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Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category


sSMTP vs Sendmail

Friday, November 6th, 2009

 
Linux distributions have relied on the venerable Sendmail package since the early days of Slackware. But Sendmail’s rich mail server features aren’t an ideal solution for the typical desktop user whose primary mail support is delivered through a remote ISP. That’s the perfect place for a simpler solution: sSMTP.
Many years ago, before the Internet standardized [...]

Extending Gnome’s Nautilus File Manager

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Nautilus-actions is an extension for nautilus which allows you to add an arbitrary program to launch from the nautilus popup menu of selected files.
Each time you right-click on one or several selected files in nautilus, nautilus-actions will look at its configuration to see if a program has been setup for this selection. If so, [...]

Best Cross-Platform Email Apps

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

 
Linux comes with various GUI based email client to stay in touch with your friends and family, and share information in newsgroups with other users. The following software is similar to Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail and is used by both home and office user.
Webmail interfaces allow users to access their mail with any [...]