Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category

Forcing /etc/cron.d to Reload on Ubuntu

There are two options for scheduling a script with cron on linux. Either edit the crontab: $ sudo crontab -e Or link a cron file to /etc/cron.d: $ sudo ln -sv /home/klenwell/crons/my.cron /etc/cron.d/mycron I like option two because it provides a more modular and organized way to enable cron tasks for various projects. The only [...]

WordPress Email Fixed

Fixed email for this blog using this nifty plugin. Now, let’s see if the recaptcha plugin uses the recommended wordpress mail function.

ReCaptcha Plugin Added

First off, let me apologize to all those who have commented in the recent weeks and had their comments held up in moderation limbo. With all the spam I was getting, I got bad about procrasting on moderating comments. Now with this new plugin, hopefully I can relax the moderation and, when moderation, get to [...]

Greqo 4 Released

Greqo is a PHP project I started a couple years back for Google’s services. It was an extension of a Blogger API I had written in PHP. I extended it to include Gmail and Google Analytics. I took some time this year to clean it up and recently released Greqo 4. It’s not really the [...]

Command Line Email on Ubuntu (mailx version)

For a simpler, updated version of this guide, see this page: http://klenwell.com/is/UbuntuCommandLineGmail This guide explains how to configure Ubuntu so that you can send email from the command line using mailx with your Gmail account for delivery. This updates a guide I originally posted on the ubuntu forums for mailx, which is part of the [...]