Thank you Canonical!
The new version of Ubuntu was released recently, code named Gutsy Gibbon. I haven’t downloaded the ISO image but have upgraded the previous Ubuntu version. It’s all good. Especially I liked the ability to install LAMP, Mail, DNS servers as a stack. I hope it will make Ubuntu easier to install and easier to get adopted.
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Anyways, I have requested some 7.10 i386 and 7.10 64bit versions from the Shipit, and now I have them in my hands! For which I thank Canonical and the Ubuntu team!
Great job folks!
P.S.
For those who are interested you can download Ubuntu here and you can request free CDs here.
New IMAP feature on Gmail
I’ve blogged before that Google’s Gmail uses POP3 for its users to download E-Mails from the servers. While it was POP3 it kinda acted as IMAP, except the fact that it didn’t allow you to have folders, remember popular tagging in Gmail?
Well, the news is Gmail is to provide IMAP protocol for its users(Google Apps for your domain too). It’s a great feature to have for those people who are not comfortable using Gmail’s popular webmail interface or any webmail, preferring those to E-Mail clients like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. Also it’s also creating a way for gadgets and phones like iPhone, BlackBerry or any kind of PDAs out there.
So go ahead and configure your E-Mail client, PDA or phone to synchronize with your Gmail account.
For those who doesn’t know what does IMAP mean read it here.
How do I enable IMAP?
You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.
To enable IMAP in your Gmail account:
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
- Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Select Enable IMAP.
- Configure your IMAP client* and click Save Changes.
New Instant Messenger from Mozilla
Instantbird is a new project launched by Mozilla Foundation, a foundation behind popular web browser Firefox and E-Mail client Thunderbird.
Instantbird will be based on Mozilla technologies and use Pidgin’s libpurple to deliver you a brand new messenger.
Just like Pidgin(prev. Gaim) Instantbird will support:
- AIM
- Gadu-Gadu
- Google Talk
- ICQ
- MSN
- XMPP
- Yahoo!
I’ve tried Instantbird v.01 myself and I think it’s very light, default installation lets you do text messaging only. But there are plugins and add-ons of course.
Good luck to Mozilla, with the experience of creating state of the art browser and E-Mail client I really hope they will launch a very good messenger!
Thanks to readers
I’ve been busy with my work and my family life lately. I apologize for lack of posts. I will resume more postings in near future! Meanwhile, I would like to thank my readers who come to check if I have anything new to share 
so I pick the last 5 readers from MyBlog widget. Here they are:
1. Ades - Abdylas from AdesBlog. A close friend of mine, always there to help and support me. His blog covers tips for bloggers, making money online, web2.0, SEO, web things and stuff like that. Did I mention that his blog is one of the very few bloggers who have PR7?
2. Satans - I don’t speak Chinese, so I’m not sure who he is and what is his blog about. But thanks anyway for visiting me! Visit his chinese blog one and two.
3. 88michael - Michael is the author of three blogs http://techcentreme.blogspot.com/ , http://techhelpvideos.wordpress.com/ and http://mmomethods.blogspot.com on Technology. His blogs cover security, video editing and stuff, also make money online. Thanks!
4. Christopher from http://www.techchee.com is ablog where he has got some good advices for those who want to get high tech gadgets.
5. Calvyn from iCalvyn is an IT Officer in hotel industries. His personal blog covers his experience in IT as well as making money online.
How to install Scalix on OpenSUSE 10.2
OpenSUSE 10.2 is not supported officially by Scalix, however here’s how you can skip that part and continue your installation:
./scalix-installer –override-release=suse101
If you opt for having your server relay through your ISP SMTP servers the official HOW TO is not that helpful. So I thought I will blog about it for my future reference and who knows may be somebody will benefit from it too!
vim /etc/mail/access
add the following line:
AuthInfo:your.smtpserver.net “U:you@your.smtpserver.net” “P:your_password” “M:DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN”
Then edit this file:
vim /etc/mail/linux.mc
add following line:
define(`SMART_HOST’,`your.smtpserver.net’)dnl
then run
m4 /etc/mail/linux.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
and restart your sendmail
/etc/init.d/sendmail restart
That’s it! Enjoy relaying!
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