Problem:
In a previous post, I made a list of “must have” Mac apps when switching from Windows.  For my blogging needs, I settled on Ecto.  It was the closest the Windows Live Writer that I could find but it wasn’t close enough.  I struggled with Ecto, I didn’t like the interface and in a nutshell, [...]

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Problem:  Moved my mail from outlook to Gmail.  All was well except I was getting tired of clicking on the show details button to show TO, From, CC, BCC information. 
Solution:  Better Gmail 2 from Lifehacker is a Firefox plugin that gives me the ability to have the details shown by default. 
PS – In my quest [...]

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Problem:  Had a DNAT setup in Astaro to reroute the external IP (DNS resolution) of my OWA server to it’s internal address.  However, it would time out every time.  Port 80 and other traffic worked fine, it seemed to be only an issue with https (443).
Solution:  Had to do a full NAT for this and [...]

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Problem: When trying to install Astaro Security Gateway software, ver 7.3, on a Gateway 9232T server.   The system boots off the CD just fine and detects all the hardware but seems to time-out during the “verifying checksums” portion of the installation and I then get the error message below:
Installation Failed: Please remove CD-ROM and restart [...]

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Problem:  When trying to publish to a WordPress Blog, I get the following error:
The server reported an error with the following URL:
http://www.domain.com/xmlrpc.php
500 Internal Server Error
I looked around the Internet and saw that it was related to uploading pictures.  Not very much out there regarding this issue.  One suggestion was to take out any extra blank [...]

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