Applications or Use
1.The Hotmail service was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith ,and was one of the first webmail services on the Internet. It was commercially launched on July 4, 1996, American Independence Day.
2. It was sold at 1997 to Microsoft for a reported $400 million, and it joined the MSN group of services
3.Yahoo! Mail (Started at 1996) is a Web based email (webmail) service from Yahoo!. It is the most used email on the Internet,serving over 260 million users.
4. Gmail, officially Google Mail is a free Web based email (webmail), POP3 and IMAP email service provided b  Google. On April 1, 2004 the product began as an invitation only
beta release. On February 7, 2007 the beta version was opened to the general public.

Technology Used In Email
The format of Internet email messages is defined in RFC 2822 and a series of RFCs, RFC 2045 through RFC 2049, collectively called Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).
Internet email  messages consist of two major sections:

• Header — Structured into fields such as summary, sender, receiver, and other information about the email
• Body — The message itself as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end The header is separated from the body by a blank line.

Header
The message header consists of fields, usually including at least the following:

1. From: The email  address, and optionally the name of the sender
2. To: The email address[es], and optionally name[s] of the message’s recipient[s]
3. Subject: A brief summary of the contents of the message
4. Date: The local time and date when the message was written Other common header fields include (see RFC 4021 or RFC 2076 for more).
5. Cc: carbon copy
6. Bcc: Blind Carbon Copy
7. Received: Tracking information generated by mail servers that have previously handled a message
8. ContentType: Information about how the message has to be displayed, usually a MIME type
9. ReplyTo: Address that should be used to reply to the sender.
10. References: MessageID of the message that this is a reply to, and the messageid of this message, etc.
11. InReplyTo: MessageID of the message that this is a reply to.
12. XFace: Small icon.

Both plain text and HTML are used to convey email. Advantages of HTML include the ability to include inline links and images, set apart previous messages in block quotes, wrap naturally on any display, use emphasis such as underlines and italics, and change font styles.

Sendmail Configuration in php.ini file

# vim /opt/lampstack/php/etc/php.ini
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = antony@gmail.com
; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: “sendmail –t -i”).
sendmail_path = sendmain –t -i

Simple Example

<php
$to = 'amalantonyraj@yahoo.co.in';
$subject = 'From PHP';
$message = 'Test';
if(mail($to, $subject, $message)) {
echo "Mail has been sent successfully";
}
else {
echo "Server error";
}
?>

Mail Function in PHP

Syntax
bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] )

Parameters
to

Receiver, or receivers of the mail. The formatting of this string must comply with » RFC 2822. Some examples are:
* user@example.com
* user@example.com, anotheruser@example.com
* User <user@example.com>
* User <user@example.com>, Another User
<anotheruser@example.com>
subject
Subject of the email to be sent.
Caution
This must not contain any newline characters, or the mail may not be sent properly.
message
Message to be sent Each  line should be separated with a LF (\n). Lines should not be larger than 70 characters.

additional_headers (optional)
String to be inserted at the end of the email header. This is typically used to add extra headers (From, Cc, and Bcc). Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n). additional_parameters (optional)
sending mail using the sendmail_path configuration setting. For example, this can be used to set the envelope sender address when using sendmail with the f sendmail option.

For  Emailing with attchment and extra headers . please refer this link

http://pradeepkumar.org/2009/09/sending-email-in-php.html

sudo apt-get install elinks

E-Links Installation

Features

• Lots of protocols (local files, finger, HTTP(S), FTP, IPv4/6 etc.)
• Internationalized domain names
• Persistent cookies, HTTP authentication and proxy authentication
• Tabbed browsing, good looking menus and dialogs, and key-binding manager
• History browsing and typeahead searches
• Forms history and completion, and history in commonly used input dialogs
• CSS support and support for browser scripting (Perl, Lua, Guile etc.)
• Tables and frames rendering, and configurable color support
• Compressed and background (non-blocking) downloads, and download resuming

Home Page

Shortcut Keys

1. Space      —  Move downwards by a page (move-page-down)
2. D             —   Open download manager (download-manager)
3. d              — Download the current link (link-download)
4. Delete    —   Scroll down (scroll-down)
5. Enter     —   Follow the current link (link-follow)
6. F10        —   Open the File menu (file-menu)
7. Tab        —   Move to the next frame (frame-next)
8. Shift-Tab  —   Move to the previous frame (frame-prev)
9. h                 —    Open history manager (history-manager)
10. t                  —   Open a new tab (open-new-tab)

Sample Page from Openpeta.com

For more information , please refer http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manpages/elinkskeys.5.html url.

Other Text Based Browsers

• Lynx
• Net-Tamer
• w3m
• WebbIE

WatermarkImages from SourceForge.net

What is Image Watermarking?

Image watermarking is the technique for hiding data within the image, the data can be a text or image. This technique is used for preventing unauthorized ownership of  particular image . There are two types of watermarking

1. Visible Watermarking – watermarked text will visible inside the image
2. Invisible Watermarking – watermarked text will not be visible to others , only the owner can extract the text using decoding algorithm and key.

Image Watermarking Software -WatermarkImages

WatermarkImages is a software which is used for adding text with various colors and fonts into image. it can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/watermarkimages/ sourceforge website.  This software is written in Java , so you need Java interpreter or run time environment to run this software .

