Unicode-savvy project management portal

DotProject is a PHP/MySQL-based project management portal, with a rich set of functions, perfect for collaboration within a small group. Most importantly, dotProject supports Unicode quite well.

Installation is quite straightforward, but dotProject is also available for quick setup from web hosts running cPanel/Fantastico.

Now, if only dotProject has better MS Project import capability, and the ability to customize reports...

Filtering spam from Vietnam and elsewhere

The working assumption is that every email address known to an individual or corporate correspondent in Vietnam will be spammed. This could be due to maliciousness or plain ignorance.

To reliably get rid of such spam, use Gmail as a filter, by setting your email handling as follows:

1. Set up the email account with your known email address to forward all your messages to a Gmail account,
2. Set Gmail to forward messages to another email account, known only to you. Choose a user id which is difficult to guess at,
3. Access your messages at this final email account, for instance, with a POP3 application such as Outlook Express or Thunderbird. (It is not recommended to POP a Gmail account because it is quite slow.)

Try it, and see spam reduced to almost zero.

Netscape Mail loses Unicode support

Netscape Mail has traditionally been one of the most Unicode-savvy web mail application.

Recently, with the switch to the AOL/AIM-based web mail interface, Netscape Mail no longer supports Unicode.

Yet another reason to switch to Gmail, Hotmail (with Rich Text ON, using Internet Explorer only), or Yahoo!Mail (with any of the language-specific interfaces).

A "Unicode Ding"™ for Netscape Mail!