MEPIS Linux Thunderbird EMail Blocked By Guarddog Firewall

, May 1, 2009

I had this problem solved several years ago … but of course I had forgotten it. I hope this helps someone else out. I have Comcast Internet which has blocked port 25 in sending email, and now allows port 50. That port can change any day now, and without warning, no thanks to spammers. I [...]


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Linux Widescreen LCD Love At Last

, June 16, 2008

My office is an oven in the summer. I’ve got two servers, a desktop, a laptop, and two 19″ CRT monitors. By the afternoon, temperatures are over 84 degrees in my office. I’ve contemplated doing all sorts of expensive solutions. Window AC unit was one, but it would be ugly, loud and my neighbors wouldn’t [...]


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