How to fix the “550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable or not local” email problem
The Problem: You send an email to someone and get the following back Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Any Subject Sent: 6/4/2010 2:31 PM The following recipient(s) cannot be reached: This User on 6/4/2010 2:31 PM Server error: ‘550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable or […]
How to Fix: Canonical Urls with IIS 7’s Url Rewrite feature for https
The Problem: You want to make your website all SEO friendly by creating a single, canonical url. For example, if someone types in https://www.stronico.com, you want them to be redirected to https://stronico.com (Google likes it this way). You do some research and discover that all of the default code and documentation for handling canonical Urls […]
How to fix the 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected email problem
The Problem: All email that you send get’s bounced back with the following message: Subject Line: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Message: Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: user@domain.com Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider […]
How to fix updating problems in your Silverlight application
The Problem: You make changes to your Silverlight Application, but you do not see it reflected when you debug or run the solution. The Cause: While the web project portion of the solution is being compiled and run, the Silverlight project is not being built. This just happened to me recently. Visual Studio crashed and […]
How to fix strange errors in silverlight web services
The Problem: You upload your wonderful Silverlight application to a new server and begin to get all sorts of strange errors, most notably something like this Message: Unhandled Error in Silverlight 2 Application An exception occurred during the operation, making the result invalid. Check InnerException for exception details. at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary() at StronicoMain.ServerUtil.AddressTypeListCompletedEventArgs.get_Result() at StronicoMain.Page.proxy_AddressTypeListCompleted(Object sender, […]
How to automatically start a program in the tray
The Problem: There is no way to start a program minimized in the system tray The Cause: The correct event is the Shown event, which is not intuitive (to me anyway). The Solution: Just add in the following code: private void MyForm_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (FormWindowState.Minimized == WindowState) { Hide(); } } private […]
How to write an effective email
After listening to Jeff Atwood rant about email on the most recent Stack Overflow Podcast I thought I would write a quick guide to creating an effective business email. I am defining “business email” as email designed to garner information needed to perform some larger, work related task. Business emails tend to be a constant […]
How to fix the No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:25 error
The Problem: You have a brand new Windows 2008 server and you are testing your web application and trying to send an email. Every time you try to send an email via the web application you get the following error “System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:25” The […]
How to fix frozen router bits
This is not computer related, but it was meaningful enough to merit mention here. Last February I purchased a Triton Woodworking 3.5 Horsepower router, the only “elite” tool I have for my woodworking hobby. About 4 months ago I managed to get a 1″ radius round-over bit stuck (“Frozen” in woodworking jargon) into the router. […]
How to fix Print to PDF problem in QuickBooks 2010 – Version Two
The Problem: QuickBooks 2010 refuses to print to pdf when you attempt to send an invoice on Vista 64 bit. The Cause: Quickbooks 2010 on Vista 64 bit does not work well. The Solution: Close all programs, go to the Task Manager and make sure that Outlook is not open in the Processes. Reopen QuickBooks […]