cloudflare.com - finally a free and great DNS host!!

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Just moved all my domains DNS over to cloudflare.com
-  finally a free and great DNS host!!

Not only does cloudflare provide dns hosting but they also provide free CDN services and also free protection from web spammers
-- cloudflare is from the guys behind http://projecthoneypot.org

Only a couple of minor issues

1 - cloudflare doesn't auto import your google apps srv records
2 - creating srv records via the web dns editor is painful
- easiest option is to just download your zone file from cloudflare and add in the below records for SRV
3 - there need to be an easy way to create all the required dns records for Google Apps - just as editdns does

thanks @cloudflare !!!

Google Calendar with Mozilla Lightning/Sunbird - accepting invites solution

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There's an isssue with the Mozilla Lightning/Sunbird addon "Provider for Google Calendar Provider" where you can't accept meeting/calendar invitation from others into your calendar - which is a real pain if you work in a corporate office setup.

The mozilla forums are packed with people posting this issue and no decent solution.

The solution is very simple. Stop using the Provider for Google Calendar Provider and just use Google Calendars CalDAV support

To set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in Mozilla Sunbird, follow these steps:

Open the Sunbird application and select File > New Calendar.
Select On the Network and click Next.
Select the CalDAV format option.
In the Location field, enter [ https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/ [ your Google Calendar ID ] /events ] and click Next.
Your Google Calendar ID for your primary calendar is just your email address, but for all other calendars the Calendar ID will be in the form of [ long string of characters]@group.calendar.google.com. You can get the Calendar ID by clicking the down arrow next to your calendar at calendar.google.com and selecting 'Calendar Settings'. 
Be sure to use https in your URL, as an http address will not work.

Enter a name and select a color for your calendar.
In the pop-up screen, enter the following information:
Username: This is the complete email address you use with Google Calendar (including the part after the @ sign). If you're using Google Apps, be sure to enter your Google Apps email address. 
Password: This is the password you use to sign in to Google Calendar

Click OK.

Your Google Calendar will now appear in the Calendar tab of Mozilla Sunbird/Lighting, and any invites can now be accepted

how to setup require google sub-domains for google apps with the free namecheap.com dns hosting

note: the googleffffffffcbf55ae7 sub-somain is for verification purposes - you'll

update: the below html paste didn't work out to well, in the 3rd column select CNAME (Alias)

 SUB-DOMAIN SETTINGS 
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   MAIL SETTINGS 

how to setup SRV records ( for google apps IM ) on the free namecheap.com DNS hosting

setting up SRV records -so you can user google IM for your google apps domain is a real pain with namecheap.com

- below is what you need to enter

note: when entering the _SEVRICE don't enter the first _ (underscore) as the save will fail and you'll loose all your data - namecheap adds it in after its saved

update: the below html paste didnt work to well - but you should be able to figure it out
 SRV SETTINGS 
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