Monthly Archives: April 2008

Mac OS X “Hacks” presentation in Berlin

On the second of June I will present some really cool Mac OS X “Hacks”, which means tips and tricks how to do stuff with Mac OS X that you would not expect to be possible.

Read more about it at http://www.lob.de/haus-hardenberg?ref=02062080.

Hope to see you there.

Setting static routes in Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 client and server

Let’s say your local subnet is 192.168.1.0/24, which means that all IP addresses between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254 are considered to be local.

If you ping any machine within this local subnet, your Mac OS X client or server doesn’t need a router to access the other machine, as a layer 2 ethernet switch will just do the job.

Generating postfix stats to monitor mail server activity by email (and other things to help fighting spam)

Two days ago I got thousands of mails in my inbox saying that my original spam messages could not be delivered.
My first thought was that someone had managed to hack into my mail server and use it as an open spam relay.