Background

The "Introduction to Internet Programming with Perl and HTML" is classic a 12-part lecture series that Erik Kangas has given many times in the past to advanced high school and college students who are just starting to learn about programming web sites. This course works its way through the basic aspects of HTML and Perl gives new programmers and designers a solid foundation. This lecture series has been resurrected for the LuxSci FYI blog due to popular demand for its content.

Once you have completed this course, you will be ready to learn about JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, intermediate Perl, databases, and more.

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LuxSci WebMail now allows users to delete or strip attachments from email message(s), keeping the rest of the email message content. This saves space and makes your email faster.

I.e., lets say that your friend sent you a message and attached 20 pictures.  You could use the “Download all attachments” option to save these pictures in bulk to your computer, then the new “Delete attachments” option to remove them all from the message, keeping online just your friend’s message text and not the sizable attachments.

“Delete Attachments” can be found in the “Message” submenu in WebMail and can be applied to all selected messages — i.e. you can delete attachments from many messages at once.

Note that users can also create custom email filters that auto-delete attachments from messages meeting certain criteria upon arrival to their accounts.

Standard SSL Certificates are issued by an Certificate Authority (CA) such as Thawte after the CA performs some basic standard validation on the identity of the certificate request to ensure that the certificate is not issued to “the wrong hands”.

The types of validation performed for standard SSL certificates vary by the type and cost of the certificate, but include:

• A confirmation email message sent to the domain administrator as specified in the domain’s entry in the WHOIS database
• A confirmation email message sent to a standard administrative email address at the domain itself, such as “admin@domain.com”.
• The name of the organization owning the domain name may be validated.

You should purchase SSL Certificates that use the above forms of validation in order to:

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LuxSci has released a new Widget which displays the contents of a selected email folder on any Workspace.  Some of the features of this widget include:

• Displays all messages in the folder or only those tagged with a certain tag.
• Displays pages of messages at a time.
• Display is auto-updated every 2 minutes so that you quickly see new messages, deleted messages, and changes to message tags and status.

The Email Folders Widget can be added to any Workspace by any user with email services at LuxSci.

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We are often asked by customers  why they should pay more for an SSL certificate from LuxSci/Thawte instead of purchasing from a third party provider like Go Daddy.  I.e., what justifies the added expense?

There are two key considerations in choosing Thawte SSL from LuxSci:

1. The recognition of an SSL certificate from Thawte.
2. The benefit of LuxSci managing the order process, installation and subsequent SSL renewals.

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LuxSci now supports MX Logic outbound email filtering for customers who use LuxSci’s shared email hosting services.  MX Logic outbound email filtering services provide:

• Outbound anti-virus scanning
• Outbound scanning of messages for specific keywords or phrases
• Restriction of the types and sizes of attachments permitted
• Addition of a disclaimer

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LuxSci’s SecureForm service is designed for collecting data posted from web site or PDF forms. We are often asked about the pros and cons of each method.  Here are some considerations when deciding which kind of form is best for you.

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LuxSci has released its new “SecureForm” service. Quickly make your web site or PDF forms secure and HIPAA compliant. Receive the form data, including uploaded files, via secure email or download the data securely from LuxSci’s web interface.

What forms types are supported by SecureForm?

• Web site forms hosted anywhere
  • File uploads up to 50MB and 25 files per post
• PDF forms hosted anywhere

How can you receive the form data?

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Web-based collaborative environments, similar to Microsoft Sharepoint, are now offered by LuxSci.

For LuxSci users with a WebAide license, the widgetized “Welcome Page” area is now the “Workspaces” area.  Here, licensed users can:

• Create any number of Workspaces with arbitrary configurations of widgets per workspace
• Share Workspaces with other licensed users

Additionally, Workspaces for all users are “active” in that:

• Widgets based on WebAides (i.e. Calendars, Address Books, Blogs, Tasks, Links, Documents, etc.) auto-update themselves so that any changes made to the underlying entries are visible to you within one minute.
• The “Email Quick Check” widget which shows you the status of one or multiple email folders updates your folder status automatically every two minutes.
• The “Notepad” widget auto-saves your changes, merges them with changes made by others and auto-updates your display with the most recent merged content — real-time collaborative note taking.
• Other widgets whose content can change also update automatically.

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LuxSci has expanded the functionality of its Notepad widgets to make them ideal for collaborative editing, especially in the context of shared Workspaces.

The Notepad widget is available to all LuxSci users. It provides a customizable area where you can view and edit notes — in either plain text or using a visual editor with full HTML markup support.  The Notepad widget auto-saves any changes you make to your notes within seconds of your changes — no need to press a “save” button”.  It’s easy – you just type.

So, what’s new?

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