Watermarker 2.0

Adding Watermark into Images

After downloading binary or jar file of this software from the net , simply extract the file and store it into some folder. for runnung this software , goto terminal and tyoe

#java -jar WaterMarker2.1.jar

Text Watermarking Panel

This command will open the GUI window of this software, then select the image which you want to add text , and Enter the text then  click start button ,  The watermarked image will be ready for you within a second.

Ubuntu One : Home

Features of Ubuntu One Service

• User Can Store up to 2GB for free of cost
• Cloud Computing Technology – Storing and Retrieving files will be very fast
• Synchronization functionality – User can access and store the file from any Linux client machines [Only thing is they need Ubuntu One Client Application]
• Synchronizing Firefox Bookmarks with Ubuntu One
• User can use web browser to upload the files using http://one.ubuntu.com link
• Ubuntu One Music Store [ Will be released in Ubuntu 10.04 version]

Ubuntu One Preferences

How to Create an Account and Uploading files ?

You need user name and password for accessing this service , If you already have Ubuntu launchpad account, you can use that one for Ubuntu One Service, otherwise simply create one account with http://one.ubuntu.com website. You can find Ubuntu client application in Applications->Internet Menu.  click on it and enter your user name and password .

Ubuntu One - File Browser

Once you get connected , automatically one folder will appear in your file browser, simply drag and drop the files which you want to upload to Ubuntu One. , Ubuntu one will synchronize all the files while you access from another machine.

This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:

• Andale Mono
• Arial Black
• Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Comic Sans MS (Bold)
• Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Impact
• Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Webdings

You will need an Internet connection to download these fonts if you  don’t already have them.

The AptURL Protocol Handler and a web browser support are required to install packages. Steps are given here to install the apturl package [if using APT-based Linux system such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and gOS].

Install from Synaptic Package Manager

Go to Synaptic Package Manager and find apturl.
When you have found it check it and click on Apply Changes.

Install from Terminal

sudo apt-get install apturl

Enable the AptURL protocol in Web Browsers

*** Firefox ***

• Type in about:config in the location bar.
• Right click, select New -> String
  Type in network.protocol-handler.app.apt in the name of string, and type  in /usr/bin/apturl in the value.
• One more right click, select New -> String
  Type in network.protocol-handler.app.apt+http in the name of string, and type in /usr/bin/apturl in the value.

*** Opera ***

• Open Preferences.
  Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Programs
• Click “Add” button.
  Type in “apt” in the “Protocol” field,
  and type in “apturl” in the “Open with other application” field.
  Click “OK” button.
• One more click “Add” button.
  Type in “apt+http” in the “Protocol” field,
  and type in “apturl” in the “Open with other application” field.
  Click “OK” button.

After finishing your configuration , You can use http://www.appnr.com search page to browse the package manager. This web based package browser will automatically find and install the dependency software of a given package.

Reference : http://www.appnr.com

#sudo apt-get install bilbo

or use synaptic package manager and install it. The Bilbo client supports the following Blogs

1. Blogger 1.0 API
2. Metaweblog API
3. Movable Type
4. WordPress
5. Blogspot.com

HTML Options for creating or editing POST

• Spell Check
• Bold , Italic , Underline and Strike
• Code </>
• Paragraph , h1,h2 …
• Increase and Decrease font size
• Changing font color
• Clear formatting
• Quote the text
• Align left, right, center,Justify.
• Ordered and Unordered list
• Insert or Remove link
• Insert Image or Media

Features of Bilbo

1. Create / Modify post
2. Remove post
3. Fetch recent post
4. Multipaged post
5. Support Tags
6. Upload Media
7. Save File in Local Machine

Only bilbo  does not support “Create New Category “yet . This would be the best alternate open source alternate  for Windows Live Writer. Just Try this !!!!!!!!

1. Install Dependencies

To install OpenLink Virtuoso first of all following dependencies are needed-

First of all check all the dependencies whether installed or not. (Version is important!)

To check the version use following sequence.

1. Mobile Audio – AMR
2. Mobile Video –  3GP video
3. MP3 Audio [ .mp3 ]
4. Windows Media Audio
5. ogg vorbis audio
6. Wave Audio [ .wav or .au ]
7. MPEG 1/2 Video
8. AVI Video
9. Windows Media Video [ .wmv ]
10. Flash Video [ .flv ]
11. Quick Time Video
12. iPhone or iPod MP4 video [ .mp4 ]
13. PSP MP4 video

Features of Mobile Media Converter

• Very simple to use for beginners also.
• Supports All Types of Audio and Video formats
• Multiple file conversion
• User can  extract or download video from Youtube URL.
• User can manually change the size of the video and audio bit rate etc .

Demerits of MMC

• MKV [ .mkv ] video format is not supported [ hope this feature would be added in future version ]
• There is no pause and resume option for conversion

Installing MMC

It can be downloaded from http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm this web site . MMC is available for both Linux and Windows operating systems . so installation is very simple with one click . here i have given some snapshots for your reference

Mobile Media Converter

MMC - Multiple File Conversion And Settings

MMC - Conversion Process

Just try this software instead of using paid video conversion tools . you will surely  feel the power of open source …………