PHP Sendmail Setup with SMTP IIS and Windows Servers

June 17, 2008 at 6:33 pm · Filed under Articles, Development, Interesting, Windows, php

Did you had problems setting up PHP on a Windows server which is running IIS and also running a SMTP server inside IIS? Have you faced problems sending mail from PHP scripts running on IIS server with IIS SMTP engine? By default IIS doesn’t allow relaying SMTP mails if it comes from 3rd party products. So this problem is related to IIS SMTP “Relay Restrictions”. Sometimes some of my clients are using PHP on windows servers using IIS 6 as the web server. In linux PHP supports native sendmail system from the OS itself. But in windows you need to tweak your way to make PHP able to send out mail from localhost. If you are a .Net developer, you might already know that from ASP.Net codes or even Classic Asp code it’s just as simple as 1,2,3 to send out email or use the IIS local SMTP server. Let me make it simple for you, so that you guys can make use of the localhost server from PHP.

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Digsby - Socialized Instant Messenger and Notifier

May 26, 2008 at 2:42 pm · Filed under Interesting, Software, Windows

There are a lot of multi protocol messengers around such as Pidgin, Miranda and Trillian. Yet this new piece of work beats almost every other messenger on the scene. Digsby is not only a multi messenger client, it also integrates various social networking services and e-mail notification protocols. Yes it’s finally possible to have your facebook, notifications, myspace notifications, gmail alerts, hotmail notifications and yahoo mail notifications. For E-mail notifications it can archive, make a email read and delete without leaving the messenger. Facebook chat is available and also it’s easy to post updates to your twitter account. It comes with a variety of options and skinned interfaces. Lets look at the messaging features:

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Speed up your System - IObit SmartDefrag 5.00 Beta

April 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm · Filed under Interesting, Software, Windows

It’s hard to find a really working solution for hard disk fragmentation issue and needless to say day by day the hard disk sizes are growing along with more and more files. Recently I’ve found IObit SmartDefrag which is fast enough to defrag your huge hard disk in no time. It has a feature of set and forget it configuration which is really convenient for both office and home users. It has most of the features you can find in any commercial software. 

Features of this powerful, award-winning defragmenter program include:

• An “Install It and Forget It” feature that works automatically and quietly in the background on your computer.
• The ability to constantly keep your hard drive safe, error-free and running at its top speed and optimum performance.
• Eliminates slow downs, freeze-ups and crashes.
• IObit SmartDegrag is 100% FREE award-winning software that’s for personal, home and small business.
• 100% safe from any spyware, adware and virus.
• Designed for Windows Vista, XP, and 2000.
• Distribute it freely, copy it, sell it or include it as part of a package – as long as it is left completely intact and unchanged.

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