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Blue Mail server 2: Setup email users and aliases

Create new email address in your domain

  1. Open browser at: https://mailboxes.blue.net.au:10000 and enter your WEBMIN username and password
  2. Click on “Edit Mail and FTP Users”
    (Note: Even though the link says FTP users this server has no FTP capabilities)

  3. Click on “Add user to this server”
  4. Fill in the required details and click the “Create” button:

    • Advise the user of their username and password.
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: The Email username is the full email address with the “@” symbol replaced by a “.”. Email address example@example.com is therefore email user name example.example.com.
    • This username and password can be either used in our webmail interface – http://webmail.blue.net.au – or in your own email program with POP3, SMTP and IMAP (please refer to your instructions for your specific email program to set this up).
    • The incoming mail server is always pop3.blue.net.au and the outgoing mail server is always smtp.blue.net.au. You need to authenticate to our outgoing email server, if you are not using a Blue Net internet connection. See also: General settings for Blue Net services

Setup an email alias in your domain

An email alias is a secondary email address for your mailbox. The mailbox can either be here on our server or it can be any other valid email address.

  1. Once logged in (as described above) go to “Edit Email Aliases”
  2. Click on “Add an alias to this domain”
  3. Fill in the details as required and click on the “Create” button.
    (Note: the other options available here should be self explanatory)
  4. After you performed the action in this example email addressed to example2@example.com will be delivered to example@example.com. The user example@example.com does not need to set up anything.

Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults

Introduction

Windows stores the location of per-user special folders under the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

When you redirect special folders using Tweak UI or by moving the folder to another location, the User Shell Folder registry path is modified accordingly. To reset the User Shell Folders values to defaults, try this:
Resetting the special folder paths to defaults

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Open Registry Editor and navigate to this location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

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Backup the above branch to a .REG file.
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In the right-pane, change the Shell Folder path accordingly. The default values are mentioned in the table below for reference:

Shell Folder Path
AppData %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Cache %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies %USERPROFILE%\Cookies
Desktop %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Favorites %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
History %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History
Local AppData %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data
Local Settings %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings
My Music %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Music
My Pictures %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures
Nethood %USERPROFILE%\NetHood
Personal [My Documents] %USERPROFILE%\My Documents
PrintHood %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood
Programs %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
SendTo %USERPROFILE%\SendTo
Start Menu %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu
Startup %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Templates %USERPROFILE%\Templates

Note: You can automate the above using the FolderRedirector utility, or using TweakUI Powertoy.

You may also this REG fix to reset the User Shell Folders values to Windows XP defaults, for the current user profile.

To reset the per-machine shell folder paths, navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

Refer the following table for the default values:
Shell Folder Path
Common AppData %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
Common Desktop %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
Common Documents %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
Common Programs %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
Common Start Menu %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
Common Startup %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Common Templates %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates

NOTE: After the Shell Folders values are updated, you need to move your files manually from the old path to the new.

Transparent Proxy Squid 3

The only thing to be done in squid.conf is:

adding the “transparent” at the end of the http_port directive

http_port 3128 transparent

and of course redirecting the traffic to the port of the proxy with a suitable iptables rule. Something like (assuming 192.168.0.1 is your proxy’s LAN IP address):

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.1:3128
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128

How to run Control Panel tools by typing a command

   Control panel tool             Command
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   Accessibility Options          control access.cpl
   Add New Hardware               control sysdm.cpl add new hardware
   Add/Remove Programs            control appwiz.cpl
   Date/Time Properties           control timedate.cpl
   Display Properties             control desk.cpl
   FindFast                       control findfast.cpl
   Fonts Folder                   control fonts
   Internet Properties            control inetcpl.cpl
   Joystick Properties            control joy.cpl
   Keyboard Properties            control main.cpl keyboard
   Microsoft Exchange             control mlcfg32.cpl
      (or Windows Messaging)
   Microsoft Mail Post Office     control wgpocpl.cpl
   Modem Properties               control modem.cpl
   Mouse Properties               control main.cpl
   Multimedia Properties          control mmsys.cpl
   Network Properties             control netcpl.cpl
                                  NOTE: In Windows NT 4.0, Network
                                  properties is Ncpa.cpl, not Netcpl.cpl
   Password Properties            control password.cpl
   PC Card                        control main.cpl pc card (PCMCIA)
   Power Management (Windows 95)  control main.cpl power
   Power Management (Windows 98)  control powercfg.cpl
   Printers Folder                control printers
   Regional Settings              control intl.cpl
   Scanners and Cameras           control sticpl.cpl
   Sound Properties               control mmsys.cpl sounds
   System Properties              control sysdm.cpl

HUAWEI E220 unlocking with Windows XP pro

The principle is to get rid of whatever the network provider has put onto the modem and replace it with a generic version. It is called “Firmware upgrade”. This may void the warranty with your provider.

You may also find, it is more complicated (but not impossible to do) to set up connectivity with a new network provider.

 

  1. Download http://support.blue.net.au/downloads/e220unlockingWITH-WINxp.zip and unzip it into a convenient folder
  2. Connect HUAWEI E220 to a USB port on the Windows XP computer (assuming the XP computer works well and all setups are default)
  3. Update firmware by running E220Update_11.117.09.00.00.exe and follow instructions given along the way. (Alternatively run E220Update_11.110.05.00.00.exe for an older version of the same)
  4. Install new generic “Dashboard” by installing HOST11.107.05.00.03.B266.exe

 

Updated versions of the programs may be obtained here:

 

http://www.mobileconnected.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/E220%20Firmware.zip

 

http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/doc/list.do?type=-1&id=736

 

 

The above information has derived from help on this site:

http://www.mobilebroadbandrocks.com

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