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Web 2.0

The AJAX (aka web2.0) technologies are picking up steam. I have been hanging out at TechCrunch and I have been reading about some very cool technologies.

Online powerpoint style slide shows
Online Excel style spreadsheet

Someone has even started calling all this Office 2.0. Of course I think Zimbra is a better email solution than Gmail but all that may change now that Google is offering hosted mail to coporate users. Of course all of this new development requires new development tookits. Read all about these cool technologies over at SolutionWatch.

MailTo Syntax

I had a need to include a body with a message from a mailto. I found this reference useful.


Feature Syntax
Address message to multiple recipients , (comma separating e-mail addresses)
Add entry in the "Subject" field ?subject=Subject Field Text
Add entry in the "Copy To" or "CC" field ?&cc=id@internet.node
Add entry in the "Blind Copy To" or "BCC" field ?&bcc=id@internet.node
Add entry in the "Body" field ?&body=Your message here">MailTo Syntax: "The MailTo command can do more than enter a single e-mail address in the 'Send To' field while activating your e-mail program. It can also:
Feature Syntax
Address message to multiple recipients , (comma separating e-mail addresses)
Add entry in the 'Subject' field ?subject=Subject Field Text
Add entry in the 'Copy To' or 'CC' field ?&cc=id@internet.node
Add entry in the 'Blind Copy To' or 'BCC' field ?&bcc=id@internet.node
Add entry in the 'Body' field ?&body=Your message here"

Microsoft Domain Services

Apparently Microsoft is now offering domain services. Over at Windows Live Custom Domains I was able to setup email services (MX record) for each of my registered domains. The services generates a unique hotmail mail server subdomain for each domain. I edited my domain services MX record to point to the hotmail mail server and created a new mail user. Voila, I can now login to hotmail with userid@mydomain.com and send/received email. I wonder where Microsoft is going with this?