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SmarterMail setup

SmarterMail is a very well made application. It is highly functional and very user friendly. Its setup is quite easy even if it is used to host emails of multiple domains. The way it works is the following: When setting up SmarterMail server, the email…

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MailEnable

MailEnable is a very capable and friendly eMail server. Setting up an email in MailEnable is extremely easy with MailEnable Management : Please pay attention to the user name. It is usually userid@mydomaincom, not the same as the email address userid@mydomain.com. In other words, there is…

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Configure hMailServer for domain accounts

hMailServer is a superb free e-mail server for Microsfot Windows. Suppose the domain name is foo.com and one wants to configure hMailServer for email accounts such as foo@foo.com At the domain host site (e.g. 1and1): At hMailServer After the above steps, email client applications (e.g. Outlook,…

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Dominican Republic

Punta Cana is the most tourists place, so it has the most flights, making the flights there the most inexpensive one. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is the best airport and has a reasonable parking rate at $15/day. A round trip to DR costs less than $600.

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Wines

Six Mile Riesling (2023): light, sweet. Suits my taste well Kolonist Odesa Black (2023): not bad. Rkatsiteli 2022 by Vinoveli: very pleasant.

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GoPro

I bought a GoPro HERO 8 BLACK at Costco just before my Rt. 1 trip from Boston to Columbia, South Carolina in March 2021. I managed to lose one of the two batteries after the trip. I use the camera mainly for cycling, skiing, and…

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Dash Cam

My dash cam use started with generic dash cam probably in 2017. It was so unreliable that I had to replace it with Garmin Dash Cam 45 with a 1080p resolution. It was very reliably but its image quality was limited. I replaced it with…

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Boston Rescue Mission

I volunteered at the great organization Boston Rescue Mission (BRM) a few times. This was in 2007. I love the staff and residents there. I hope many of them have got back on their feet and are enjoying a great life

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Greylock Loop Hike

This is a report of a hike to Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 2008-05-10 Total distance: 15.93 miles (25.6 km) Total Time: 9 hours 44 minutes Start elevation: 1170 ft (357 m) Summits: Mount Prospect (2690 ft, 820 m), Mount Williams (2951 ft, 899 m),…

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Skiing

Book Reviews: Backcountry Skiing Adventures: Maine and New Hampshire: Classic Ski and Snowboard Tours in Maine and New Hampshire This book does a very good job covering exactly what is described by its title, no less, not much more. If you know how to x-c…

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Programming Windows Socket with MFC

The understanding of network fundamentals must precede any socket programming. The first two chapters of Computer Networking by JF Kurose and KW Ross offer all one needs to start playing with sockets. There are basically three ways to program Windows sockets: Choice 1 is language independent…

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Windows Mobile Application Development

There are several ways to deploy a Windows Mobile Application. The core of the deployment is creating, delivering, and running the .cab file. Visual Studio has the function to create the .cab file in a few easy steps, but delivering the .cab file to the…

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Programming Web Camera for Windows

Web cameras, like most other PC components, have many brands and models, so generally speaking, it is essential to program a Web camera by using API's supported widely by Web camera drivers to make the application accommodate a wide range of cameras.. Programming a Web…

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Visual Basic

It is claimed that there are more VB programmers in the world than there are of any other language. Its ubiquity is proof of its utility. However, serious application developers who are not familiar with VB should not have any illusions about it. VB is…

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Rapid Robust Application Development

Software application development has been facing multiple challenges created by our insatiable desire for robustness, features, scalability, performance and fast development speed. The performance is mainly about choosing the right platform, choosing the right language and using smart algorithms. Performance of an application is an…

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Programming Windows Socket with MFC

The understanding of network fundamentals must precede any socket programming. The first 2 chapters of Computer Networking by JF Kurose and KW Ross offer all one needs to start playing sockets. There are basically three ways to program Windows sockets: Choice 1 is language independent…

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