PLINQO 5.0 is Released

Hey – I’m actually not behind-the-times with this announcement. Yesterday, the CodeSmith team announced the arrival of PLINQO 5.0. It’s getting hard to keep up with all the new versions. Who says LINQ-to-SQL is dead? Some feature highlights: Support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 New SQL Cache Dependency option Improved eager loading features [...]

Verizon FIOS Blocking SMTP Port (Outgoing Email)

The Long Story… I recently found out the hard way that the Verizon FIOS Internet Service Provider (ISP) has implemented port blocking for outgoing (SMTP) email to non-Verizon mail servers. I use a third-party POP3/SMTP mail server that comes with my web hosting account (I avoid using the free email accounts that come with ISP’s [...]