My Adventures in Spam Blockinghttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10172-my-adventures-in-spam-blocking

02 February 2013 Client's IP address (reject_unknown_client_hostname) Hostname in greeting (reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname) Sender's domain (reject_unknown_sender_domain) Client must greet with a resolving hostname (reject_unknown_helo_hostname) After some...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: IT

My 30-Day Trial of Google Apps for Workhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10347-my-30-day-trial-of-google-apps-for-work

27 November 2015 mail from a country IP or geo-location. However, you can set up a content compliance filter to block mail from top level domains using a regex. For more info on this, please see https://support.google.com/a/answer/1346934?hl=en In the expressions field,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Japanatron
• Category: IT

Scam Alert - officialiphoneunlock.co.uk - Part 2https://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10194-scam-alert-officialiphoneunlock-co-uk-part-2

01 August 2013 business transactions. Fraudster criminals like Officialiphoneunlock.co.uk do need to hide. Case in point, their WHOIS domain name contact information was hidden, unfairly opted-out of. Only non-trading websites may opt out, so I complained to Nominet...

• Type: Article
• Author: Japanatron
• Category: General

Windows - How to Disable Startup Recoveryhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10205-windows-how-to-disable-startup-recovery

22 October 2013 and they choose startup recovery at the next boot. The process (albeit "recommended") removes the PC from the AD domain...uggg... Therefore, I disable the startup recovery prompt altogether. Run this at a command line or put it in a batch file: bcdedit...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: IT

Linux - Specify From Address With Mail Commandhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10250-linux-specify-from-address-with-mail-command

03 February 2015 I struggled a bit with figuring out how to specify the from email address when sending mail on the Linux command line. In short, you need to use the -r option. For example: echo "Enter your message here. Thank you." | mail -s "Enter your subject here"...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: IT

How To Build an Ubuntu Web Server For Joomla and JomSocialhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10144-how-to-build-an-ubuntu-web-server-for-joomla-and-jomsocial

21 February 2011 using a tool like Akeeba Admin Tools or RSFirewall JomSocial setup JomSocial cron job - wget -O /dev/null "http://www.domain.com/index.php?option=com_community&task=cron" > /dev/null php.ini (/etc/php5/apache) configuration changes as suggested in...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: IT

How to Spot a Fraudulent Online Businesshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10230-how-to-spot-a-fraudulent-online-business

21 May 2014 consolation, especially when dealing with unfamiliar web vendors. Do a Whois lookup. For example, go here: http://whois.domaintools.com/ and check the registration record for the domain name in question. Who owns it? Where are they based? Is the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: IT

Zimbra - Add Trusted Relay to SpamAssassinhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10350-zimbra-add-trusted-relay-to-spamassassin

01 December 2015 My domain name registrar offers email aliases and forwarding; however, this feature causes my mail server's SPF checks to fail because the registrar's mail relay sends on behalf of the originating server. I fixed it by white-listing the registrar's...

• Type: Article
• Author: Japanatron
• Category: IT