The Language of Business

The language associated with starting a business is unique. Using the correct business terms makes you look more professional and helps others understand exactly what you are trying to communicate to them. There are also important legal reasons to use specific language when describing your business.

SME Server (E-Smith) Mail Forwarding, Lists, Etc.

The Mitel Networks SME Server (formerly E-Smith)is a friendly web server and e-mail gateway. The original E-Smith is now called Mitel SME Server V5. There is also a hardware/software bundle referred to as the Mitel 6000 Managed Application Server. Here we cover forwarding email to another mail account and mailing lists.

Noted in Passing June 2002

These are things I'm too busy too look into in depth, but caught my interest somewhere recently, and might be of interest to you also.

Simple User Request Forms

We often have the need for simple forms that request certain actions like adding a new user, etc. A simple perl script lets us do this with a web form that then emails the results. The example here can be modified to meet your needs. The things that you need to know are noted in comments.

Tape Drive or CDROM Not Found

Creating a tape drive or cdrom should be simple: run "mkdev tape" or "mkdev cdrom" and answer the questions, relink a new kernel, reboot and it is done. Unfortunately, people seem to have a lot of problems with this. (For the remainder of this article I'll be referring only to tape drives. Everything said applies equally to cdroms or indeed any scsi or ide device…