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Exim can be configured to block emails containing key words, as a method to fight spam. Obviously this is not a comprehensive solution, but ...

Trying to upgrade a Macbook Pro 7.1 (mid-2010) from Sierra to High Sierra failed with several cryptic error messages. This laptop had been u...

apt-get install exim4 To support recent IOS devices you need to generate a 2048-bit SSL certificate. Add TCP port 587 to the listening p...

This outline assumes you own your own domain and manage the DNS servers running Debian Wheezy or Jessie with: bind9 for DNS lighttp for ...

Starting with base system installed. Install the Email server (MTA): We need a working mail system, here we use sendmail with dovecot prov...

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(This blog is in reference to a Debian Lenny AMD64 system) hp-health is the package that is supposed to provide access to the fan status o...

Secure apt was introduced in Debian 3 (Sarge) in 2005.  Secure apt requires crypto signing (PGP) of the Release file, not the deb packages. ...

LXDE includes the "Preferred Applications" (libfm-pref-apps) program to set the preferred web browser. It works by changing the fo...

apt-get install wordpress apt-get install mysql apt-get install sendmail ln -s /usr/share/wordpress /var/www ln -s /usr/share/wordpress...

LibreOffice closes after splash screen on Debian Wheezy - if started from a terminal window the following message is visible: terminate c...

Edit ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE/panels/panel Comment the existing lines and add 3 new lines: # image=gnome-logout # command=logout image=b...

Grub wallpaper and resolution can be changed by editing   /etc/default/grub and running:  update-grub The boot splash screen can be ena...

To enable tap-to-click for Synaptic touchpads (including BCM5974 in MacBook Pro) for Debian Wheezy: su mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d cp /us...

ifscheme in Debian Wheezy appears to have startup issues.  The script may not remember the previous scheme following a reboot; the script ma...

By default Debian Wheezy clears the boot messages from the console when the login prompt is displayed.  This makes it more difficult to iden...

A rough guide to using phpvirtualbox on Debian Wheezy: Install VirtualBox: apt-get install virtualbox Create user vbox, member of group...

The above error was occurring when trying to mount CIFS share on Debian Squeeze with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.32-5.  Another problem that occurs is...

An incident occurred where Windows 7 clients were giving the error: "There are currently no logon servers available to service the log...

Add a "Virtual WIDTH HEIGHT" line after the appropriate DEPTH line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf