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Protecting a WordPress Contact Form with reCAPTCHA

Peter Viola June 11, 2019 Wordpress
Having a contact form is one of the most important pages a web site can have. It enables you to receive communication for your audience or customers without having …
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IIS 8.5 SNI – Fixing SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

Peter Viola June 2, 2019 IIS, Windows Server 2012
As you probably know SSL certificates use the https protocol to encrypt communication between your web browser and the web server hosting the web site you’re visiting. You can …
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Resolving IIS WMSVC Underlying Connection Was Closed

Peter Viola December 8, 2018 IIS, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012
IIS Manager Remote Administration is a handy tool for for a web server administrator when you have multiple servers to manage. This feature will save you the trouble of …
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Securing SmarterMail in 10 Steps

Peter Viola December 1, 2018 Email, SmarterTools
You may not be familiar with SmarterMail from Smatertools.com but it is an enterprise class Windows based mail server. It has a powerful web based management GUI and the …
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MX Guarddog – Unparalleled Free Spam Filtering

Peter Viola November 11, 2018 Email, Security
According to the  IBM Threat Intelligence Index Spam email volume continues to rise every year as does the threat from sophisticated phishing emails or seemingly innocuous messages with malicious …
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Using Asp.Net to Process NDR Emails

Peter Viola December 17, 2017 ASP.NET, Email
If you’ve ever managed a mailing list or sent out an announcement to a distribution group then you have inevitably experienced non-delivery report (NDR) floods. These messages indicate delivery …
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Using Asp.net to Remove Spam And Keep Good Mail

Peter Viola November 14, 2017 ASP.NET, Email
Recently I was cleaning up a personal mailbox I’ve kept over the years for use when a 3rd party asks for an email address and I don’t want to …
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Securing SmarterMail with SSL / TLS

Peter Viola July 15, 2017 Email, SmarterTools
SmarterMail from Smatertools.com is a fantastic enterprise class Windows based mail server. One of the most compelling reasons to try Smatermail is that they offer a full featured version …
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Filtering IP Ranges From SmarterStats Reports

Peter Viola December 16, 2016 SmarterTools
Recently while looking through my site’s traffic report from the past few months I noticed an unusual spike.  I use SmarterStats by SmarterTools which is a web based enterprise …
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Using aspnet_regiis.exe to Encrypt Connection Strings

Peter Viola February 6, 2016 ASP.NET, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012
When it comes to securing IIS web applications on Windows Server 20008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2 one typically thinks of firewalls, access control lists (ACL), and using …
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