Archive for April, 2007

To setup Eudora using alternate port 587 for outbound smtp

This is for users of OnDeckTech’s Zimbra hosting services, however, it also explains how to configure Eudora more generally for other users, who will have to substitute their settings where appropriate.

  1. Click on Eudora in the menu bar at the top of the screen then click preferences.
  2. Then click “Getting Started” at the left hand side of the screen
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  4. Change the Mail Server to macsuite.com
  5. Change the SMTP server to mail.macsuite.com:587
  6. Click “Checking Mail” on the left hand side
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  7. Make sure the mail server reads macsuite.com
  8. Make sure “save password” is also selected

Mac OS X 10.4 Security Vulnerability: Java/QT Vector

Are Macintoshes just a “little” more secure? Here’s a good article on an opening discovered in the last week in Mac OS X 10.4’s security, a vulnerability in the interaction between Quicktime, Java and a Macintosh web browser, including Firefox and Safari. It enables a malicious programmer to potentially control a Macintosh OS X 10.4 system by simply directing the visitor to a specially coded website. As of the writing of this note, Apple has not yet published a security update in response to this discovery.

New Apple Security Update available for download

Security Update 2007-004 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

  • AFP Client
  • AirPort
  • CarbonCore
  • diskdev_cmds
  • fetchmail
  • ftpd
  • gnutar
  • Help Viewer
  • HID Family
  • Installer
  • Kerberos
  • Libinfo
  • Login Window
  • network_cmds
  • SMB
  • System Configuration
  • URLMount
  • Video Conference
  • WebDAV

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798