So, I decided that I don’t want to listen to the default system sound whenever I receive a new email. In Thunderbird, there is a field in “General Preferences” for one to specify a particular sound file to be played when new mail arrives. Easy enough. I chose the file I wanted it to play …
Tag: Gentoo Linux
Dec 04 2010
phpBB problem with any call to PHP’s mail function
After fighting for a while to figure out why a phpBB installation (migrated to my new server) wouldn’t send out email notifications, and digging through non-existent logs, I have figured out the problem. When a new registration would come through, or when a user would get a new private message, no email notification would be …
Sep 30 2010
New server
After a lot of prep work, my blog is now on my new Gentoo server. I have certainly learned a lot from this experience, and have a lot more to learn! Everything works just fine with regard to the blog, but I am still having trouble getting my mail server set up with postfix, and …
Thought for the Moment
