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

KVM - Enable Direct PCI Pass-Throughhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10253-kvm-enable-direct-pci-pass-through

11 March 2015 This example was done on Ubuntu server. * Enable VM direct I/O in the BIOS. * Open /etc/default/grub using an editor like nano or something. * Find GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and add intel_iommu=on as a parameter. Make sure it's lowercase. Save and...

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

iPhone Mail with MS Exchange Mailbox - Unable to Move Message to Trashhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10223-iphone-mail-with-ms-exchange-mailbox-unable-to-move-message-to-trash

18 April 2014 there. * Return to the settings and switch the mail sync back on. Your mail will be re-synchronized with the Exchange server and the troublesome messages will disappear.

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

Life in Japan - Streaming USA TV Showshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10200-life-in-japan-streaming-usa-tv-shows

01 September 2013 and chose Kodi because... - Plex doesn't run on Linux. - Plex requires 2 separate apps--the media center and the media server. - I found the Kodi interface and performance superior. - The Kodi plugin known as "Navi-X" is incredibly awesome. I started...

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• Author: Mondaiji
• Category: General

RDP - Enable Remote Desktop in the Registryhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10199-rdp-enable-remote-desktop-in-the-registry

28 August 2013 1. Open registry editor (regedt32) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server. Registry editor can also connect to remote computers. 2. Double-click fDenyTSConnections. 3. Change the value of this setting to 0...

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

Combine Image File and Audio File Into Video - avconv / ffmpeghttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10186-ffmpeg-combine-image-file-and-audio-file-into-video

13 May 2013 -loop 1 -i image-file.jpg -i audio-file.mp3 -shortest -acodec copy -f mov video-file.mov Notes * The above is on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. Other ffmpeg versions may require tweaking of command options, hence the reason this took me extensive research and...

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

The Hunt for the Ultimate Free Calling Apphttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10180-the-hunt-for-the-ultimate-free-calling-app

05 April 2013 Vonage Softphone Apps These are apps that can be used with various VoIP services (that don't have their own app), PBX servers, etc. I considered building my own server using Elastix, but for now that seems a bit overboard. 3CX AGEPhone Bria SIP Phone -...

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

The Hunt For the Ultimate Free Open Source Firewall Distrohttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10175-the-hunt-for-the-ultimate-free-open-source-firewall-distro

12 February 2013 Zentyal commercial w/ free demo Good * gorgeous web-based GUI * offers a ton of features--it's a full-blown small biz server Bad * full of nag screens asking you to buy commercial versions * updates are NOT free * the free version is barely...

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

How to Modify JomSocial to Support MP3 Audio Uploadshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10163-how-to-modify-jomsocial-to-support-mp3-audio-uploads

18 November 2012 the ffmpeg version / copyright info changed, so some code modification was necessary to fix it. * Go to a terminal on your server and type ffmpeg -version to see what the version / copyright info wording looks like. * Edit this file -->...

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