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Testing emails in a safe way

Laurent Bachelier1 min read

Fear you will send the unwanted emails to other people when testing your software?If you use Postfix, you can follow these simple steps: Put into /etc/postfix/main.cf: smtp_generic_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/generic And into /etc/postfix/generic: /.*/ laurentb+test@theodo.fr Reload postfix (this might depend on your distribution): # /etc/init.d/postfix reload This will…

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Transferring read-protected files with rsync and sudo

Laurent Bachelier2 min read

This issue might be familiar to some of you: you have ssh access to a server with sudo rights on it and you want to transfer files with rsync. However, since these files are not directly accessible from your ssh user (because…

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Symfttpd: symfony's long-awaited lightweight server

Laurent Bachelier4 min read

A project is never finished, and at Theodo we often have to quickly alter a project, in a small way. The issue is that the time required to having the project ready on a developer's machine can be greater that…

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