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Implement Dovecot Full-Text Indexing

Published on September 24, 2024
Last modified on October 6, 2024
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Do you self manage your email server? Are you now finding with large mailboxes it takes a long while to search? You might want to add Xapian full-text-searching into your mail server installation.

Problem With Linux Unmounting USB External Drives

Published on August 3, 2023
Last modified on August 4, 2023
USB External Hard Drive Mount

A recent computer hardware failure forced me to mount a hard drive via docking station to USB. However, every time I tried to introduce another USB drive, the drive mounted via the docking station disconnected. Here is the solution to this problem.

FIX: Cannot Find RPMFusion.org Repo

Published on June 7, 2019
Last modified on July 5, 2019
RPMFusion.org

Some Linux users may not be able to find RPMFusions' repos to add to their config. Here is the reason and a solution to this issue.

Using Apache 2.4 Macros For Website Hosting

Published on November 21, 2018
Last modified on July 5, 2019
Apache 2.4

Setting up and hosting multiple websites on an Apache webserver can be tedious. Here is a way to streamline the process of hosting multiple websites.

Installing Custom OpenSSL and cURL for Legacy PHP

Published on November 11, 2018
Last modified on April 27, 2020
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Here is an instructional 'how-to' on how to create a customised OpenSSL and cURL build, for use in building a legacy PHP installation.