Cyrus IMAP Mailbox Recovery
I've occasionally encountered IMAP mailboxes that were unreadable and undeletable using any mail client. In Mac OS X Mail, this usually produces an "Unable to Select" error. Here's how to fix the server-side mailbox.
Year: 2004
AD-OD Integration Whitepaper – Updated
A detailed overview of how to integrate OS X clients into an Active Directory environment while still retaining the ability to manage the clients with the OS X Server tools. Now up to version 1.4. Lots of changes including a section on troubleshooting.
SquirrelMail Sends, But Does Not Return User to Inbox
I've noticed at times that although I can send mail in SquirrelMail on OSXS, I can't see any visible sign that the mail went out - I don't get redirected to the Inbox, and can only see that I've sent mail if I look at the Sent mailbox...
Adding your own header filter to sieve
I recently came up with the idea of using sieve scripts that I installed using Joel's article to filter my spam. I work for a University that filters all mail that comes to our site mail server through spamassassin. Messages that they suspect are spam get marked with the header X-SPAM-Level: and a number of stars.
The Keys to the Door of the SSH Tunnel
Now that you know how to make a SSH tunnel how can you make it work without a password challenge? Useful for automated processes, and lazy fingers, a public-private key set may be what you are looking for.
The Light at the End of the SSH Tunnel
Stuck behind a draconian firewall and you need access to your Mac OS X Server? Read on to find out about the only tunnel on your Mac where you are not likely to be eaten by a grue...(Updated 8/16/2004, 2:03 PM EST)
Unique ID Module Errors (Apache)
After a software update and reboot together with some system tweaking, my personal webserver was not loading httpd successfully. I checked /var/log/httpd/error_log and found this: "[alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname" followed by my hostname - actually, the hostname I had specified when setting up my server.
Errors Regarding Unavailable Home Directories
I was having some trouble with a large Open Directory installation recently - users were able to authenticate, but never saw their desktop - they got a "you are unable to log in at this time..." error instead, then were logged back out.
OS X Server Add User Script
Quick script that will allow you to add a user from the Command LineGet the script from the Downloads section.
CDPR – Cisco Discovery Protocol
Are you on a Cisco Network - and need to know just what switch and port you are on? try the cdpr tool -