Monthly Archives: September 2011
Swaks Makes Testing SMTP Servers Easier
I have the pleasure of dealing with mail problems frequently, specifically problems getting messages delivered from our servers to other servers. When diagnosing a problem, I usually ended up telnetting directly to the server to send it some commands to … Continue reading
Nexcess to Sponsor the X.commerce Innovate Conference
Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 12, 2011 – Nexcess, an eCommerce hosting company and Magento Gold Hosting Partner, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the 2011 X.commerce Innovate Developer Conference on October 12-13 in at Moscone West in San … Continue reading
Source Control with Git
While there are numerous version control systems available these days, Git (created by Linus Torvalds) has become very popular recently. In this post, I’m going to cover the basic usage of Git, along with other helpful tools. Git is cross-platform, … Continue reading
Nexcess Web Hosting Makes the 2011 Inc. 5000
Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 6, 2011 – Nexcess, an eCommerce hosting company with facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, has announced their inclusion in the 2011 Inc. 5000 list for a second straight year. The Michigan web hosting company placed #1297 overall, … Continue reading
SSL for the Rest of Us
Recently, a certificate authority (CA) named Diginotar mistakenly issued valid wildcard SSL certificates for some major websites such as Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, WordPress and the Tor Project. Security experts and application vendors considered this a serious threat to the essential … Continue reading
