SPF has been around for a couple of years now and is included with all installs of Spam Assassin by default. So why is it that some hosting companies can't understand how it works or how email filtering works? It's not rocket science. SPF, which I've mentioned here several times in the past, allows a domain owner to specify which mail hosts can send mail from the domain. It's … [Read more...] about SPF Does Its Job – Pity The Host Didn’t
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More Blog Award Nominations
There's nothing wrong with the odd award nomination, is there? This blog has been nominated for several in the past, though I am yet to win any! *sniff* The latest round of nominations is from the "Blogger Choice Awards". A couple of other Irish blogs are up there (including Twenty Major). Anyhow if you are that way inclined feel free to vote! (I think the company's doing … [Read more...] about More Blog Award Nominations
Movable Type 4 Test Drive
I've been testing the beta version of Movable Type 4 today and I must say I am really impressed. Yes it is beta. Yes there are bugs, but it's beta software. What do you expect? The development team will fix the bugs and release a very tasty piece of software once they are happy with it. So what's it like? One of the things about MovableType that always annoyed me to a degree … [Read more...] about Movable Type 4 Test Drive
Movable Type 4 in Beta – MT Open Source On The Cards
When I first started blogging my poison of choice was Movable Type (I still use it on some of my blogs). For a number of reasons I moved over to WP, but I've always kept an eye on the Movable Type community. SixApart have been very busy over the last year, with upgrades to their various products and services and the release of Vox. They've just made two very interesting … [Read more...] about Movable Type 4 in Beta – MT Open Source On The Cards
Personal IE Domains Available Soon?
I've mentioned the topic of personal IE domains on here more than once in the past and in my conversations with the IE Domain Registry. Just to recap; Under the current rules you cannot register johndoe.ie if your name is John Doe. You would have to add a number to the name, thus rendering it totally useless eg. johndoe7.ie or something of that style. There are other ways to … [Read more...] about Personal IE Domains Available Soon?