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I’ve implemented greylisting on my mail server, and I have to say that the initial impact is quite dramatic.

Greylisting is a relatively simple mechanism for defeating spam. Read more…

Using the line-in port with Trixbox or PBX-in-a-Flash (PiaF)

Asterisk is a fantastic piece of software. You get world class PBX functionality for free, in a package that you can reliably run on a desktop computer.

One area that Asterisk isn’t as world class in is Music on Hold (MoH). Sure, it’s there and it works, but it starts playing a file from the beginning whenever someone is placed on hold. If you have customers who call regularly, they’re hearing the same part of the same files all the time – not ideal.

What I wanted to do was use my MP3 player as a MoH source Read more…