[Ti] smtp mac.com server nightmare <--allcaps adj.

[cbirds]

On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 03:02  PM, Michael Bigley wrote:

> Running OSX with PHP turned on, I simple load the site I am working on 
> into my Sites folder and activate personal websharing; once activated, 
> it tells you the IP/~user address to locate the website. With the 
> Cable connection, as I believe you mentioned, you have a unique IP for 
> your computer, so it shouldn't change unless you shut down your 
> computer.

That is exactly what I have been doing...and the IP change is actually 
good because I only want certain people to know that URL, not the whole 
world. I do have to reboot quite often to recover memory....but that's 
another whole ball of wax that I'd rather not get into right now.

> I also like this for seeing my work in progress; you can do this..

....already "been there and doing that" but will leave your notes 
intact for someone else who might need the info

>  by entering "localhost/~user" in your browser.  I keep a bookmark for 
> that, so I can get to it quickly. By using "Option refresh (or 
> reload)" I can immediately see changes as they will actually appear in 
> the browser.  This also allows me to make changes and preview them 
> before I upload some potentially broken code to the live web server.

I am not sure if you read my last post, but I think we established that 
this is what I have been doing, and that this is why X became useful, 
but that I do not yet have a mail program that I like to work with.

> I suppose you could have multiple sites in separate folders within the 
> sites folder, then give clients a URL of "ipaddres/~user/client...

No supposing about it. I have many sites in there now. That  is not the 
problem. You just have to remember to back that copy up to another 
location for safety's sake.

> There is detailed, but easy to configure, explanations of how to turn 
> your OSX box into a web server for more complex stuff at 
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com>. Another good dev site is 
> <Http://www.phpmac.com>... they also have a link to a very good forum 
> with a special section for developing on a Mac. And while I am posting 
> links, Apple has an excellent internet development section beginning 
> here: <http://developer.apple.com/internet/index.html>. The end of 
> each section usually has links to more intermediate/expert level > sites.

While the above information is all well and good and may help someone 
in need of it to start on using their webserver, the problem I posted 
about was the tie-in to mac.com and my lack of satisfaction with the 
mail program on X.