May 24
if you’re like me, you’ll want to use your blackberry with your mail server to send and receive all of your spam messages. by default, zimbra collaboration suite is setup secure enough that a bis (blackberry internet service) server will not be able to connect to your box and push email to your phone, but there is a work around.
warning: the following howto will cause your passwords to be sent as clear text which is not recommended
1. log into the admin page by going to https://mail.<yourdomail>.com:7071
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May 02
i’m a zimbra fan and use it on a daily basis for my personal websites and my consulting business. i love the fact that they brought their web client to the desktop and that you can create and send emails while offline. one issues i had when installing the zimbra desktop client, was on reboot of the system i would get an error stating
the connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost:7633
i did a search and found out that it was caused by the zimbra service not starting upon login. to fix this, you simply need to add the following command to the session manager in system > preferences
/home/<user>/zimbra/zdesktop/zdesktop start
or
/home/<user>/zdesktop/zdesktop start
and thats it. you can download zimbra desktop from here.
Mar 31
Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration, by Sander Van Vugt is a well written book coving a range of topics which includes examples. This book covers Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. Although this release is a little behind, the information presented in the book is still relevant for completing the topics covered. I was impressed with the authors ability to show the reader how a task was completed while keeping it simple so new system administrators or others just starting to learn, will be able to understand what is going on.
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Feb 03
i was doing a search for on google for “vbulletin howto ubuntu” and came up on ubuntu cola?? apparently there is a company in the u.k. called ubuntu trading that uses fair-trade products from malawi and zambia, then sell the product and return 33% of their profits to those farmers and developing countries.
their goal right now is knock the os off of the top list of google searches… yeah right!
from what i hear, it tastes pretty good. you can purchase some from http://www.thedrinkshop.com and a few other u.k. online shops.
