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re: GoDaddy Domain + DynDNS

Brian Stanback — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:40:26 GMT

Nice writeup - beware of the dangling CNAME records, it may work out just fine for personal use but not all DNS servers will or can resolve them so it may not be an ideal solution for a production environment.

I've created a small PHP script which updates my Totaldns records for me, I implemented DynDNS's interface so that it's compatible with my DIR-655 router's dynamic dns client. I like keeping my registrant and DNS hosting coupled for simplicity, so this turned out to be the best option for me at the moment.

re: Install a GoDaddy SSL Certificate on IIS 7

Michael — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:31:44 GMT

Man, why do SSL certificate have to be such a pain in IIS? It makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I'm moving a web site to a new server with IIS7. The old one is on IIS6. I'd like to get SSL set up before having the new server take over the IP.

First I'm checking out IIS7 since it's much different. I went to SSL settings but it won't let me do anything since I don't have an SSL binding. I went to bindings but it won't let me do an SSL binding since I don't have an SSL cert. I try to import the SSL cert but I don't have the password for the PFX file I had handy.

So back to the old server to export it. I remember the arcane MMC and snap-in baloney that seemed unrelated to IIS that I dealt with before to get this to work. I researched what I had to do since I couldn't remember. I go to Certificate Authority in Admin Tools. It gives me an error: "Cannot manage Certificate Services. The specified service does not exist as an installed service. 0x424 (WIN32: 1060)". I read up and learn that I'm supposed to go to Add/Remove Programs to add Certificate Services. Hmmm. I reluctantly try that, it requires me to enter in info strangely, then asks to shut down IIS temporarily. After debating it I went back and tried it and then it asked for a CD labeled Service Pack 1, what the hell. I canceled and restarted IIS and WWW publishing service immediately. After more searching, I try running mmc (using Run box) and adding the snap-in for Certificates. It works! What the heck is this thing anyway? I exported, and was able to copy it and import on the new server. Hallelujah.

What did I have to do in Apache for another site that changed servers? I copied the SSL cert files over, then specified the file paths in the Apache conf file, restarted Apache and was done.

re: Exchange 2007 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

Matt Williamson — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:10:45 GMT

No problem. Nice website, send me a hat! :)

re: Ubuntu 10.04 FTP Server Configuration with PROFTPD

Tom — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:45:53 GMT

Thanks for the short intro to proftpd. It got me running :-)

re: Exchange 2007 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

Daniel Schreiber — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:34:09 GMT

Thank you!!!

re: Visual Studio Debug Warning

Grig — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:34:52 GMT

Hi Matt,

Locally it works well!

I'm doing remote debugging so when I'm doing attach to process I'm getting this worning, and the debug didn't work!!

re: Synchronizing Notes in Gmail (Google Apps)

Matt Williamson — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:04:35 GMT

So it should work with Gmail, but it doesn't seem to work with Google Apps email addresses.

re: Synchronizing Notes in Gmail (Google Apps)

Site5 Rebate — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:51:17 GMT

Actually... regarding Gmail e-mail addresses and dots...

"Sometimes you may receive a message sent to an address that looks like yours but has a different number or arrangement of periods. While we know it might be unnerving if you think someone else's mail is being routed to your account, don't worry: both of these addresses are yours.

Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll all go to your inbox, and only yours. In short:

homerjsimpson@gmail.com = hom.er.j.sim.ps.on@gmail.com

homerjsimpson@gmail.com = HOMERJSIMPSON@gmail.com

homerjsimpson@gmail.com = Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com

All these addresses belong to the same person. You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. You'll still go to your account."

mail.google.com/.../answer.py

re: Windows 7 Juniper Remote Desktop Error

Craig — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:46:46 GMT

I had this same problem but this did not fix it. For a year or so I connected via Juniper from an XP SP3 machine. Upgraded to Win 7 Home Pro that does not show the option above in the GUI. Tracked down the option in the registry, but that did not fix it. The XP machine conneted fine with the "seemless" option enabled on the connection definition, but Win7 would not. Removed the "seemless" option from the connection and then it worked.

re: Cablevision / Optimum Online (OOL) Blocked Ports

Matt Williamson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:37:32 GMT

Hi Artemis. You can edit/view your nameservers from GoDaddy's system. If you choose to use GoDaddy's nameservers, you can use their TotalDNS control to define hosts, aliases, etc. If you set external nameservers, then you'll have to define hosts/aliases through that provider.

re: Cablevision / Optimum Online (OOL) Blocked Ports

Artemis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:49:15 GMT

Matt,

I have upgraded my Opt Service to allow for web hosting but I am having an issue. My domain is registered with GoDaddy and i can't figure out the nameserver for DNS. Do you know what i can do?

re: Configuring Server 2008 for RADIUS Authentication

JCB — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:28:58 GMT

I tried these steps as well as a few others and still can not get a wireless laptop to connect through radius. I get "Windows was unable to connect" message.

its doing my head in!

re: Replace Your Windows Server 2008 R2 Logon Script with GP Preferences

Matt Williamson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:18:02 GMT

Yeah, I would think so. Check the 'Folders' menu item, that might be exactly what you're looking for.

re: Replace Your Windows Server 2008 R2 Logon Script with GP Preferences

Big Joe — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:24:07 GMT

Is this also suitable for (re)mapping the user's homedirectory

e.g. map H: to \\server\home\%USERNAME% or is this kind of variable subsitution inappropriate?

re: GoDaddy Email Problems

M@ — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:30:21 GMT

Yeah, I moved the site app (ScrewTurn Wiki) to my home server (2003) and I was able to send the email using the GoDaddy email account without any problems. When I coppied exact the app over it failed. I called support and told them how it did work from my server and not theirs he tried to blame it on IIS versions. Does GoDaddy outsource the email servers? The credit thing with the emails is a joke too. 100 megs for a 100 email accounts!!

I think I will switch all the sites we have out of those jokers service. Thanks for the list of issues.