about Blogging For Dummies – Check Your Comments
156935 lines
What's the significance of that number?It's the number of lines in the Wordpress "XML" export that I used to migrate from Wordpress to Movabletype.I put the XML in inverted commas as it doesn't validate. You have to "massage" it quite a bit to get rid of junk and make it pass a simple validation test.Thanks to Niall for pointing me in the direction of XML Starlet, which is a … [Read more...] about 156935 lines