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Making an SMTP conversation [www.cs.cf.ac.uk]

Helpful reference.

02:43 PM, 20 Jun 2004 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0)

Updated easy virtual hosting document

I updated my easy virtual hosting document. I finally fixed the most major problem I was having with it.

12:39 PM, 20 Jun 2004 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0)

Setting up a mailserver on Qwest

My ISP (Qwest) recently implemented a brain-dead measure to prevent spam. They require you to check your email before you can send out email.

Of course, this doesn't prevent spam at all -- it only makes it harder if you have a low-volume mail server. Here's what I did to get around this:

$ crontab -e

Add this line:

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/telnet pop.ptld.qwest.net 110 < /home/mename/bin/script.txt >& /dev/null

Every ten minutes, it connects to port 110, and runs the contents of bin/script.txt

$ cat bin/script.txt
user username@qwest.net
pass mypassword
list
quit

10:36 AM, 20 Jun 2004 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0)

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