Before we dig into the trap command in bash, you will need to have some understanding of signals and shell scripting. The trap command is used to catch specified signals and perform an action in response. In this blog post, we will demystify the trap command, and by the time you finish, you should be […]
Email Compliance for Small Businesses: A Beginner’s Guide
Email remains one of the most popular forms of communication for businesses and organizations. In fact, over 63 percent of professionals prefer to use email for marketing automation compared to content or social media. However, it’s essential to handle email data ethically. Email compliance ensures that your organization’s email activities conform to federal rules and […]
How to Stop Your Emails From Going to Spam
Everyone with an email address is familiar with the spam folder. It’s where unwanted emails go to die. And, with hundreds of billions of emails sent daily, there’s always a chance that your company’s important emails land there. So, you might be wondering how to avoid email going to spam. Modern spam filters can be […]
How to Initialize a Dictionary in Python
In Python, we have a data structure called a “dictionary” that’s used to hold key/value pairs. Thanks to the flexibility of data types in Python, these values can also include lists, which means you can associate more than one value with a single key if you want. You can also associate another dictionary with a […]
How to Stop Email Spam and Keep Your Business Inbox Clean (6 Ways)
In 2023, the number of daily spam emails in the U.S. was estimated to be eight billion. Not only is spam frustrating, but it can also be time-consuming to deal with and it can clog up your inbox. Plus, spammy messages often try to lure you into online scams or inject malware into your device. […]
Managing Linux System Resources With The Ulimit Command
If you are working in a shared Linux environment it is crucial to manage system resources. If you don’t and something happens to one user account it could end up using more resources than expected causing degraded performance for everyone else using the server. One way to limit system resources is to use the ulimit […]
The Ultimate Guide to Understanding IMAP, POP3, and SMTP Ports
Navigating the sea of email protocols can feel like steering a ship through a thick fog if you don’t know what email servers and ports mean. Once you understand the ins and outs of IMAP, POP3, and SMTP ports, you can easily sail these digital waters, delivering your email messages to their intended ports. In […]
How to Append an Item to a Python Array
Appending an item to a Python array is easy, though the terminology requires some clarification. By default, Python doesn’t use “arrays” as is commonly understood in most programming languages but instead uses “lists”, which serve the same functionality for most ordinary use cases. However, there are some important differences between the two, and I’ll explain […]
How To Check Linux CPU Usage
The CPU or central processing unit is a hardware component of a computer that carries out instructions from software. The CPU can be thought of as the computer brain. So as you can guess complete utilization of the CPU resources means that everything has to wait for spare CPU cycles. In this blog post, we […]
The Ultimate Guide To Default Email Addresses
When you’re knee-deep in the digital world of website ownership, the phrase “default email address” might sound like tech jargon you don’t want to know. However, understanding the ins and outs of this seemingly innocuous setup can mean the difference between efficient communication and a tangled web of lost messages. And when clarity can directly […]
