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Developers in my office constantly complain that the SMTP server is down and no mails are being sent out. We come back saying that their application is buggy. Most often after hours of troubleshooting the problem will turn out to be the application itself. Here’s a simple way to test your SMTP server over port 25 using Telnet to proof them wrong. Telnet to the server via port 25. Key in “EHLO example.com” and hit enter. Key in “MAIL FROM: [email protected]” and hit enter. Key in “RCPT TO: [email protected]” and hit enter. Key in “DATA” and hit enter. Key in your message body and hit enter. Key in " . " and press enter. If you received the mail then your SMTP is working fine. Sample output, ...

Wait no longer, WordPress 2.5 is out!! The shiny new WordPress has gone through a major overhaul with tones of new features where mostly all new features were requested by the WordPress community. New dashboard, enhanced tag support, updated WYSIWYG editor, better search better encryption for passwords and cookies, built in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades and support for multiple uploads. Full feature list I’ve been playing the RC for the past week and I’m loving it....

![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/2370336745_6d3ae7a618.jpg" alt=“thelinuxcounter” border=“0” height=“313” width=“500” />]1 Just how many Linux are out there today? No one knows for sure but it’s pretty obvious that the number keeps increasing as the Linux is gaining audience from all over. The Linux Counter Project was stated back in 1999. The project’a goal was and still is to count how many Linux users and Linux based machines are out there. I’ve got my self counted and received my badge seen below....

In the begining viruses were art, later they evolved and became weapons of mass destruction. Now, the guys over at Troika deceid to get back in time and start over by introducing “The Newton Virus” for the Mac. Newton has only one goal and that is to make you go “WOW”. See for yourself. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJQ5085kSo[/youtube] No data was harm in the making of this video. Source: Troika

Torrentpy, once the most popular torrent site on the net has finally decided to shut it’s doors and pack up permanently. Why? Well as usual MPAA is the culprit, 2 years of battling the the MPAA proved to be too much for Justin Bundell, the fonder of Torrentspy. “We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the TorrentSpy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008....