Have you written any PHP scripts to handle email sending? The mail() function is one of the simplest and most useful of PHP’s in-built functions, but poorly written code can expose a huge vulnerability that allows your simple mail script to be hijacked by spammers.
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The Higher Sites server farm has grown again - we have launched a new server to help cope with our rapidly growing hosting business. The new server is an Athlon 64 based machine with 1Gb RAM and RAID running the latest Fedora Core linux distribution. Our ultra-fast, ultra-reliable hosting is based on high quality equipment […]
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Over the years I have built numerous computers and it is now a regular occurence for people to ask me to impart some wisdom on choosing or building a new PC. It makes sense that this information may be of use to others too, as the computer industry is something of a minefield and the […]
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I’ve decided that my website needed changing, but being far too busy with my work at Higher Sites, I decided to use the WordPress blogging engine. I hope you like the new format, which gives me an opportunity to store all my personal and work related information in one place, in a nicely categorised manner. […]
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Who is David Hurst?
I’m 28, married with a young son and I live in the South West of England. I currently own 50% of Higher Sites, a web development company I started with Tom Wittlin (please note that Tom’s site often contains strong language) in June 2005, and I spend my days developing content managed […]
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