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sample_configurations

michaelfleming — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:00:03 +1000

Mail (Transport agents and clients) For when messages absolutely, positively have to be there within minutes. Mailer / Mail Transport Info Michael's .muttrc Recommended Realtime Blacklists I recommend these DNS blocklists for use as an anti-spam protection on mailservers:

hardware_bits_and_pieces - created

michaelfleming — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:11:07 +1000

SATA II drives on SATA I controllers Many controllers, especially those from VIA (my Abit KV7 and ASUS boards for example, which have the VIA VT6420 chip) won't recognise newer SATAII drives immediately on connection. This is expected and mandated behaviour so all isn't lost and your drive isn't DOA. It just needs an extra jumper to put it in 1.5G SATA I mode. This is usually alongside the power connector on the back of the drive itself.

unix_:linux-related_hacks_and_tips

michaelfleming — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:00:33 +1000

Choosing a flavour First piece of advice, especially if you're new to Linux and UNIX in general: Choose the distribution that suits your purposes and one you feel comfortable with, and stick at it. If you're looking at a server, then you'll want to avoid desktop-oriented distributions. The *BSDs (Especially FreeBSD) or CentOS are good server choices. Fedora and SuSE are others that are very capable after the extras have been pared away

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michaelfleming — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:18:26 +1000

Windows-related hacks and tips Linux-related hacks and tips Sample configurations Hardware Bits and Pieces How to troubleshoot effectively

unix_:linux-relatedhacks_and_tips

michaelfleming — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:16:40 +1000

Handling root's mail By default - and this is sane despite what some may say - cron jobs, Logwatch etc. will mail output to root, but on a newly-built system this will actually deliver to “root” - which is a security risk if there's a .forward with a pipe or script.