• Checking email addresses

    My friend Morbus writes that he would like some way to validate email addresses… Well, the SMTP specification defines the VRFY command, which will validate that a given mailbox exists on a given server… I’ve tried this on various servers (including my own) with mixed results. Some servers will return an OK [...]

  • Today.

    I was planning on writing a short essay about September 11, 2001. I thought it might be cathartic to get some thoughts, ideas, and confusions out in the open. I thought it might be helpful to discuss the changes to our way of life that have come about since then. Instead, I leave [...]

  • New name for RSS

    Joe writes:

    “My suggestion, just walk away from the name. We need to pick another TLA, form a new working group, get associated with a standards body, and never look back. But the most important thing is to pick a new TLA, might I suggest Reader Documentation Format? ”

    I agree.

    I propose the following:

    SSF : Standard [...]

  • Import from Outlook to Zoe

    Ok. I’m going insane. I have over 4 years of emails, all in Outlook’s .pst format.
    I would like to export these to Zoe.
    I’ve tried sending an email to zoe, containing the emails as attachments. I’ve sent the email in ‘plain text’ and ‘rich text’ formats. The email get to Zoe fine, but [...]

September

This is the archive for September, 2002.