October 2009 « ma.juii.net

How to get around “too many concurrent SMTP connections from one IP address” errors when mass mailing to web.de customers, with over 15 web.de recipients in the list?

The issue is a known problem of web.de servers (still existing in 2009-10) and discussed here. According to that source, the “clean” solution is to restrict the number of concurret SMTP connections to 5 when sending to web.de. However, when at a shared hosting provider, you do not have access to the sendmail etc. configuration, [...]

How best to create a board shape with holes with Away3D?

The task is to create a 3D shape of a board-like object, but it must be possible to have triangular and rectangular shapes removed from the corners, and to have round holes “drilled” through the object. It must also be possible to have textures on the object, and they can be different for the board’s [...]

He opened his eyes and was educated

Just made a strange experience … at two o’clock in the night, but nothing to frighten you. Read on. The background is, that I used the the last two days mainly for “tidying up my thoughts”. Most people will think this is a strange activity, and that my flat would need it more. Anyway. Practically [...]

Helping this world at system level?

There is a disagreement in Christianity if the world can be helped at system level, and if yes, if a Christian is allowed to do so. First position: it’s forbidden

Some people hold the opinion that the world cannot be really helped at the system level. Because man is, in essence, really bad. And even [...]

Millionaires for two hours

From 2009-10-19 22:38 to -20 0:25 I was a subjective millionaire, and a brother of mine too. On 22:38 he told me that he searched through completed eBay auctions and found that many digital cameras on ebay.de did not get sold at all (zero bids), meaning we could have got them for 1 EUR each. [...]

Adult loneliness

Observation: adults (people above 20) do not change in character normally. Even worse, they also do not change in qualification. They finished their formal education, which set the direction, and until their death, they normally keep going in that direction. But without change, there is no hope.

What’s the reason for this alarming static condition [...]

Some hints on using floating for HTML layouts?

Layout means, using the “float:” attribute to position whole columns and large elements that will contain text etc..

First rule: use the “clear: both;” CSS attribute only after all content in the HTML source. Because it affects not just the floating happening in the current div, but enforces positioning below all elements that have a [...]

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