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from the the-word-gets-out-of-the-local-area-network dept. Here is the latest milestone:
Ever since the Statistics were last reset on: 2004/12/26: As you can imagine, this is QUITE a large amount. Most of the hits were from the search engines: searching for pages to add to their searchable content. There has also been a decent amount of TRUE hits to the database, in the given time period.
It would be a treat if there was some way to use this power of search to an advantageous way... from the ldap-come-to-me dept. I haven't written in forever, due to the full-time job(excuses, excuses, excuses). I am working on getting LDAP set-up. I not only want to have an address book that is accessible from anywhere, but I would like to experiment with an Active Directory-type user management set-up. This would probably make things easier and allow for a central authentication layer. Updates will come later! Read More... from the it's-nice-to-try-different-things dept. I know that IMAP doesn't REALLY mean "Indispensable Mail Access Protocol" .. but actually, "Internet Message Access Protocol." The reason why IMAP is so Indispensable, compared to the POP3 Mail Protocol, is due to the fact that IMAP has the ability to sort various mail into subfolders on the server side! POP3, on the other hand, has severe disadvantages: mail is only delivered through a single folder, causing the user to have to a) sort through the large amount of mails b) organize mails into seperate folders on the client side ONLY or c) delete almost all mail to decrease the size of the sole mail Inbox. POP3 access usually deletes messages after they are downloaded from the server also. IMAP seems to be the viable solution for this predicament. Mails can be sorted on the server side so that the user can have shared folders among any mail program that is used: whether it be a mail client(Mozilla Mail), a webmail client(Squirrelmail, Horde IMP), or even a command-line utility(Pine). It is nice to be able to check your mail from all different places, while having the messages flagged as SPAM placed in their proper place: the spam/junk folder.
It seems to be a good call to switch from POP3 to IMAP. Users should still be able to use either protocol to access the same mail, so... it is a user preference at hand. from the meet-the-team-that-brings-the-goods dept. Boston was the sole stop of the RedHat Linux World Tour in the US. Matthew Szulik: Chairman, CEO, and President of RedHat presented the audience with a nice keynote speech. Various other speakers presented their insights into the current happenings of RedHat Linux: Enterprise Linux & Desktop Linux. CJ Coppersmith: the main Director of Linux Strategy @ HP told everyone how HP is dedicated to deploying and supporting Linux.
again.. more to come... maybe from the step-right-up-and-meet-the-forefathers-of-free-software dept. It was a pleasure to attend The 2004 FSF Associate Membership Meeting. It was very informing as to the current situation/near future of the FSF. Their fight against SCO will require the brains of the FSF lawyer, Eben Moglen. His expertise, as well as the collaboration with his colleagues, will hopefully put an end to the whole disruption. The "Father of Free Software," Richard M. Stallman provided the audience with a wonderful presentation detailing why there shouldn't be software patents in the world.
More to come.... maybe! from the can-I-really-get-rid-of-all-this-junk dept. I attended the Messaging and Spam: From Chaos to Control seminar on Thursday, March 25th at the Sheraton in Framingham, MA. This seminar was organized by NetworkWorld Magazine There were 10 sponsors; 6 of which(the Platinum sponsors) presented their paradigms of Messaging/Spam related issues. The presentations were all good: posing interesting information. In the corporate world of Messaging: e-mail, IM, text messaging, faxing, etc., companies need to seek-out a protection scheme, since SPAM contributes to huge losses in productivity and other areas of monetary concern. Solutions such as SpamAssassin may not be proficient enough on its own, especially in the corporate arena. A mix of several different solutions may be best for this ongoing problem.
Hopefully SPAM can be crushed with some ingenious idea(s) in the near future, before electronic messaging loses its value and forces everyone to go back to pencils, pens, and paper.... what a WASTE to the environment! from the wow-that-is-quite-a-few-views dept. On this day, [Sunday, March 21, 2004], the amount of 10,000+ browser views has been achieved for my Concert Database! There are plenty more hits by the search engines. These stats have only been counted since Sept, 2003. I hope to see PLENTY more where these came from! Read More... from the wow-that-is-an-ultra-cheap-way-to-go dept. I thought that ~$7 for domains was a good price, but 1&1 Internet has taken the lead in the domain price race, charging only $5.88/yr! So.. that's even less pennies/per/day needed to get domains! One thing to note: 1&1 Internet is located in the UK. Read More... from the like-the-cool-designs-eh dept. Check-out the ever-emerging new version of the Concert List to see the Cascading Style Sheet(CSS) implementation. The color scheme is pretty cool, ha? All input would be appreciated! The new Concert List is still in its Alpha version, since it does contain some bugs. They need to be squashed! Read More... from the come-get-your-info-here-and-now dept. I was fortunate enough to go to the Edge 2004 East Developer's Conference & Expo this past day, Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 @ Hynes Convention Center here in Boston, MA. This was a good time for all. This was a good day to go, since Open Source was predominant in a few of the sessions: a keynote & a conference. I would most definately go next year if it comes back!
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